Re: Language Difficulty

>From: Amber Adams <amber@...>
>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:07:42 -0400
>
>On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 05:54:02PM +0200, Henrik Theiling wrote:
> > > I have tried to teach an off-list conlanger in real life a few phrases
>of my
> > > native language, Cantonese, but it's the tones that mess people up.
>It's
> > > always the tones that mess people up :P
> >
> > Bu2 shi4.  (Sorry, only Mandarin, no Cantonese)
>
>bat si! (I think)
M si! That's character reading, not real Cantonese.

>
> > I found the tones in Mandarin complicated, but not the ultimate
> > problem.  I sometimes even noticed to have applied the tone sandhi
> > rules without thinking about them (yi1, yi2 or yi4; bu2 or bu4; third
> > tone regular sandhi rule). :-)
>
>I do this too.  I think it's because the rules evolved for a reason...
>it's just easier to say certain things certain ways, especially the 3rd
>tone stuff.
But you won't find the same to be true of Taiwanese tone sandhi.  *twitch
twitch*

Adam


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