Hello, I have some basic questions about the Chinese language, both written and spoken.
1. I know that the script is logographic (one symbol for one word). Then, how would they write a name like "Larry Mulholland"? Would they get similar words and put them together (sort of like 3 words "Layer Emo Holland")?
2. In your opinion, is learning to speak Chinese (not read, but speak) easy? One of my friends told me it's not that bad to speak, but reading is hard.
@VoVikMakaR Unfortunately, I disagree. based on the history of China, the language used today known as Mandarin is derived more closely from the Han Chinese, of the North. The Han were the ones whom reffed to themselves as "Long de chuan ren" (descendants of the dragons). However, during the Han dynasty the people of the South in the Beifang region were actually not even a nation. They were actually many wild "savage", "cavemen", "barbaric" tribal types of people referred to often as "Nan Manzi"
@BlackUniGryphon Linguistics-wise, that's completely false. Mandarin is well known to be the variety of Chinese that has changed the most, dropping final consonants, and palatalization. If you read ancient Chinese poems or rime tables, very little will rhyme because of sound shifts and dropped endings. In Cantonese, Min Nan, and Wu, however, many of the rhymes will be preserved. Also, borrowings in Korean and Japanese show, clearly, that the lingua franca of China was far from how it is today.
If you read about the 3 Kingdoms Period (San Guo Yan Yi) the area of the Nanfang where the Nanfang people are originally from, and refer to the map you can find large chunks of land which weren't even part of "China" yet in the Nanfang area.Altho' I understand it upsets Nanfang people to be called "Nan Manzi Descendants" it's merely only an aspect of history.
There are also large differences in the skulls of Nanfang & Beifang people, the Nanfang people have mixed with Han.
I dunno... My dad stayed w/my mom even tho' she'd get fat & loose it many times. She actually left him when she was chubby, but he still wanted her to come back.
Then, he dated a big chubby chick for a while.
His current wife is rather scrawny tho', and they live in different houses.
Yeah, Guangdong language is very difficult. I gave up trying because it changes too much, and in all my books and courses i paid for there was no universal standard.
But, there's so many kinds of Chinese ethnic groups.
I amused that Southern Chinese are mostly descended from the ancient Nan-manzi wild tribes and mixed with Han Chinese from the Han Dynasty.
your opinion is bias. i disagree respectfully. i am from the south,hong kong to be specific. and we are awesome! we rock! most northern people i know of here in america are not as cool as we southerners.
how come this said sexy she's ugly as hell
EpikZWin 1 month ago
Very hot
Indiaishwar 1 month ago
your husband is from north?
but your accent is from hunan hubei in those region.
yeah, quite strong too.
beensolongg 5 months ago
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who want to learn chinese,please cotract me! 想学汉语的朋友,加我为好友啊~
beyonch 5 months ago
哈哈,as a 北方男人,I appreciate this. :-)
sasunshine1123456 7 months ago
good :)
SitusJudi 7 months ago
different tribe/natives had its goodness in my opinion, even animal or landscape ..
various place got its "advantage" ;P
bbfunhk 7 months ago
eu ainda t amo.....sempre t amarei!
frederico582 8 months ago
Hello, I have some basic questions about the Chinese language, both written and spoken.
1. I know that the script is logographic (one symbol for one word). Then, how would they write a name like "Larry Mulholland"? Would they get similar words and put them together (sort of like 3 words "Layer Emo Holland")?
2. In your opinion, is learning to speak Chinese (not read, but speak) easy? One of my friends told me it's not that bad to speak, but reading is hard.
MonogrammedMarxist 8 months ago
@MonogrammedMarxist All forms of Chinese language, reading, writing, and speaking is very difficult if you are not Far East Asian.
BlackUniGryphon 8 months ago
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@MonogrammedMarxist If you want to learn chinese,please cotract me! 想学汉语的朋友,加我为好友啊~
beyonch 5 months ago
其实你中文说得很差。
trendkill42088 11 months ago
They dont speak strange putonghua, they speak Cantonese which is a more ancient language than Mandarin, so, its not strange putong hua.
VoVikMakaR 1 year ago
@VoVikMakaR Unfortunately, I disagree. based on the history of China, the language used today known as Mandarin is derived more closely from the Han Chinese, of the North. The Han were the ones whom reffed to themselves as "Long de chuan ren" (descendants of the dragons). However, during the Han dynasty the people of the South in the Beifang region were actually not even a nation. They were actually many wild "savage", "cavemen", "barbaric" tribal types of people referred to often as "Nan Manzi"
BlackUniGryphon 11 months ago 3
@BlackUniGryphon south is not Beifang, beifang is north
VoVikMakaR 11 months ago
@BlackUniGryphon Linguistics-wise, that's completely false. Mandarin is well known to be the variety of Chinese that has changed the most, dropping final consonants, and palatalization. If you read ancient Chinese poems or rime tables, very little will rhyme because of sound shifts and dropped endings. In Cantonese, Min Nan, and Wu, however, many of the rhymes will be preserved. Also, borrowings in Korean and Japanese show, clearly, that the lingua franca of China was far from how it is today.
