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

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Michal Copko Reviewer: Lucia Lukanova

Growing up in Taiwan

Vyrastajúc v Taiwane

as the daughter of a calligrapher,

ako dcéra kaligrafa,

one of my most treasured memories

najcennejšou z mojich spomienok

was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape

bola moja mama ukazujúc mi krásu a

and the form of Chinese characters.

tvar čínskych znakov.

Ever since then, I was fascinated

Odvtedy ma tento neuveriteľný jazyk

by this incredible language.

fascinoval.

But to an outsider, it seems to be

Pre cudzincov však môže byť

as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China.

neprekonateľným ako veľký čínsky múr.

Over the past few years, I've been wondering

Posledných päť rokov som skúšala

if I can break down this wall,

ním preniknúť,

so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate

aby ním mohol prejsť každý, kto chce oceniť

the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.

krásu tohoto sofistikovaného jazyka.

I started thinking about how a new, fast method

Premýšľala som nad novou a rýchlou

of learning Chinese might be useful.

metódou učenia sa Čínštiny.

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

V piatich rokoch som začala kresliť

every single stroke for each character

jednotlivé ťahy znakov

in the correct sequence.

v správnom poradí.

I learned new characters every day

Učila som sa denne nové znaky

during the course of the next 15 years.

nasledovných 15 rokov.

Since we only have five minutes,

Keďže máme len päť minút,

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

dá sa to aj rýchlejšie a jednoducho.

A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.

Čínsky učenec pozná 20,000 znakov.

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

1,000 znakov stačí pre základnú gramotnosť.

The top 200 will allow you to comprehend

Top 200 znakov umožní pochopiť

40 percent of basic literature --

40 percent bežnej literatúry --

enough to read road signs, restaurant menus,

dosť na prečítanie dopravných značiek, jedálnych lístkov,

to understand the basic idea of the web pages

základných myšlienok na webstránkach

or the newspapers.

alebo novín.

Today I'm going to start with eight

Dnes začnem 8 znakmi

to show you how the method works.

na znázornenie tejto metódy.

You are ready?

Ste pripravení?

Open your mouth as wide as possible

Otvorte ústa najširšie ako viete,

until it's square.

až do štvorca.

You get a mouth.

To sú ÚSTA.

This is a person going for a walk.

Toto je človek na prechádzke.

Person.

ČLOVEK.

If the shape of the fire is a person

Ak je oheň v tvare osoby

with two arms on both sides,

s rukami po stranách,

as if she was yelling frantically,

ako by zúfalo kričala:

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

"Pomoc! Horím!"

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

Hoci je to symbol plameňa,

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

páči sa mi prirovnanie k človeku.

This is a tree.

Toto je strom.

Tree.

STROM.

This is a mountain.

Toto je HORA.

The sun.

SLNKO.

The moon.

MESIAC.

The symbol of the door

Znak pre DVERE

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

je ako dvere saloonu z divokeho západu.

I call these eight characters radicals.

Týchto osem znakov nazývam základom.

They are the building blocks

Sú to stavebné bloky

for you to create lots more characters.

mnohých iných znakov.

A person.

Človek.

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

Ak za ním niekto kráča, je to "NASLEDOVAŤ".

As the old saying goes,

Ako hovorí staré príslovie,

two is company, three is a crowd.

"Dvaja sú skupina, traja dav."

If a person stretched their arms wide,

Roztiahnutými pažami povieme

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

"Bolo to také VEĽKÉ"

The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped.

Osoba v ústach je v pasci.

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

Je VÄZŇOM ako Jonáš v ústach veľryby.

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

Jeden strom je STROM. Dva stromy DREVINA.

Three trees together, we create the forest.

Tri stromy LES.

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

Dajme pod strom dosku, máme ZÁKLAD.

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

Dajme ústa na strom a je to IDIOT. (smiech)

Easy to remember,

Ľahko sa to pamätá,

since a talking tree is pretty idiotic.

lebo hovoriaci strom je blbosť.

Remember fire?

Pamätáte is Oheň?

Two fires together, I get really hot.

Dva ohne znamenajú HORÚCO

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

Tri ohne je veľa PLAMEŇov

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

Založte oheň pod dvoma stromami a HORÍ.

For us, the sun is the source of prosperity.

U nás je slnko zdrojom prosperity.

Two suns together, prosperous.

Dve slnká, PROSPERUJÚCI.

Three together, that's sparkles.

Tri slnká je ISKRENIE.

Put the sun and the moon shining together,

Spojme slnko s mesiacom

it's brightness.

a máme JAS.

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

Tiež to znamená ZAJTRA, po dni a noci.

The sun is coming up above the horizon. Sunrise.

Slnko nad horizontom je VÝCHOD SLNKA.

A door. Put a plank inside the door,

DVERE. Dajme do nich dosku

it's a door bolt.

a máme ZÁMOK.

Put a mouth inside the door, asking questions.

Dajme ústa do dverí, PÝTAŤ SA.

Knock knock. Is anyone home?

Klop klop. Je niekto doma?

This person is sneaking out of a door,

Táto osoba sa zakráda cez dvere,

escaping, evading.

je to ÚNIK alebo VYHÝBANIE SA.

On the left, we have a woman.

Na ľavo je ŽENA.

Two women together, they have an argument.

Dve ženy a je to HÁDKA..

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

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

Tri ženy, pozor, je CUDZOLOŽSTVO.

So we have gone through almost 30 characters.

Prešli sme takmer 30 znakmi.

By using this method, the first eight radicals

Z prvých 8 znakov touto metódou

will allow you to build 32.

vytvoríte 32.

The next group of eight characters

A z nasledovných 8 znakov

will build an extra 32.

ďalších 32.

So with very little effort,

Len s troškou námahy

you will be able to learn a couple hundred characters,

sa naučíte pár stoviek znakov,

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

ktoré pozná osemročný Číňan.

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

So známymi znakmi začneme tvoriť frázy.

For example, the mountain and the fire together,

Napríklad dve hory a oheň

we have fire mountain. It's a volcano.

je ohnivá hora, SOPKA.

We know Japan is the land of the rising sun.

Japonsko je krajinou vychádzajúceho slnka.

This is a sun placed with the origin,

Slnko a základ, z ktorého vzišlo,

because Japan lies to the east of China.

lebo Japonsko leží východne od Číny.

So a sun, origin together, we build Japan.

Takže slnko a základ dáva JAPONSKO.

A person behind Japan, what do we get?

Čo je človek za Japonskom?

A Japanese person.

JAPONEC!

The character on the left is two mountains

Vľavo sú dve hory

stacked on top of each other.

na sebe,

In ancient China, that means in exile,

Bol to Exil v starovekej Číne,

because Chinese emperors, they put their political enemies

lebo čínski vládári posielali disidentov

in exile beyond mountains.

do exilu za horami.

Nowadays, exile has turned into getting out.

Exil sa časom zmenil na "ísť von".

A mouth which tells you where to get out

Ústa hovoriace kade von

is an exit.

je VÝCHOD.

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

Mala by som teda prestať rozprávať

and get off of the stage. Thank you.

a "ísť von" z pódia. Ďakujem.

(Applause)

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