I began learning Mandarin with a clean slate, not knowing a lick... not one word... NOTHING... and have since come to the conclusion this is going to be a war of attrition, step by step, inch by inch.... the beginner has a lot to initially concentrate on... the four tones of Chinese Language, meaning of particles, word order... it’s like this big haze, which thank god does start to slowly dissipate the more you study of the material.
Half an hour is about all the super concentrating I can muster, so study in bursts. FIRST thing in the morning is always a Pimsleur lesson, that way no matter how busy the schedule is, at least a half an hour of study gets done per day...
The cool thing is that once you start really seeing progress it gets addictive and you want to find time to study(I carry flash cards everywhere)... it’s kind of like playing a video game, where all you can think about is getting to the next level, then work-work-working to get there... the trick being not ever letting up. EVER... you gotta drill this stuff into your head, going through the material over and over and OVER again... words, phrases, and grammar get easily forgotten until they’re so rooted in your mind it just flows out like your second nature... with work this actually does start to happen... and that’s just one just of the many rewarding things about learning Mandarin...
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