tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76516434049331089032024-10-07T17:35:27.285+11:00My Languagestweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14693904214446068248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651643404933108903.post-67226551626135485572010-07-18T15:23:00.001+10:002010-07-18T15:25:31.786+10:00Chinese Part 02: Phonetics, Thankyou<strong>Neutral Tone</strong><br />
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In Chinese there are a number of syllabes wich are unstressed and take a feeble tone. This is known as the neutral tone wich is shown by the absence of tone-graph.<br />
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māma 妈妈 : mum àiren 爱人 : husband, wife <br />
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bàba 爸爸 : dad háizi 孩子 : child, children <br />
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gēge 哥哥 : elder brother guānxi 关系 : relation <br />
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dìdi 弟弟 : younger brother xièxie 谢谢 : thank you <br />
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jiějie 姐姐 : elder sister kèqi 客气 : polite <br />
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mèimei 妹妹 : younger sister xiūxi 休息 : have a rest <br />
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The final 儿 "er" is sometimes attached to another final to form a retroflex final and when thus used, it is no longer an independent syllable. A retroflex final is represented by the letter "r" added to the final.<br />
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huì + er -> huìr yíhuìr 一会儿 : a moment <br />
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diǎn + er -> diǎnr yìdiǎnr 一点儿 : a little <br />
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nǎ + er -> nǎr naǎr 哪儿 : where <br />
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zhè + er -> zhèr zhèr 这儿 : there <br />
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<strong>Conversation</strong> <br />
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- Duì bù qǐ！<br />
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对不起!<br />
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- Méi guānxi！<br />
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没关系!<br />
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- Xièxie！<br />
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谢谢!<br />
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- Bú kèqi！<br />
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不客气! <br />
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- Míngtiān jiàn！<br />
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明天 ! 见!<br />
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- Míngtiān jiàn！ <br />
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明天 ! 见!<br />
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- xiū xi yí huìr！<br />
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休息一会儿!<br />
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- hǎo ba！ <br />
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好吧!<br />
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对不起 Duì bù qǐ I'm sorry! <br />
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没 méi (adv) not <br />
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关系 guānxi (n) relation <br />
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没关系 Méi guānxi! That's all right <br />
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谢谢 Xièxie Thank you ! <br />
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不 bú (adv) not <br />
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客气 kèqi (adj) polite <br />
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不客气！ Bú kèqi ! You're welcome ! <br />
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明天 míngtiān (adv) tomorrow <br />
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见 jiàn (v) see <br />
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明天见！ Míngtiān jiàn! See you tomorrow! <br />
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休息 xiūxi (v) have a rest <br />
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一会儿 yíhuìr (n) a moment <br />
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休息一会儿！ xiūxi yíhuìr! Have a rest! <br />
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好 hǎo (adj) good <br />
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好吧！ hǎo ba All right! <br />
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There have been many different systems of transcription used for learning to pronounce Chinese. Today the official transcription accepted on an international basis is the Pinyin alphabet, developed in China at the end of the 1950's.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Initials</span></strong><br />
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A syllable in Chinese is composed of an initial, which is a consonant that begins the syllable, and a final, wich covers the rest of the syllable.<br />
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b p m f <br />
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d t n l <br />
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z c s <br />
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zh ch sh r <br />
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<strong>m, f, n, l, h</strong> and <strong>sh</strong> are pronounced as in English. <br />
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<strong>d</strong> like "d" in "bed" (unaspirated)<br />
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<strong>j </strong>like "g" in "genius" (unaspirated)<br />
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<strong>z</strong> like "ds" in "beds"<br />
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<strong>zh</strong> like "j" in "job"<br />
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<strong>b</strong> like "p" in "spin" (unaspirated)<br />
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<strong>g</strong> a soft unaspirated "k" sound<br />
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<strong>x</strong> like "sh" in "sheep" but with the corners of the lips drawn back<br />
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<strong>r</strong> somewhat like "r" in "rain" <br />
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Particular attention should be paid to the pronunciation of the so-called "aspirated" consonants. It is necessary to breath heavily after the consonant is pronounced.<br />
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<strong>p</strong> like "p" in "pope"<br />
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<strong>t</strong> like "t" in "tap"<br />
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<strong>k</strong> like "k" in "kangaroo"<br />
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<strong>q</strong> harder than "ch" in "cheap"<br />
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<strong>c</strong> like "ts" in "cats"<br />
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<strong>ch</strong> (tongue curled back, aspirated) <br />
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Distinction between certain initials:<br />
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b / p d / t g / k j / q z / c zh / ch <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Finals</strong></span><br />
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In modern Chinese, there are 38 finals besides the above-represented 21 initials.<br />
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i u ü <br />
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a ia ua <br />
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o uo üe <br />
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e ie <br />
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ai uai <br />
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ei uei (ui) <br />
