Learn to read Chinese ... with ease! | ShaoLan

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Katarina Drozdek Kadić Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Growing up in Taiwan

Odrastajući na Tajvanu

as the daughter of a calligrapher,

kao kćerka kaligrafa,

one of my most treasured memories

jedno od mojih najdražih sjećanja

was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape

je moja majka koja mi pokazuje ljepotu, oblike

and the form of Chinese characters.

i formu kineskih znakova.

Ever since then, I was fascinated

Od tog trena bila sam fascinirana

by this incredible language.

ovim nevjerovatnim jezikom.

But to an outsider, it seems to be

Ali za nekog sa strane, on se čini

as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China.

neprobojnim poput Kineskog zida.

Over the past few years, I've been wondering

Posljednih nekoliko godina pitala sam se

if I can break down this wall,

mogu li ja srušiti taj zid,

so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate

kako bi svatko tko želi razumjeti i cijeniti

the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.

ljepotu ovog sofisticiranog jezika, to i mogao.

I started thinking about how a new, fast method

Počela sam misliti kako bi neka nova, brža metoda

of learning Chinese might be useful.

učenja kineskog jezika mogla biti korisna.

Since the age of five, I started to learn how to draw

Od pete godine učim crtati

every single stroke for each character

svaki potez za svaki znak

in the correct sequence.

po točnom redoslijedu.

I learned new characters every day

Učila sam nove znakove svakoga dana

during the course of the next 15 years.

u sljedećih petnaest godina.

Since we only have five minutes,

Budući da imamo samo pet minuta,

it's better that we have a fast and simpler way.

bolje je učiniti to na brži i jednostavniji način.

A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.

Kineski učenjak razumije 20,000 znakova.

You only need 1,000 to understand the basic literacy.

Za osnovnu pismenost Vi biste trebali razumjeti samo 1,000.

The top 200 will allow you to comprehend

Najčešćih 200 će Vam omogućiti razumijevanje

40 percent of basic literature --

40% osnovne literature --

enough to read road signs, restaurant menus,

dovoljno da možete pročitati znakove na cesti, menije u restoranima,

to understand the basic idea of the web pages

da razumijete osnovnu ideju internet stranica

or the newspapers.

ili novina.

Today I'm going to start with eight

Danas ću početi sa osam,

to show you how the method works.

kako bih Vam pokazala kako ova metoda funkcionira.

You are ready?

Jeste li spremni?

Open your mouth as wide as possible

Otvorite usta što je moguće više

until it's square.

dok nisu u obliku kvadrata.

You get a mouth.

I dobit ćete usta.

This is a person going for a walk.

Ovo je osoba koja ide u šetnju.

Person.

Osoba.

If the shape of the fire is a person

Ako je oblik vatre osoba

with two arms on both sides,

s dvije ruke na obje strane,

as if she was yelling frantically,

kao da izbezumljeno viče:

"Help! I'm on fire!" --

"Pomozite! Gorim!"--

This symbol actually is originally from the shape of the flame,

Ovaj simbol zapravo potječe od oblika plamena,

but I like to think that way. Whichever works for you.

ali ja volim misliti na ovaj način. Kako god funkcionira za Vas.

This is a tree.

Ovo je drvo.

Tree.

Drvo.

This is a mountain.

Ovo je planina.

The sun.

Ovo je Sunce.

The moon.

Ovo je Mjesec.

The symbol of the door

Simbol za vrata

looks like a pair of saloon doors in the wild west.

izgleda poput salonskih vrata na divljem Zapadu.

I call these eight characters radicals.

Ovih osam znakova nazivam radikalima.

They are the building blocks

Oni su građevinski materijal

for you to create lots more characters.

za izgradnju puno više znakova.

A person.

Ovo je osoba.

If someone walks behind, that is "to follow."

Ako netko hoda iza nje, to znači " slijediti".

As the old saying goes,

Kako kaže stara poslovica,

two is company, three is a crowd.

dvoje je društvo, troje je gužva.

If a person stretched their arms wide,

Kad bi osoba široko raširila ruke,

this person is saying, "It was this big."

osoba bi rekla: "To je bilo ovoliko".

The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped.

Osoba u ustima je zarobljena osoba.

He's a prisoner, just like Jonah inside the whale.

On je zatvorenik, poput Jone u utrobi kita.

One tree is a tree. Two trees together, we have the woods.

Jedno stablo je stablo. Dva stabla su šumarak.