Centredge 10 months ago
@VoVikMakaR
If you read about the 3 Kingdoms Period (San Guo Yan Yi) the area of the Nanfang where the Nanfang people are originally from, and refer to the map you can find large chunks of land which weren't even part of "China" yet in the Nanfang area.Altho' I understand it upsets Nanfang people to be called "Nan Manzi Descendants" it's merely only an aspect of history.
There are also large differences in the skulls of Nanfang & Beifang people, the Nanfang people have mixed with Han.
BlackUniGryphon 11 months ago
@VoVikMakaR Duh
BlackUniGryphon 11 months ago
@BlackUniGryphon duh? is it a sign of agreement? a helpless sound coming out from u?
VoVikMakaR 11 months ago
when americans speak chinese...its sounds like they are drunk
VoVikMakaR 1 year ago
ni de zhongwen shi hen hao
Calfullanas 1 year ago
我家不南不北,夹中间,难怪没女生要我...
ktang1234 1 year ago
你的普通话也很奇怪
jesselsj 1 year ago
哈哈,祝你们幸福!
shaozhufeng 1 year ago
si una minchia
giuseppegianpaolo 1 year ago
isnt it shallow to judge southerners by their accent and their diet...most of them dont speak mandarin anyway...
sonnetxi 1 year ago
Sichuan accent?
fumiohuang 1 year ago
挺可爱 lol
xia1028 1 year ago
haha ,,,,
pamorj 1 year ago
Very Good Chinese! and you are very sexy, too bad you've already married , or I would give a try :)
dxpeo 1 year ago
哈哈,看身材就知道北方男人更适合你啦
Heroisting 2 years ago 12
Western men dump their wife after her body turns fat....
Chinese men are more traditional and loyal to their wife....
At least in people around my family...
jackleelee 2 years ago
I dunno... My dad stayed w/my mom even tho' she'd get fat & loose it many times. She actually left him when she was chubby, but he still wanted her to come back.
Then, he dated a big chubby chick for a while.
His current wife is rather scrawny tho', and they live in different houses.
BlackUniGryphon 2 years ago
however they cheat (chinese) when wift gets ugly western less in comparison or just straight out like u said dump..thats at least better than cheat
intestineisyum 2 years ago
wooow
Your Chinese is so good
very good for a white girl :)
are you living in China now??or you learned it by yourself?
ZGKBFZ 2 years ago
I lived in China many times... But, I don't think my Chinese is good.
Yes, i did learn myself.
It's easier to understand when I hear it, but harder to speak it.
I can only read maybe 50+ hanzi. I studied much more than that, but it's hard to remember.
BlackUniGryphon 2 years ago
good job
keep it up :) you are doing great
Add Oil..LOL
ZGKBFZ 2 years ago
@BlackUniGryphon i strongly suggest you join some chinese TV programs.im deadly serious.
240kankan 1 year ago
yeah.. you know already that you should work on the sisheng.. you put too many 4th shengs.. the remaining is fine!!!!
And.. I'm sorry about my "english"....!
martamariotto 2 years ago
Yeah, it stinks. i know.
;-)
BlackUniGryphon 2 years ago
LOL, it is very funny
xuthusxue 2 years ago
brilliant
thanks for that
harvey0921 2 years ago
lol,,,,good
yuyushow 2 years ago
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Youlin4 3 years ago
Yeah, Guangdong language is very difficult. I gave up trying because it changes too much, and in all my books and courses i paid for there was no universal standard.
But, there's so many kinds of Chinese ethnic groups.
I amused that Southern Chinese are mostly descended from the ancient Nan-manzi wild tribes and mixed with Han Chinese from the Han Dynasty.
But, I'm not sure.
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
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无聊的南北之争竟然争到国外,你丢人的程度确实是一种境界。我还是比较厚道的,中国人内讧,还记得关一下门。老兄,跟你外国亲戚亲屁股去。lol。叼你老母个仆街含家产
NAPELION86 2 years ago
your opinion is bias. i disagree respectfully. i am from the south,hong kong to be specific. and we are awesome! we rock! most northern people i know of here in america are not as cool as we southerners.
goingtohongkong 3 years ago
You're cute! :D
But, wouldn't that make you biast also?
