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em-beeyesterday at 8:32 PM1 replyview on HN

15 years in china, with a chinese wife and everyone in my family and my environment speaking chinese with each other did not help me learn more than a few words and phrases of chinese. so just bombardement is not enough, you must be doing some active learning if you want anything to catch on.


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robaatoyesterday at 10:21 PM

Yes very true. Though exposure is also impotent. But active lessons or trying are vital