Three trees together, we create the forest.

Sa tri stabla možemo stvoriti šumu.

Put a plank underneath the tree, we have the foundation.

Stavite dasku ispod stabla, i dobit ćete temelj.

Put a mouth on the top of the tree, that's "idiot." (Laughter)

Stavite usta na vrh stabla, i napravili ste "idiota" (smijeh).

Easy to remember,

Lagano je za zapamtiti,

since a talking tree is pretty idiotic.

budući da je drvo koje priča prilično idiotska ideja.

Remember fire?

Sjećate se vatre?

Two fires together, I get really hot.

Dvije vatre zajedno i postat će jako vruće.

Three fires together, that's a lot of flames.

Tri vatre zajedno predstavlja puno plamena.

Set the fire underneath the two trees, it's burning.

Zapalite vatru ispod dva stabla i gorjet će.

For us, the sun is the source of prosperity.

Za nas je sunce izvor blagostanja.

Two suns together, prosperous.

Dva sunca zajedno znače blagostanje.

Three together, that's sparkles.

Tri sunca zajedno znače blistanje.

Put the sun and the moon shining together,

Stavite sunce i mjesec neka sjaje zajedno,

it's brightness.

to znači svjetlost.

It also means tomorrow, after a day and a night.

To ujedno znači i sutra, nakon dana i nakon noći.

The sun is coming up above the horizon. Sunrise.

Sunce se diže iznad horizonta. To predstavlja svitanje.

A door. Put a plank inside the door,

Ovo su vrata. Stavite dasku unutar vrata,

it's a door bolt.

to predstavlja bravu.

Put a mouth inside the door, asking questions.

Stavite usta koja postavljaju pitanja unutar vrata.

Knock knock. Is anyone home?

Kuc kuc. Ima li koga?

This person is sneaking out of a door,

Ova osoba se iskrada van,

escaping, evading.

bježi, izbjegava nešto.

On the left, we have a woman.

Na lijevo imamo jednu ženu.

Two women together, they have an argument.

Dvije žene zajedno znači da se one svađaju.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Three women together, be careful, it's adultery.

Tri žene zajedno, budi oprezan, to znači preljub.

So we have gone through almost 30 characters.

Evo, prošli smo skoro 30 znakova.

By using this method, the first eight radicals

Koristeći ovu metodu, prvih osam radikala

will allow you to build 32.

će vam omogućiti stvaranje još 32 znaka.

The next group of eight characters

Sljedeća grupa od 8 znakova

will build an extra 32.

će vam pomoći napraviti još 32.

So with very little effort,

Znači, s jako malo truda,

you will be able to learn a couple hundred characters,

moći ćete naučiti nekoliko stotina znakova,

which is the same as a Chinese eight-year-old.

koliko ih i zna osmogodišnji Kinez.

So after we know the characters, we start building phrases.

Znači, kad naučimo znakove, počinjemo oblikovati rečenice.

For example, the mountain and the fire together,

Npr., planina i vatra zajedno

we have fire mountain. It's a volcano.

će stvoriti vatrenu planinu. To je vulkan.

We know Japan is the land of the rising sun.

Znamo da je Japan zemlja izlazećeg sunca.

This is a sun placed with the origin,

Ovo je sunce pored svojeg porijekla,

because Japan lies to the east of China.

zato što je Japan istočno od Kine.

So a sun, origin together, we build Japan.

Znači, sa suncem i porijeklom ćemo napisati Japan.

A person behind Japan, what do we get?

Nacrtamo osobu iza Japana, i što ćemo dobiti?

A Japanese person.

Japanca/Japanku.

The character on the left is two mountains

Znak na lijevoj strani se sastoji od dvije planine,

stacked on top of each other.

jedne povrh druge.

In ancient China, that means in exile,

U drevnoj Kini to znači "u progonstvu"

because Chinese emperors, they put their political enemies

zato što su kineski vladari svoje političke protivnike

in exile beyond mountains.

progonili iza planina.

Nowadays, exile has turned into getting out.

U današnje vrijeme, progonstvo se pretvorilo u "izlaz".

A mouth which tells you where to get out

Usta koja Vam govore gdje da izađete

is an exit.

označavaju izlaz.

This is a slide to remind me that I should stop talking

Ovo je stranica koja me treba podsjetiti da trebam prestati pričati

and get off of the stage. Thank you.

i odem sa pozornice. Hvala Vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)