Guess the Chinese dialects
xiaohu
August 27, 2008, 06:46 PM posted in General DiscussionThis commercial is really hilarious! It's a Chinese Honda commercial, with four Chinese people speaking four different Chinese dialects.
Your assignment class,
* Guess the dialects and post them here.
Extra Credit: Write a transcript of the four characters monologues (should be easy, it's all in subtitles)
Extra Extra Credit: Translate the characters monologues
xiaohu
August 29, 2008, 09:14 PMOkay, I'll start. The first girl in the video who walks up to the bench says;
我妈说了，你安全可靠，心胸宽广，能保护我。
wǒ mā shuō le, nǐ ān quán kě kào, xīn xiōng kuān guǎng, néng bǎo hù wǒ
- Can anyone translate this?
- Can anyone tell me where this girl is from?
- Can anyone tell me where the girl who walks by and bumps into her is from based on the dialect she's speaking?
- Can anyone tell me what the dialect of the second girl is?
Post your answers here, I'm looking forward to your responses!
Jess_Andersen
August 31, 2008, 05:56 AMok here goes,
girl one, taiwan.
girl two, beijing.
man one, hong kong.
man two, sichuan.
go 'head tiger, tear it apart.
xiaohu
August 31, 2008, 04:24 PMMisterjess,
Good guesses! Don't worry, I'm not going to tear it apart! Can you translate the first girls monologe posted below?
我妈说了，你安全可靠，心胸宽广，能保护我。
wǒ mā shuō le, nǐ ān quán kě kào, xīn xiōng kuān guǎng, néng bǎo hù wǒ
hitokiri6993
August 31, 2008, 05:11 PM我媽說了，妳安全可靠，心胸寬廣，能保護我。
My mom said that I'm pretty safe since my breasts are broad/wide/big(?) and it's capable of protecting me.
Girl2: 幹啥啊！(WTF!)
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Girl 1: Shandong
Girl 2: Harbin(?)
Guy1: He's totally from Shanghai, I heard the 儂（you） and the 阿拉（we）。
Guy2: 北京人， I heard the 兒話。。。:P
Jess_Andersen
August 31, 2008, 07:19 PMgirl one said, "my momma said, "you are safe and reliable,[ you have a heart a mile wide] and you can protect me". sentence in brackets translated VERY broadly.
xiaohu
September 01, 2008, 12:55 AM安德森哥们儿，
Very good, 很好很好，翻译得不错。Not bad, not bad.
心胸宽广 you can equate fairly well to our, "big hearted".
Here is the second girl's monologue. There are quite a few clues as to where she's from based on the words she's using. Starting with the first thing she says, "干啥啊".
Here are some big hints, the words, 俺，那旮瘩，and 贼 are giant clues as to where she's from. Actually, with vocabulary like this, she can only possibly be from one place!
I'll give you another GIANT hint...赵本山。
So here is her monologue, can anyone translate it?
干啥啊！
俺们那旮瘩人都说你好。说你会省钱，有你的生活贼激情！非让我来看看你。那就是这么定了。明天啊，我带你去见见俺家里人，啊！
Gàn shá a
Ăn men nà gā dā rén dōu shuō nǐ hǎo. Shuō nǐ huì shěng qián, yǒu nǐ de shēng huó zéi jī qíng. Fēi ràng wǒ lái kàn kan nǐ. Nà jiù shì zhè me dìng le. Míng tiān a, wǒ dài nǐ qù jiàn jian jiā lǐ rén, a!
To me, this girl is the MOST entertaining of all the four in the commercial...but then I'm partial to ladies from this area.
adiiasdadasda
September 03, 2008, 09:41 AMtest
xiaohu
September 04, 2008, 03:01 AMtest
xiaohu
August 27, 2008, 06:48 PM