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changye
Posted on: 花木兰上集
March 19, 2010 at 2:17 AM中国有花木兰，法国有圣女贞德，日本有神功皇后，各国都有什么样的“巾帼英雄”？
Posted on: 花木兰上集
March 19, 2010 at 2:14 AMHi bodawei
"Bilabial" is both an adjective and a noun.
> I was surprised that you asked for pronunciation!
Hehe, that was a joke, of course. I just wanted to emphasize the fact that "the word is completely new to me"!
Posted on: No Need to Take off Your Shoes
March 18, 2010 at 1:48 PM你穿鞋吧！(ni3chuan1xie2ba)
Posted on: 花木兰上集
March 18, 2010 at 1:34 PMHi xiao_liang
Thanks! FYI, "bilabial" is “双唇音” in Chinese.
Posted on: 花木兰上集
March 18, 2010 at 1:22 PMHi bababardwan
Please teach me how to pronounce the word "bilabial", which I encountered for the first time in my life, hehe.
Posted on: 定做的噩梦
March 18, 2010 at 1:17 PMHi meilintai
"A man who has military experience is different from other people. He always keep his shoulders back and looks very smart."
Sorry for clumsy English, I hope someone would translate this into "real English", hehe.
Posted on: 花木兰上集
March 18, 2010 at 12:48 PMHi bodawei and chanelle77
I heard before that the combination of "b,p,m" (bilabial consonants) and the vowel "a" (or something like that) is the easiest sound for a baby to pronounce, and that is why..... although I'm not so sure about that.
In any case, the English words "father/papa" and "mother/mama" are originated in the ancestor language of Indo-European languages.
Father/ Sanskrit. pitar-, Greek. pater, Latin. pater
Mother/ Sanskrit. matar-, Greek. meter, Latin. mater,
“爸” and “妈” were respectively pronounced as "buag/bia" and "ma" in Old Chinese sounds (上古音). (Be noted there is still no accepted reconstructed Old Chinese sounds)
“爸” was originally an informal sound of “父”. The sounds of the two characters were very similar to each other in Old Chinese. The former was something like "buag", and the latter "biuag".
Both “爸” and “爹” are informal compared to “父”. It's said that “爹” is originated in northern ethnic languages.
Posted on: 花木兰上集
March 19, 2010 at 2:38 AM中国东北人说“爹，爹爹，娘”。这些说法已经过时了吗？