DSZhongwen v0.2

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DSZhongwen v0.2










RRC2Soft has released an almost final version of his homebrew (Mandarin) Chinese learning aid for DS, DSZhongwen.

New in this release:

Update (31-March-2007): Beta Release, can be considered as a (nearly) finished v1.0, except for some quirks and things that need to be pulished.



Features:


Save/Load game (using DLDI)


Grammar, Listening, and writing lessons.


Exams of every lesson: Quiz, "Cards".


Pinyin phonetics: Ideograms will be read by the NDS.


Animated ideograms in the writing lessons.


Configuration: Left-handed / Right-handed (for writing lessons), speed of the animated ideograms.

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  Official Site with Downloads

 

[snesmaster40]

Wow very nice!

Although it looks like the program is for Mandarin

 

[jalaneme]

cool so i can learn chinese the fun way

does it teach you swear words lol

 

[ChowMein]

Looks pretty sweet... I'll try it out soon. Thanks alot

 

[[M]artin]

So, this is a pick-up-and-go Mandarin learning app then? No previous experience with Mandarin is required? [Cuz I don't know jack]

 

[damnet]

Is there anything like this but for Japanese instead? I'm more interested in Japanese learning heh.

 

[moribund112]

This looks like a nice program for students of Chinese.
The nice part is that it includes pronunciation. I can tell you, learning to read and write is not the hardest part of Chinese, the most difficult is SPEAKING! If you want to learn Mandarin Chinese, master the tones of the words (there are only four, after all) and it will help you much more in the future. 加油!

 

[iamwhoiam]

It's stlil confusing, but yeah, learn the four tones and this'll help wonders x

 

[makwillownu]

how exatly...do i put this on my M3 simply?

 

[Akotan]

Now there's this japanese professor homebrew game: Project JDS!

Can anyone test it? Someone with time to see if this really works?

 

[Hadrian]

Now there's this japanese professor homebrew game: Project JDS!

Can anyone test it? Someone with time to see if this really works?

Link is dead, but would love to learn Japanese and discover some games that sound great, there are loads on the Wonderswan but are text heavy.

 

[pika3000]

Project JDS can be downloaded there.

http://www.ds-scene.net/forum/forum.php?topic=2742

 

[DrTek]

The Archive with the lessons is corrupted :C
I am in China right now and would really like to learn a bit of the language

 

[Madrigal]

I lived in China for a few years and my girlfriend of 6 years is Chinese, so I know a little bit of Mandarin, but not nearly as much as I should by now. This seems like a fun way to learn more. Great job on the app

 

[moribund112]

Wow this is a nice app, too bad it is not for me. I'm learning Cantonese Traditional, and they teach Mandarin Simplified... Interesting app, if only it came out when I started learning...

Why are you learning traditional characters? They only really use them in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Plus, simplified is much easier!

Good luck with your studies anyways!

 

[iamwhoiam]

Once you know traditional form, simplified is kinda obvious

But it doesn't work the other way round =]

 

[miko]

Please some alternative download???

Because of:

"The bandwidth limit for this site has been exceeded."

thx

 

[thejanitor]

Looked at the description of the Japanese version and I see it has the kanas and romanji, but I don't see anything about practicing Kanji stroke order. Does anyone know if it does?

 

[Stu L Tissimus]

Nah, JDS is only kana so far. If you want to learn kanji, I'd highly recommend importing Zaidan Kanken. It's all in Japanese, but you can figure stuff out with a little basic knowledge.

 

[hypn0toad]

yea anyone have a mirror?