What is the meaning of Xue Hua Piao Piao? Xue Hua Piao Piao refers to the romanization of the Chinese phrase “雪花飘飘”, which literally means “snow flakes float”. It comes from a Chinese song called Yi Jian Mei (一剪梅). It became viral after a video of Chinese man singing the song in the snow appeared …
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In short, LingoDeer teaches languages – not just their separate parts. A grammar-based structure Grammar, the system that governs these parts, is generally considered to be the most difficult aspect of a language to learn, particularly outside of the classroom. So while most other apps settle for standard word lists and phrase books as the foundations …
Have you ever been confused by Katakana? Have you ever wondered how these foreign loan words came to be is and how to use them? If your answered yes, join our live stream and enjoy a fun 1-hour lesson with Hiroki, your expert guide to the world of Japanese! Speaker: Hello! I’m Hiroki. I come …
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For this year’s Mother’s Day we asked our Instagram followers to post a video or photo of themselves speaking/writing about their mothers in their target language. Here’s the video of our winner, Chlöe. Her speech about her drama-addicting mother will make you smile. LD: Tell us about yourself and how you got into Korean? …
Unlike English, verbs, in Japanese, always come at the end of a sentence or a clause. We will now learn the types of verbs, which will allow us to define conjugation rules. Before learning any verb conjugations, first, we need to learn how verbs are categorized. Japanese Verb Types 1 Basically, there are three main …
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Thank you for choosing LingoDeer! LingoDeer was born with the mission to serve as the main guide for beginner learners, so our courses are designed to meet requirements of standardized tests (HSK 1-3) and match textbooks. We are proud to share a comparison between LingoDeer Chinese and Integrate Chinese Level 1, the most used textbook …
The Japanese language makes extensive use of honorifics and humble language in many situations. Let’s learn about them in this short article. Honorific suffixes are attached to the end of names, such as さん in 田中さん, and are often gender-neutral. Honorific suffixes also indicate the relationship between the speaker and referred individual’s and are often …
Japanese Adjectives: Types and Differences A Japanese adjective can be divided into two parts, a stem and a suffix. All adjectives fall under two categories: i-adjectives and na-adjectives. Adjectives ending with the Hiragana suffix “い(i)” are i-adjectives. They are also categorized as A1. The second type is the na-adjective, A2. A2 takes な (na) before …
Japanese particles shows the relationship of a word, a phrase, or a clause, to the rest of the sentence. If you have trouble keeping all the particles straight, let LingoDeer show you how to use them one by one. Topic marking particle は “は (ha) “is the topic marking particle in Japanese. It is used to …
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Thank you for choosing LingoDeer! LingoDeer was born with the mission to serve as the main guide for beginner learners, so our courses are designed to meet requirements of standardized tests (TOPIK 1-3) and match textbooks. We are proud to share a comparison between LingoDeer Korean and two popular Korean learning resources — Integrated …
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Welcome to the world of LingoDeer! LingoDeer was born with the mission to help beginner learners, so our courses are designed to meet requirements of standardized tests (JLPTN5-3) and match textbooks. We are proud to share a comparison between LingoDeer Japanese and two popular Japanese learning resources — Genki and Minna no Nihongo. Learning …
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