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- Elena
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I have learned Chinese for several years. I changed more than 3 teachers. I need a systemic and efficient studying. And I want to know more about china , Chinese and Chinese culture. Then my friend introduced me Mandarin Garden. What the teacher there gav
- Alicia
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Through the Chinese culture activities, I make many friends from all over the world. I learnt how to make dumplings, rice dumplings and flower arrangement. I like the activities of Mandarin Garden. They enriched my life in Shanghai.
- Conni
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I am glad to study in Mandarin Garden. My teacher is very nice and helpful, and the staff of the school is nice to me. I love Chinese and I love to learn Chinese. It’s very practical. I will try to learn it well.
- Pierre
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Mandarin Garden is a great place to get to know Chinese culture and to learn Chinese.They offer plenty of activities for an even profounder knowledge.The atmosphere is professional and at the same time relaxed.
- Niels
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I don’t like studying in a boring class. i wish my teacher can always be passionate and push me to study further. In Mandarin Garden, I found the right teacher for me and now I enjoy my class very much. Thanks a lot.
- Tomas
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I have compared several schools before my decision. I want to learn Chinese well and I also like to know Chinese culture. And I think the attitude of the teacher, the consultant here are all very positive. I like to stay with them and get the care from th
Recently I’ve been traveling more due to my work with Chinese Company. The result of all this traveling was that my
mind has opened up to the similarities in Languages. I was in Holland and did see the necessity to study Dutch as so few
people speak it. As was working there I found it sometimes I needed to understand so I listened carefully. I was in the north
of Holland where the main language is Fries which is closer to English than Dutch. After a while I found I just seemed to
understand. Now that I’m fluent in Mandarin I’ also noticing that I should have seen all the cognates from other languages.
My first teacher from the US Government told us Chinese was completely different it didn’t have cognates with our western
language. That is completely false. I had noticed I was remember some words more easily than others but it didn’t occur to
me to look for all the cognates until one older teachers asked me. I immediately wrote down a list of twenty or so words without
doing any research. Now my mind is open. I just learned a new work in Spanish to cut and harvest the crops. It is the verb Sugar
it is now also my new work in Mandarin which is to cut Sou. Then the word Jian is added but the So is the same as Spanish.
A couple weeks ago I went to Italy. I haven’t been to Italy for years and spoke Italian as a child. In the evening I was having a
conversation with someone telling them I didn’t speak Italian. He answered back saying," Then what are you speaking right now!"
In Italian I found the Mei which is not or the negative in Mandarin it is Mai in Italian. Li zheli duo yuan in mandarin is from here how
far is it; Sono stato li in Italian is I was there. The two Li are used for places. I’m sure there are many more cognates. Just open your
mind and let your imagination flow.