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Keth
Posted on: Excited about Exclamations (Part 3)
May 26, 2013 at 5:22 AMThere may have been few comments, but actually I think this series has been most useful. Because Chinese is a tonal language the use of Modal Particles to express the mood of the sentence is crucial. In English you can imply doubt , or apprehension just by changing the tone of your voice. This is not possible in Chinese. However these expressions are hardly ever mentioned in text books. They all seem to be written differently and the same character can be given different tones in different contexts. Any guidance is therefore a welcome and valuable help.
Posted on: English Grammar Difficulties
May 25, 2013 at 7:05 AM请问，什么意思《抔主干》《筒(tǒng)单(dān)句(jù)》？Also I know SVO = SUBJECT VERB OBJECT . but what is SLP DZB SVDOZ?
Posted on: Excited about Exclamations! (Part 2)
May 7, 2013 at 5:40 AMGreat lesson! This is a topic hardly ever covered in text books , and yet these exclamations are used all the time in Chinese social media like QQ.
Posted on: Classic Haggling
April 14, 2013 at 7:16 AMCheck out the Task I uploaded for this lesson! Download
Posted on: Buying a Coffee
April 9, 2013 at 6:25 AMCheck out the Task I uploaded for this lesson! Download
Posted on: Buying a Coffee
April 8, 2013 at 11:55 AMThe earliest mention in English seems to be 1573. A knacker was a person who made small articles belonging to a harness. However used in the sense of “being worn out” is late .In 1812 there is a mention of “knackered” being about buying old worn out horses or old things to sell them again etc. Hope this helps.
Posted on: Farm Life Tourism
April 8, 2013 at 7:17 AMCheck out the Task I uploaded for this lesson! Download
Posted on: Movie Theater Jabbering
April 5, 2013 at 1:46 PMThanks Yvan for giving me feedback. It is really useful to know how other people perceive the tones.I will work harder to try and make them clearer.
Posted on: Annoying Phone Calls
April 5, 2013 at 1:43 PMCheck out the Task I uploaded for this lesson! Download
Posted on: Excited about Exclamations (Part 3)
May 27, 2013 at 5:45 AMThanks Tingyun,Very interesting , but my next question would be, if you are correct ( and I have no idea whether you are or not) and mood can be expressed so efficiently in Mandarin through changes in pitch, why do Chinese people bother with using these Modal Particles?