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Mandarin Impossible Most common words in English The Reading Teachers Book of Lists claims that the first 25 words make up about one-third of all printed material in English, and that the first 100 make up about one-half of all written material.[4] Source: [1] Parts of speech Nouns timepersonyearwaydaythingmanworldlifehandpartchildeyewomanplaceworkweekcasepointgovernmentcompanynumbergroupproblemfact Verbs behavedosaygetmakegoknowtakeseecomethinklookwantgiveusefindtellaskworkseemfeeltryleavecall Adjectives goodnewfirstlastlonggreatlittleownotheroldrightbighighdifferentsmalllargenextearlyyoungimportantfewpublicbadsameable Prepositions toofinforonwithatbyfromupaboutintooverafterbeneathunderabove Others theandathatIitnotheasyouthisbuthistheyhersheoranwillmyoneallwouldtheretheir Source: [1] See also References

Internet Software for Learning Chinese Characters - Chinese Learning 中文学习互助 - China Forum Recently I started think seriously about studying chinese, I found some useful resources that other people may find useful. There are lots and lots of free software learning resources around, however I wanted to try and find a single resource with as much as possible in the same place. The software courses on these sites all have to be paid for, but they may be worth it if provides you with a convenient method of learning Hanzi. (1) This is perhaps my favourite resource, since it combines character drawing and audio for learning pronunciation. (2) This is a more flash-card type system, but it is better than a usual flashcard, in that there are inbuilt tests, as well as contecnt sentences. (3) This is a simple flashcard system that I quite like, just because it is so simple to use. I hope that other people studying might find these useful. I know that there are lots of free resources as well..