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putonghualover
Posted on: Handsome Foreign Student
May 19, 2012 at 5:52 AMI had a cultural question...
I can't speak for all Western cultures but at least in the politally neutral contemporary young American culture, it's odd for a guy to call another guy a "handsome guy" like in this lesson conversation. Odd in a way that people might think he's gay -- even if he's not. Well, my question is, would the Chinese think the same way?
Posted on: Seoul
May 19, 2012 at 5:37 AMThe Korean language has been in existence for a long time -- even long before hanzi came to Korea and definitely before hangeul was created. The language never seemed to have had tones, just like how Mongolian, Uyghur, Japanese, Tagalog, etc. don't. English has intonation that reflects various things (i.e. emotion, attitude, statement vs. question, etc.) but even English doesn't have tones like Chinese does. I don't think a non-tonal language can just all of a sudden become tonal and vice-versa.
Posted on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
May 12, 2012 at 9:04 PMWhat's the difference between 房间 and 房子?
Posted on: The First Tone
April 25, 2012 at 2:25 AMWhy does "xin" sound like "xing"???
Posted on: Pinyin Section 15
April 24, 2012 at 6:53 AMMy Turkish friends would breeze through this sound --- ü.
Lol.
Posted on: Pinyin Section 15
April 24, 2012 at 6:53 AMMy Turkish friends would breeze through this sound --- ü.
Lol.
Posted on: Pinyin Section 15
April 24, 2012 at 6:53 AMMy Turkish friends would breeze through this sound --- ü.
Lol.
Posted on: Pinyin Sections 5-6
April 24, 2012 at 5:30 AMWhy do I hear some people say "er" like the English "er" in the word "teacher" while others say it like the "ar" in the English word "are"?
Posted on: Pinyin Sections 3-4
April 24, 2012 at 5:14 AMThe way Jenny and the native male speaker pronounce zh/ch/sh isn't as strong as how some of my friends from northern China would say. Am I right?
Posted on: It's My Birthday!
May 21, 2012 at 2:08 AMAre "shengri" and "shenri" the same thing?