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

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Dejan Vicai

Growing up in Taiwan

Odrastajući u Tajvanu

as the daughter of a calligrapher,

kao ćerka kaligrafa,

one of my most treasured memories

jedno od mojih najdražih sećanja

was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape

je kada mi je majka pokazivala lepotu, oblik

and the form of Chinese characters.

i formu kineskih slova.

Ever since then, I was fascinated

Od tog trenutka sam fascinirana

by this incredible language.

ovim neverovatnim 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

Poslednjih nekoliko godina pitala sam se

if I can break down this wall,

da li bih mogla da srušim ovaj zid,

so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate

tako da bilo ko ko želi da razume ovaj jezik

the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.

i ceni njegovu lepotu, to može i da uradi.

I started thinking about how a new, fast method

Počela sam da mislim o tome kako bi novi, brži metod

of learning Chinese might be useful.

učenja kineskog mogao da bude koristan.

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

Od pete godine sam počela da učim

every single stroke for each character

kako da crtam svaki potez za svaki simbol

in the correct sequence.

u tačnom nizu.

I learned new characters every day

Svakog dana sam učila nove simbole

during the course of the next 15 years.

tokom sledećih 15 godina.

Since we only have five minutes,

Pošto imamo samo pet minuta,

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

bolje je da imamo brži i jednostavniji način.

A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.

Kineski učenjak bi razumeo 20 000 simbola.

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

Za osnovnu pismenost vam je potrebno da razumete samo 1000.

The top 200 will allow you to comprehend

Najčešćih 200 će vam omogućiti da razumete

40 percent of basic literature --

40% osnovne literature -

enough to read road signs, restaurant menus,

dovoljno da čitate saobraćajne znake, menije u restoranima,

to understand the basic idea of the web pages

da razumete osnovnu ideju internet strana

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.

da vam pokažem kako metod funkcioniše.

You are ready?

Da li ste spremni?

Open your mouth as wide as possible

Otvorite usta što šire možete

until it's square.

dok nisu oblika kvadrata.

You get a mouth.

Dobijate 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,

sa dve ruke na svakoj strani,

as if she was yelling frantically,

kao da izbezubljeno viče:

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

"Upomoć! Zapalila sam se!" -

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

Ovaj simbol zapravo potiče od oblika plamena,

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

ali ja volim da mislim ovako. Šta god funkcioniše za vas.

This is a tree.

Ovo je drvo.

Tree.

Drvo.

This is a mountain.

Ovo je planina.

The sun.

Sunce.

The moon.

Mesec.

The symbol of the door

Simbol vrata

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

izgleda kao salonska vrata na divljem Zapadu.

I call these eight characters radicals.

Ovih osam simbola zovem radikalima.

They are the building blocks

Oni su gradivni materijali

for you to create lots more characters.

za stvaranje puno drugih simbola.

A person.

Osoba.

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

Ako neko hoda iza nje, to je "pratiti."

As the old saying goes,

Kako kaže stara izreka,

two is company, three is a crowd.

dvoje je društvo, troje je gužva.

If a person stretched their arms wide,

Ako osoba široko ispruži ruke,

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

onda govori: "Bilo je ovako veliko."

The person inside the mouth, the person is trapped.

Osoba unutar usta je zarobljena.

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

On je zatvorenik, kao Džona u utrobi kita.

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

Jedno drvo je drvo. Sa dva drveta imamo šumarak.

Three trees together, we create the forest.

Sa tri drveta imamo šumu.

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

Stavite dasku pod drvo i imamo temelj.

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

Stavite usta na vrh drveta, to je "idiot". (Smeh)

Easy to remember,

Lako je za zapamtiti,

since a talking tree is pretty idiotic.

jer je drvo koje priča prilično idiotska ideja.

Remember fire?

Sećate se vatre?

Two fires together, I get really hot.

Dve vatre i postaje jako vruće.

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

Tri vatre znače puno plamena.

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

Stavite vatru pod dva drveta i goreće.

For us, the sun is the source of prosperity.

Za nas je sunce izvor napretka.

Two suns together, prosperous.

Dva sunca znače napredno.

Three together, that's sparkles.

Tri sunca znače blistavost.

Put the sun and the moon shining together,

Stavite zajedno sunce i mesec koji sijaju,

it's brightness.

i dobijate svetlost.

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

To takođe znači sutra, nakon dana i noći.

The sun is coming up above the horizon. Sunrise.

Sunce se diže nad horizontom. Izlazak sunca.

A door. Put a plank inside the door,

Vrata. Stavite dasku unutar vrata,

it's a door bolt.

i to je brava.

Put a mouth inside the door, asking questions.

Unutar vrata stavite usta koja postavljaju pitanja.

Knock knock. Is anyone home?

Kuc-kuc. Ima li koga?

This person is sneaking out of a door,

Ova osoba se šunja napolje,

escaping, evading.

beži, izbegava nešto.

On the left, we have a woman.

Na levoj strani imamo ženu.

Two women together, they have an argument.

Dve žene zajedno se svađaju.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Tri žene zajedno, budite pažljivi, to je preljuba.

So we have gone through almost 30 characters.

Prošli smo kroz skoro 30 simbola.

By using this method, the first eight radicals

Koristeći ovaj metod, prvih osam radikala

will allow you to build 32.

će vam dozvoliti da napravite 32 simbola.

The next group of eight characters

Sledeća grupa od osam simbola

will build an extra 32.

će napraviti još 32 druga.

So with very little effort,

Sa veoma malo truda,

you will be able to learn a couple hundred characters,

moći ćete da naučite nekoliko stotina simbola,

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

koliko i osmogodišnje kinesko dete.

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

Nakon što naučimo simbole, krećemo da pravimo fraze.

For example, the mountain and the fire together,

Na primer, planina i vatra zajedno daju

we have fire mountain. It's a volcano.

plamenu 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 svog porekla,

because Japan lies to the east of China.

jer je Japan istočno od Kine.

So a sun, origin together, we build Japan.

Sunce i poreklo zajedno daju Japan.

A person behind Japan, what do we get?

Šta dobijamo kada se iza Japana nalazi osoba?

A Japanese person.

Japanca ili Japanku.

The character on the left is two mountains

Simbol s leva su dve planine,

stacked on top of each other.

jedna povrh druge.

In ancient China, that means in exile,

U drevnoj Kini, to znači "prognan",

because Chinese emperors, they put their political enemies

jer su kineski carevi svoje političke protivnike

in exile beyond mountains.

progonili iza planina.

Nowadays, exile has turned into getting out.

U skorije vreme, izgnanstvo je postalo izlaženje.

A mouth which tells you where to get out

Usta koja vam govore kuda da izađete

is an exit.

označavaju izlaz.

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

Ovo je slajd koji me podseća da treba da prestanem da pričam

and get off of the stage. Thank you.

i sklonim se sa bine. Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)