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Jun 2024
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#365 - Can I Say Ni Hao Ma? | Mandarin a...

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Can you say 'ni hao ma' to a native Mandarin speaker? A contentious subject amoungst content creators. Ula has strong feelings about it. Also if you are going to learn Chinese, you have to put the effort and hours in. www.mandarinmonkey.com

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