User Comments - changye
changye
Posted on: An Introduction!
April 18, 2010 at 1:34 PMHi maktubhelou
As far as I know, it's an accepted theory. I have a few books on the history of Korean language, and they all say the same thing. If you're interested, I recommend you read a classic book "국어사개설" (History of Korean language) written by 이기문 (Kimoon Lee).
The modern sound of "ㅐ" is "e", but as you can see, the Korean alphabet "ㅐ" was made by combining "ㅏ" (a) and "ㅣ" (i), so it's obvious that "ㅐ" (= ㅏ+ ㅣ) was pronounced as "ai" in the past, at least, when Korean alphabets were invented in the 15th century.
Actually, the sound change from "ai" to "e" happened sometime between the 18th and 19th centuries. The same is very true for "ㅔ" (e), which is believed to have been pronounced as something like "oi" in the past, because it's the combination of "ㅓ" (o) and "ㅣ" (i).
Posted on: An Introduction!
April 18, 2010 at 12:19 PM看起来语言能力和交际能力还是两码事儿。
Posted on: F1 in China
April 18, 2010 at 2:34 AMNo, you are definitely a very good person compared with me. I like watching multi-million dollar cars driven by millionaires go flying into "millionaires sitting in the VIP enclosure", hehe.
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 17, 2010 at 4:23 PMHi cassie 老师
问你一下，大学英语专业学生几年级的时候才能有资格考TEM 4？ TEM 8 如何？
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 17, 2010 at 3:54 PMHI cassie 老师
周末过得怎么样？你那儿这次有没有玉树地震捐款活动？看来最近在中国“新闻”太多了。
你的档案里有没有不良记录？哈哈 对了，你朋友之中有入党的人吗？
Posted on: Kinds of Nuts
April 17, 2010 at 3:04 PM"Tomato ketchup + sugar" makes tomato jam?
Posted on: Colors Song
April 17, 2010 at 2:52 PM太 （tai4） great, supreme, high
阳 （yang2） sunshine, place in the sun
So it makes sense that “太 + 阳” indicates "sun".
Posted on: An Introduction!
April 17, 2010 at 11:53 AMShanhainese has two noteworthy characteristics compared to modern Mandarin. Firstly, this language has voiced consonants, which were lost in Mandarin more than one thousand years ago.
Secondly, Shanhainese has final consonants, which are originated in 入声 (entering tone) "p, t, k" in middle Chinese, although they are not so conspicuous anymore in modern Shanghainese.
Posted on: An Introduction!
April 17, 2010 at 11:32 AMHi go_manly
Oh, it's already been nine years since the tragic accident happened in the space......
Posted on: An Introduction!
April 18, 2010 at 4:02 PM谢谢你的意见。不同的人就有不同的看法，尊重别人的意见是很重要的。