Update: I made a new deck of Chinese sentences that I think is way better than this. Check it out: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/480561007
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This is a collection of Chinese sentences, sorted from easiest (most simple) to hardest (most complex).
This deck begins with very simple sentences, and slowly gets harder as you progress.
Source of Chinese sentences: Movie subtitles. Source of English translations: Machine translation.
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There's many good Anki decks to learn Hanzi. So instead of Reading skills, this deck has a complete focus on general Speaking Skills.
In other words... The focus of this deck is not learning how to read-- it's learning conversational skills.
This deck is a complement to: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2001017736
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— Why study sentences? Memorizing the meaning of individual words... is pretty much pointless. If you want actual fluency, you need to see a word in as many example sentences as possible. That makes the language start to flow in your head. That shows you how to use the word. How it is combined with the other words. And many other things.
We think that effort always converts into fluency. This is not true. If you memorize the meaning of individual words you won't get fluent and you will spend a ton of effort. But studying sentences is the real deal. Is the method of learning that actually converts effort to fluency.
Get some basic grammar, some basic vocabulary, then just dive into sentences and more sentences until you're fluent.
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