Chinese pronunciation Tips 5 - The Tones

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[wisesakura]

@BobLeKatt Not just the food. You could say that about many things that were "so-so": for example a concert, or a meeting with business partners, or sex with and ex, a trip to a foreign country, a book, or indeed a meal....

[wisesakura]

cool

[BobLeKatt]

This is funny. ma ma in Japlandese means the food is so so.

[AfricanSerenityFire]

@novacrystalas Hi, I too am learning and understanding the difference in tone. I have a Chinese friend who's actually teaching me, but before that...I too thought tone was based on emotion. But you know, we've used these tones alot in English. Like the 3rd mark has a deeper sound...like "Ah man!" When disappointed. Another tone sounds like we're using an exclamation mark and another like we're asking something. The flat tone sounds almost as if a doctor tells you to open your mouth and say "Ah!"

[cheesejkliop]

I loved it!!! I love the way the video was done. Helpful, xie xie.

[novacrystalas]

This is my first time trying to distinguish differences in Chinese pronunciation. I could barely tell the changes in the pitch and tone. I'm completely used to languages like English where pronunciation differences barely add meaning. In the languages that I know pronunciation is is for emotion.

[annwongfresh]

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