Probably not as many people learning Mandarin as people learning Japanese, so i guess we could group other less popular Asian languages into this thread.
>Probably not as many people learning Mandarin
>i guess we could group other less popular Asian languages into this thread
>i had a question but it slipped my mind lol
Slip on a turd and crack your head open.
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Anonymous2008-05-01 8:37
what is the use of yixia4 here?
wang xiansheng wo gei ni jieshao yixia zhe shi....
(Mr King may i introduce ____)
Japanese people choke on their own tongues trying to say "roles royce"
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Anonymous2009-03-30 5:16
From my experience, Chinese do struggle with rather strong R's. They use their L's to represent those sounds (ex. Reykjavik = 雷克雅维克 if I remember correctly, 雷 being léi).
Then again, Spanish R's are stronger than yours so I don't know. Anyway, I'd swear English 'row' and Chinese 'ròu' don't sound the same, r-wise. Can anyone take out my doubts?
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Anonymous2009-03-30 10:34
>>15
That's because pronunciation of Mandarin "r" was limited to [ʐ], which is quite far away from modern sound. I think the [ʐ]'s will disappear soon.