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One of the principles of our course is to relate the new vocabulary we give you with the vocabulary we have already taught you. The Premium notes for this lesson are a great example of the variety of new vocabulary that can be acquired by adding the verb 有 to other words you have already learned. It becomes a lot easier to learn new vocabulary this way since you are just rearranging words that you already know, rather than having to learn new words. In the future, as new words are introduced, try and find patterns like this to group material with material you already know.

Many people are put off learning new languages when they look at long vocabulary lists they would have to study. However, as you can see in today’s language learning tip, it doesn’t have to be this way. The same holds true for Chinese characters. While it may seem daunting to have to learn so many new characters, the truth is many characters share the same components, so by learning a few basic components and how they can be rearranged to form new ones, you greatly increase the efficiency of your learning.