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
well said
is2pot 3 years ago
语法有小问题..总的来说 不错了
250808115 3 years ago
中文说的不错啊 但还是需要练习
aw96b663 3 years ago
haha,you are very cute, ni hen ke ai^^
smmumuy 3 years ago
very good chinese!
tell me, why u like BEIFANG NANREN?
shankqiu 3 years ago
Even tho' Beifang food isn't as famous, it's much better, and healthier. Also, Beifang Nanren speak Chinese better...
I get frustrated with South chinese... and give up...
Beifang everything is more convenient and comfortable for me. :D
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
chupa meu pau!
juradecanoa 3 years ago
omg your chinese is very good. I can't even speak mandarin
Gnahzian 3 years ago
Really???
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
good luck!
liurw 3 years ago
Thank you!
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
i was pleasantly surprised when you started speaking in chinese. my guess is mandarin, right?
i want to learn mandarin chinese
kayata123 3 years ago
Yes.
Thank you! ^,^
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
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No dude, she was speaking Korean .
andrew3656 3 years ago
thats not how korean sounds like; and also in the description she wrote "its in Chinese."
kayata123 3 years ago
hahahaha got u there...im actually chinese LOL, just messing around =p
andrew3656 3 years ago
You funny boys! ^,^
Tee-hee! { :-D
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
comparing Men who from south of China with you are samll relatively, so you did right choice.
I am from south.
wangyuzhang 3 years ago
I think south chiense men are CUTE! ^,^
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
OMG, your chinese is good~
waterfine 3 years ago
Thank you! I still think it's so-so...
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
I know the C.I.A. is looking for a few good women. Send your resume and I am sure they will call you.
biologicalresearcher 3 years ago
stfu
LifeInAGame 3 years ago
我是南方人, 但我吃饭的方法和普通话口音不像你说的那样。 你说的南方人应该是广东人。。。
你的中文很好!
ComradeChocolate 3 years ago
哈哈 最后一句说出原因了啊 呵呵 我也是北方人
xuh720 3 years ago
I AM SOOOOO JEALOUS OF YOUR CHINESE!
Mind if I ask, how long have you been learning the language; and how long did it take for you to speak it fluently?
jmlew 3 years ago
I'm not that good.... just so-so...
It's very hard to speak Chinese.
Thank you! *hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
哈哈,南方人说广东话,他们的普通话当然会有口音,英国人,每个国人说的英文都不一样呢。
LifeInAGame 3 years ago
BlackUniGryphon, I haven't seen your new vids for awhile...it's good to see new one. Great work! cheers m8.
classicleon 3 years ago
Thank you!
I have many ideas!
But, on the weekeends the website won't let me upload.
I will try agin today!
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
ur chinese is better than sufei's.lol~
lqlw 3 years ago
I think she has a larger vocabulary than I do... But, i'll be back in China in afew weeks, so I'll probably learn more while I'm back.
Thank you!
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
cool
are you going to beijing?
lqlw 3 years ago
YES! :D
we will fly there 1st! ^_^ Then take a train back to Taiyuan.
When we feel better, we will take a trip to Datun (giant Budas) and then to visit Mongolia! ^_^ (I'm so excited!)
We will also make a small trip to Guang Dong... and maybe HK or Macau. ^_^
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
okay... i was being kinda mean, sry =)... its just that you use 是 way too much =)
McPhil 3 years ago
*kiss*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
most southen chinese speak in a way of sissy
kevinhon2008 3 years ago
LOL
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
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most southen chinese speak in a way of sissy "
And you write in a way of idiot.
DifangDuana 3 years ago
"kevinhon2008 (2 months ago)
most southen chinese speak in a way of sissy "
Anyways, care to explain yourself :) ? How about some examples :) ? Or are you just an idiot, as implied by your post :) ?
DifangDuana 3 years ago
something about cute boys, something something husband..something something eating habbit, haha thats all i caught :)
PPKLU 3 years ago
@---~---~------
^_^
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
no~~~no~~~no~~~ i am from south
Bbable2301 3 years ago
Wow! Are you cute?
^_^
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
Mmm... more and more people know mandarin. Good.
billhung 3 years ago
You like Mandarin too?
^_^
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
very nice Chinese!!!
And you are sexy too...;)
bushangels 3 years ago
Thank you!
^.^ *blushes*
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
Neither Mao Zedong nor Chiang Kai-Shek spoke Mandarin. So, McPhil, give her a break.
OntarioN8R 3 years ago
*hugs*
^,^
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
你汉语真差!
McPhil 3 years ago
Do you need some hugs?
*hugs*
^,^
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago
amazing
hopelove101 3 years ago 2
Thank you!
*hugs*
BlackUniGryphon 3 years ago