Learn Chinese Every DayI love this blog, because for the first time, I have found a site that gives me the literal translation of each character! Example:
Most learning sites will say that, “Ni Hao!” means “hello!” Really, the literal translations is “you good!” While I am attempting to learn the characters, I want to know what each specific character means, and this type of translation does not work well for that.
This is what I would see on Learn Chinese Every Day:
Ni (你) : you
Hao (好): fine, good
This way of breaking down the sentences helps you to learn both the individual characters and sentence structure. The author of this site is on to something!
My favorite page at the moment though is the pinyin chart. We are currently working very hard to learn the pronunciation of pinyin. Although we are learning characters, pinyin is invaluable should you forget or not know a certain character. The chart is interactive and teaches all of the sounds and combination of sounds in pinyin pronunciation!
Don’t forget another great resource for learning beginning pinyin can be found here.