Re: Question about Questions
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 21, 2001, 10:39 |
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 11:12:18AM +0000, Damon M. Lord wrote:
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> I always heard "ma" as toneless, but according to my Chinese fiancée
> (native to Beijing), she says it's first tone.
*nod* I've always thought of it as first tone :-)
> For let's go, I would have used "zou3 ba1". I've got Western ears ;o)
> but I guess I always heard the "ba" in the first tone.
It depends on how much the "ba" is stressed, I think. If it's stressed
it's clearly first tone; otherwise it's almost like a toneless schwa sound
[b@].
> Then again, when my fiancée says "bu hui ba!" (not-can-exclamation), the "bu"
> tends to be toneless or first, "hui" is fourth, and "ba" is also fourth tone.
Hmm, I'd think "ba" here is in 3rd tone? (In fact, I almost think of it as
a distinct word from _ba1_)
T
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