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2017-09-02 at 2:15 PM UTC
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2017-09-02 at 4:04 PM UTC
Originally posted by CASPER Im actually really fucking good with accents and languages for some reason.
Id say "cuh-yoo-ahn", "zhur-piyan" and "cooey-an" ….although trying to type out some of the chinese inflections is just about impossible with english script. Ive never taken chinese, just heard a lot of conversation, and it seems theres a sort of frontal-lengual tensing. Like idk when they speak really fast I always pick out a bunch of "shyuur" type sounds, which if you typed "sure"- wouldnt describe the sound correctly. Theres like a bend in the middle. Idk. Im high. Thanks China.
A good try if you've never studied Chinese.
Would be more like "shuey-yoo-ahn" for xueyuan and "zh/jaopian" for zhaopian (the zh in pinyin makes a kinda jhrr noise, no real English equivalent) and "chee-an" for qian. They mean college, picture, and money, if you were curious.
Seriously though, pretty good. You did the 'rr' sound for ao in zhaopian but it's actually something done for I's and it's also a regional thing. Up north they would say 'shrr' for shi (is/be/are) but down south they actually pronounce the I. It's also only for some I words for reasons I cannot fathom.
Also good guess on the frontal tensing of the tongue. That's what I thought at first too but they're actually moving the tongue backwards into the mouth. I don't yet get how to do this without making it sound like my mouth is full of food.
Sometimes pinyin does make a little more sense, like in English we pronounce liar with the (phonetic) A sound first. lair is also pronounced with the A sound first, different A though. In pinyin you won't have funky shit like this to worry about, you just gotta learn the basics first which really isn't that hard. It's actually way easier to learn than I thought it'd be, except for written. -
2017-09-02 at 4:19 PM UTC
Originally posted by 霍比特人说中文不好 A good try if you've never studied Chinese.
Would be more like "shuey-yoo-ahn" for xueyuan and "zh/jaopian" for zhaopian (the zh in pinyin makes a kinda jhrr noise, no real English equivalent) and "chee-an" for qian. They mean college, picture, and money, if you were curious.
Seriously though, pretty good. You did the 'rr' sound for ao in zhaopian but it's actually something done for I's and it's also a regional thing. Up north they would say 'shrr' for shi (is/be/are) but down south they actually pronounce the I. It's also only for some I words for reasons I cannot fathom.
Also good guess on the frontal tensing of the tongue. That's what I thought at first too but they're actually moving the tongue backwards into the mouth. I don't yet get how to do this without making it sound like my mouth is full of food.
Sometimes pinyin does make a little more sense, like in English we pronounce liar with the (phonetic) A sound first. lair is also pronounced with the A sound first, different A though. In pinyin you won't have funky shit like this to worry about, you just gotta learn the basics first which really isn't that hard. It's actually way easier to learn than I thought it'd be, except for written.
whichever asshole that gave you a b needs a thorough beheading.
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2017-09-02 at 4:20 PM UTC
Originally posted by 霍比特人说中文不好 A good try if you've never studied Chinese.
Would be more like "shuey-yoo-ahn" for xueyuan and "zh/jaopian" for zhaopian (the zh in pinyin makes a kinda jhrr noise, no real English equivalent) and "chee-an" for qian. They mean college, picture, and money, if you were curious.
Seriously though, pretty good. You did the 'rr' sound for ao in zhaopian but it's actually something done for I's and it's also a regional thing. Up north they would say 'shrr' for shi (is/be/are) but down south they actually pronounce the I. It's also only for some I words for reasons I cannot fathom.
Also good guess on the frontal tensing of the tongue. That's what I thought at first too but they're actually moving the tongue backwards into the mouth. I don't yet get how to do this without making it sound like my mouth is full of food.
Sometimes pinyin does make a little more sense, like in English we pronounce liar with the (phonetic) A sound first. lair is also pronounced with the A sound first, different A though. In pinyin you won't have funky shit like this to worry about, you just gotta learn the basics first which really isn't that hard. It's actually way easier to learn than I thought it'd be, except for written.
My first guesses were a little close to what they actually wouldve been then, I guess. Thought you were trying some trick stuffs. Only because ive seen the names of some chinese cities pronounced, and it started zhwey...but i could also swear ive heard xu pronounced "curr/coo". And "qi" - like chi/energy. Figured that had to be some weird conjugation sound too.
Very cool language though, and going to be increasingly more relevant in coming years. How long have you been studying? And youre abroad now? I mustve missed that part. Theres just something depressing about knowing there are billions of people on the planet who you COULD sit down with and exchange stories and history and conversation, but cant because of language barrier. Hopefully Google will get on with that. -
2017-09-02 at 4:23 PM UTCdatum lanza
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2017-09-02 at 4:27 PM UTC
Originally posted by benny vader whichever asshole that gave you a b needs a thorough beheading.
isis style.
My Chinese teacher is actually really sweet. I got an 89 and it was mostly because I had a severe lack of characters, which I've been catching up on since my class ended. On the final I knew like, maybe 5/20 of them and I just did the syllables I could recognize for the rest. -
2017-09-02 at 4:32 PM UTC
Originally posted by 霍比特人说中文不好 My Chinese teacher is actually really sweet. I got an 89 and it was mostly because I had a severe lack of characters, which I've been catching up on since my class ended. On the final I knew like, maybe 5/20 of them and I just did the syllables I could recognize for the rest.
now test this
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2017-09-02 at 4:41 PM UTC
Originally posted by CASPER My first guesses were a little close to what they actually wouldve been then, I guess. Thought you were trying some trick stuffs. Only because ive seen the names of some chinese cities pronounced, and it started zhwey…but i could also swear ive heard xu pronounced "curr/coo". And "qi" - like chi/energy. Figured that had to be some weird conjugation sound too.
Very cool language though, and going to be increasingly more relevant in coming years. How long have you been studying? And youre abroad now? I mustve missed that part. Theres just something depressing about knowing there are billions of people on the planet who you COULD sit down with and exchange stories and history and conversation, but cant because of language barrier. Hopefully Google will get on with that.
Maybe for the 'coo' noise you're thinking of C which is like the ts in hats. Or Z which is like the ds in words. or Q which is for all intensive porpoises, ch. The I sound is a little different though so qian doesn't have that chi sound. These are some of the more confusing sounds if it makes you feel any better. I still fuck up with them sometimes, although for a while I was reading the railroad XING sign at my friend's house as railroad shing.
I've been studying for like four months now. I took a summer class which is half the usual class time, so I learned really really quick. Chinese took up most of my free time near the end of the semester there. I'm not abroad but I'm planning on it next year.
Language barrier is one of the reasons I chose Chinese. I know Spanish and English, so that's roughly 10% of the world I can talk to in their native tongue. But if you add in Mandarin that goes up to 25% and that's a really appealing idea. I never realized how much Chinese is spoken around here before, but goddamn is it a lot. I don't know enough to follow most conversations but I can catch the basics. Looking forward to the day when I can butt into a conversation in Chinese.
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