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cecilvyse
Posted on: Asking for a Phone Number
May 25, 2010 at 5:14 PM谢谢！Very helpful. And yet, to add still more to my confusion, I have a book in which the spoken tone changes are reflected in the text. I guess that since there are several acceptable ways of pronouncing 不 depending on who you're talking to, it makes since to keep the pinyin in fourth tone and let people do what they will with it.
Posted on: Asking for a Phone Number
May 24, 2010 at 3:15 AMNo doubt my question has been asked and answered in several questions, but I'll be bold and ask anyway: it sounds as if 不用谢
is pronounced with a second tone on the first syllable (e.g. bu2), while the pinyin indicates it is fourth tone. Is the tone change for 不 in this case only done in speaking, or am I simply mis-hearing the initial tone?
Posted on: Asking for a Phone Number
May 25, 2010 at 5:18 PM谢谢！That makes sense to me and reflects what I've heard...it even feels pretty natural to pronounce 不 in that way...and a small problem overall in the attempt to learn Chinese.