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ao iao <br />
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ou iou (iu) <br />
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an ian uan üan <br />
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en in uen (un) üen <br />
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ang iang uang <br />
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eng ieng ueng <br />
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ong iong <br />
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<strong>ie</strong> like "ye" in "yes" <br />
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<strong>e</strong> like "e" in "her" <br />
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<strong>er</strong> like "er" in "sister" (american pronounciation) <br />
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<strong>ai </strong>like "y" in "by" (light) <br />
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<strong>ei</strong> like "ay" in "bay" <br />
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<strong>ou</strong> like "o" in "go" <br />
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<strong>an</strong> like "an" in "can" (without stressing the "n") <br />
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<strong>-ng</strong> (final) a nasalized soung like the "ng" in "bang" without pronouncing the "g" <br />
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<strong>uei, uen</strong> and <strong>iou</strong> when preceded by an initial, are written as ui, un and iu respectivly. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Tones</span></strong><br />
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Mandarin Chinese has four pitched tones and a "toneless" tone.<br />
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1st dā High and level <br />
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2nd dá Starts medium in tone, then rises to the top <br />
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3rd dǎ Starts low, dips to the bottom, then rises toward the top <br />
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4th dà Starts at the top, then falls sharp and strong to the bottom <br />
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Neutral da Flat, with no emphasis <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Tones Changes</span></strong><br />
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A 3rd tone, when immediatlely followed by another 3rd tone, should pe pronounced in the 2nd tone.<br />
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Nǐ hǎo = Ní hǎo <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Conversation</span></strong><br />
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- Nǐ hǎo！<br />
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你 好!<br />
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- Zài jiàn！<br />
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再 见!<br />
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<em>Unfortunately there is no function to upload sound format. When it is available I will do so.</em><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>你</strong></span> nǐ (pro) You <br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">好</span></strong> hǎo (adj) good, well <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>你好</strong></span>！ nǐhǎo! Hello, How are you? <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>再</strong></span> zài (adv) again <br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">见</span></strong> jiàn (v) see <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>再见</strong></span>！ zàijiàn! Goodbye! <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Calligraphy exercises</span></strong><br />
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4 first chinese characters : 你，好，再 and 见. Learn the stroke order.<br />
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</div>tweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14693904214446068248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651643404933108903.post-58501382171585398402010-06-20T00:15:00.006+10:002010-06-20T00:33:53.242+10:00Japanese: Course 1 - Correct Pronounciation<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Remember – anyone can sound good in Japanese. English is made up of a couple thousand possible sounds. Japanese has only a little over a hundred basic sounds.</span> <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's much easier for English-speaking people to learn the natural Japanese pronunciation than it is for Japanese speakers to learn the natural English pronunciation. The reason for this is that all the sounds used in the Japanese language are based on the five vowels listed in the next section.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's the secret to Japanese pronunciation. With a few exceptions, the entire Japanese language is built on the following 5 sounds. Mastery of these sounds is the first step to sounding native when you speak. Click the sound icon to listen. They should be said short with no glide. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Normal Vowels</strong></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">a = <span style="color: red;">a</span>kai </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i = <span style="color: red;">i</span>nochi </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">u = <span style="color: red;">u</span>ma </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">e = <span style="color: red;">e</span>bi </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o = <span style="color: red;">o</span>toko</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These vowels remain constant for every Japanese phonetic sound. It doesn't matter what roman letter comes in front of the vowel the sound will not change for that vowel.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The phonetic sound <strong>ka</strong> is pronounced “kah”</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The phonetic sound <strong>shi </strong>is pronounced “shee"”</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The phonetic sound <strong>tsu</strong> is pronounced “tsoo”</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The phonetic sound <strong>ne</strong> is pronounced “neh”</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The phonetic sound <strong>po</strong> is pronounced “poh”</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Double Vowels</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The following lengthened vowels are pronounced like the vowels above, but are held twice as long.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">aa, a- = o<span style="color: blue;">kaa</span>san </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ii, i- = o<span style="color: blue;">jii</span>san </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">uu, u- = <span style="color: blue;">kuu</span>ki </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ee, ei, e- = o<span style="color: blue;">nee</span>san </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">oo, ou, o- = o<span style="color: blue;">tou</span>san </span></div><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Be Careful</span></strong> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The meaning of Japanese words can change by the length of the syllables in the word. Look at the following examples to see how accidentally lengthening or shortening a word can change its meaning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Examples</em></strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ie = house</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">iie = no</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">obasan = aunt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">obaasan = grandmother</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ojisan = uncle</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ojiisan = grandfather</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Double consonants</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Double consonants such as kk, pp, tt, (also including cch) must be stressed more than a single consonant or the meaning might change. Here are some common examples of words that are easily confused if the double consonants are ignored.