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

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Tadej Pesjak Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

Growing up in Taiwan

Odraščala sem na Tajvanu

as the daughter of a calligrapher,

kot hči kaligrafa

one of my most treasured memories

in eden mojih najljubših spominov je bil,

was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape

ko mi je mati kazala lepoto

and the form of Chinese characters.

in obliko kitajskih pismenk.

Ever since then, I was fascinated

Od tedaj naprej

by this incredible language.

obožujem ta neverjetni jezik.

But to an outsider, it seems to be

A tujcu se zdi

as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China.

tako nepremostljiv kot Veliki kitajski zid.

Over the past few years, I've been wondering

Zadnjih nekaj let sem se spraševala,

if I can break down this wall,

ali lahko ta zid podrem,

so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate

da bo lahko vsakdo razumel in občudoval

the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.

lepoto tega prefinjenega jezika.

I started thinking about how a new, fast method

Začela sem razmišljati o uporabnosti

of learning Chinese might be useful.

nove, hitre metode učenja kitajščine.

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

Od petega leta naprej sem se učila risati

every single stroke for each character

vsako potezo vsake pismenke

in the correct sequence.

v pravilnem zaporedju.

I learned new characters every day

V zadnjih 15 letih

during the course of the next 15 years.

sem se vsak dan učila novih pismenk.

Since we only have five minutes,

Ker pa imamo samo pet minut,

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

bo potreben hiter in enostaven način.

A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.

Kitajski strokovnjak razume 20.000 pismenk.

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

A za osnovno pismenost jih potrebujemo le 1.000.

The top 200 will allow you to comprehend

Če poznate 200 najbolj pogostih, lahko razumete

40 percent of basic literature --

40 odstotkov osnovne literature.

enough to read road signs, restaurant menus,

To je dovolj za branje napisov, menijev

to understand the basic idea of the web pages

in razumevanje osnovnih pomenov

or the newspapers.

spletnih strani ali časopisov.

Today I'm going to start with eight

Danes bom začela z osmimi,

to show you how the method works.

da vam predstavim, kako metoda deluje.

You are ready?

Ste pripravljeni?

Open your mouth as wide as possible

Odprite usta kolikor gre,

until it's square.

da tvorijo kvadrat.

You get a mouth.

To so usta.

This is a person going for a walk.

To je človek, ki se sprehaja.

Person.

Človek.

If the shape of the fire is a person

Obliko ognja lahko vidimo kot človeka

with two arms on both sides,

z roko na vsaki strani.

as if she was yelling frantically,

Videti je, kot da kriči:

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

"Na pomoč! Gorim!"

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

Pismenka izvira iz oblike plamena,

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

a rada jo vidim na tak način. Kakor vam ustreza.

This is a tree.

To je drevo.

Tree.

Drevo.

This is a mountain.

To je gora.

The sun.

Sonce.

The moon.

Luna.

The symbol of the door

Pismenka za vrata je videti

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

kot par saloonskih vrat z Divjega zahoda.

I call these eight characters radicals.

Tem osmim pismenkam pravim radikali.

They are the building blocks

S sestavljanjem

for you to create lots more characters.

lahko iz njih ustvarimo nove pismenke.

A person.

Človek.

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

Če kdo hodi zadaj, je pomen "slediti."

As the old saying goes,

Stari rek pravi,

two is company, three is a crowd.

dva sta družba, trije pa gneča.

If a person stretched their arms wide,

Če človek razširi svoje roke,

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

hoče povedati: "Bila je tako velika."

The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped.

Če je človek v ustih, je ujet.

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

Zapornik je, kot Jon v kitu.

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

Eno drevo je drevo, dve skupaj sta gozdiček,

Three trees together, we create the forest.

tri skupaj pa gozd.

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

Če pod drevo položimo desko, dobimo osnovo.

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

Usta nad drevesom pomenijo "bedak." (Smeh)

Easy to remember,

To si lahko hitro zapomnite,

since a talking tree is pretty idiotic.

saj je govoreče drevo precej bedasto.

Remember fire?

Se spomnite ognja?

Two fires together, I get really hot.

Če sta dva ognja skupaj, postane vroče.

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

Trije skupaj in dobimo veliko plamenov.

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

Če ogenj postavimo pod dve drevesi, gori.

For us, the sun is the source of prosperity.

Za nas je sonce vir blaginje.

Two suns together, prosperous.

Dve sonci skupaj, uspešen.

Three together, that's sparkles.

Tri skupaj in dobimo iskre.

Put the sun and the moon shining together,

Če skupaj postavimo sonce in luno,

it's brightness.

je to svetlost.

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

Pomeni tudi "jutri." Po enem dnevu in noči.

The sun is coming up above the horizon. Sunrise.

Sonce vzhaja na obzorju. Sončni vzhod.

A door. Put a plank inside the door,

Vrata. Če med vrata postavimo desko,

it's a door bolt.

je to zapah.

Put a mouth inside the door, asking questions.

Usta med vrati pomenijo "spraševati."

Knock knock. Is anyone home?

Tok, tok. Je kdo doma?

This person is sneaking out of a door,

Ta človek se tihotapi skozi vrata.

escaping, evading.

Pobegniti, izogniti se.

On the left, we have a woman.

Na levi imamo žensko.

Two women together, they have an argument.

Če sta dve ženski skupaj, se prepirata.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Tri ženske skupaj, pazite, to je prešuštvo.

So we have gone through almost 30 characters.

Predelali smo skoraj 30 pismenk.

By using this method, the first eight radicals

S to metodo lahko iz prvih osmih radikalov

will allow you to build 32.

sestavite 32 pismenk.

The next group of eight characters

Iz naslednjih osem

will build an extra 32.

jih lahko sestavite še 32 več.

So with very little effort,

Z ne preveč truda

you will be able to learn a couple hundred characters,

se lahko naučite nekaj sto pismenk,

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

kolikor jih zna tudi kitajski 8-letnik.

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

Ko spoznamo pismenke, začnemo graditi besedne zveze.

For example, the mountain and the fire together,

Na primer, če sta skupaj gora in ogenj,

we have fire mountain. It's a volcano.

je to ognjena gora. Vulkan.

We know Japan is the land of the rising sun.

Japonska je dežela vzhajajočega sonca.

This is a sun placed with the origin,

Tukaj smo povezali sonce in izvor,

because Japan lies to the east of China.

ker Japonska leži vzhodno od Kitajske.

So a sun, origin together, we build Japan.

Sonce in izvor skupaj, dobimo Japonsko.

A person behind Japan, what do we get?

Kaj dobimo, če na koncu dodamo še človeka?

A Japanese person.

Japonca ali Japonko.

The character on the left is two mountains

Leva pismenka sta dve gori,

stacked on top of each other.

druga na drugi.

In ancient China, that means in exile,

V starodavni Kitajski je to pomenilo "izgon,"

because Chinese emperors, they put their political enemies

ker so kitajski cesarji politične nasprotnike

in exile beyond mountains.

izgnali preko gora.

Nowadays, exile has turned into getting out.

Zdaj to pomeni "iti ven."

A mouth which tells you where to get out

Usta, ki ti povedo, kje lahko greš ven,

is an exit.

pomenijo "izhod."

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

Ta diapozitiv me opomni, da naj neham govoriti

and get off of the stage. Thank you.

in odidem z odra. Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)