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Examples</em></strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">roku = six (6)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">rokku = rock (music)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">uta = song</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">utta = sold (past tense informal verb)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">mata = again</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">matta = to have waited</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Cutoff and Whispered Sounds</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cutoff Sounds</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Japanese, much like English sometimes doesn't always follow it's own rules. Sometimes words sound different than they are spelled. Luckily in Japanese this isn't so common.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let's look at a very common word that is often pronounced differently than you might expect.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Desu</span></em></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Even though you would expect it to sound like DE SU it sounds like DES. This is common among Japanese speakers, but it's important to remember that there will be Japanese people whom sometimes pronounce it DESU without dropping the U on the end.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Whispered Sounds</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Keep your eye open for sounds that are "whispered". Whispered sounds are sounds that are said much quieter than the other sounds around it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For more information visit </span><a href="http://www.yesjapan.com/YJ6/YesJapan.php?course=1&less=-3&rinku=pron"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes Japan</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>tweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14693904214446068248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651643404933108903.post-26065541389450381522010-06-19T22:04:00.002+10:002010-06-19T22:08:06.455+10:00Japanese: Frank & Obaasan<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have compiled 4 parts for this.</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://static.scribd.com/docs/26sfy8ar85e4m.pdf">Part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://static.scribd.com/docs/2baneguozjt1.pdf">Part 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://static.scribd.com/docs/8fok3fay10uup.pdf">Part 3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://static.scribd.com/docs/gyspyeeswhqom.pdf">Part 4</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unfortunately, this blogger doesn't allow attachment of sounds. Please go <a href="http://studyaids01.multiply.com/music">here</a> to listen to the conversations. Hopefully the sound still works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Enjoy!</span>tweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14693904214446068248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651643404933108903.post-18386872401556652802010-06-17T23:51:00.004+10:002010-07-06T22:04:11.273+10:00Chinese Lesson 1: 我们的作品<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksmaniacsn-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=7107155237&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><strong><span style="color: red;">Chinese Text</span></strong> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">我们的作品</span></strong> <br />
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<strong>老师</strong>: 假期里, 你们都做什么了 <br />
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<strong>大卫</strong>: 妈妈带我到欧洲旅游, 我拍了许多照片<br />
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<strong>小云</strong>: 我跟爸爸学画画, 学会了画小动物 <br />
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<strong>老师</strong>: 很好, 我们举办一次作品展览吧 <br />
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<strong>大卫</strong>: 什么时候交作品 <br />
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<strong>老师</strong>: 今天星期六, 下星期五一前拿来就可以 <br />
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<strong>小云</strong>: 什么时候展览出? <br />
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<strong>老师</strong>: 下星期六. 家长也可以来看 <br />
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<strong>大卫</strong>: 太好啦! 我一定让爸爸, 妈马来. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Pinyin</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Wǒ Men De Zuò Pǐn</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Lǎo shī</strong>: jià qī li, nǐ men dōu, zuò shēn me le?<br />
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<strong>Dà weì</strong>: mà ma dài wǒ dào ōu zhōu lǔ yóu, wǒ pāi le xǔ duō zhào piàn.<br />
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<strong>Xiǎo yún</strong>: wǒ gēn bà ba xué huà huà, xué huì le huà xiǎo dòng wù.<br />
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<strong>Lǎo shī</strong>: hěn hǎo, wǒ men jǔ bàn yí cì zuò pǐn zhǎn lǎn ba.<br />
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<strong>Dà weì</strong>: shén me shí hou jiāo zuò pǐn?<br />
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<strong>Lǎo shī</strong>: jīn tiān xīng qī liù. Xià xīng qī wǔ yǐ qián ná lái jiù kě yǐ.<br />
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<strong>Xiǎo yún</strong>: shén me shí hou zhǎn chū?<br />
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<strong>Lǎo shī</strong>: xià xīng qī liù. Jiā zhǎng yě kě yǐ lái kàn.<br />
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<strong>Dà weì</strong>: tài hǎo la! Wǒ yí dìng ràng bà ba mā ma lái.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">English Translation</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Our Works</span></strong><br />
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<strong>Teacher</strong>: What did you do during the vacation?<br />
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<strong>David</strong>: Mom took me to travel in Europe. I took many pictures.<br />
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<strong>Xiaoyun</strong>: I'm learning to draw from dad and can draw small animals.<br />
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<strong>Teacher</strong>: Very good. Let's hold an exhibition of your works.<br />
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<strong>David</strong>: When shall we hand in our works?<br />
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<strong>Teacher</strong>: Today is Saturday. You may hand them in by next Friday.<br />
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<strong>Xiaoyun</strong>: When will the exhibition be held?<br />
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<strong>Teacher</strong>: Next Saturday. Parents can also come to see.<br />
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<strong>David</strong>: Terrific! I'm sure to ask dad and mom to come.<br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">This lesson was taken from Standard Chinese (Grade 1 book 3) by People's Education Press.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">Enjoy and see you next time!</span></em>tweetiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14693904214446068248noreply@blogger.com0