August 14, 201015 yr OMG LOL I GOOGLED NI HAO AND JUST REALISED THAT HOW ARE YOU IS 'NI HAO MA'. Ni hao is hello. :| /noob 'Ma' is normally used at the end of a question or something like that. :laugh3: yes we have but you hear clearly the difference between a dutch person or a belgian person :P Eh. I'm slightly confused. :lol:
August 14, 201015 yr OMG LOL I GOOGLED NI HAO AND JUST REALISED THAT HOW ARE YOU IS 'NI HAO MA'. Ni hao is hello. :| /noob 'Ma' is normally used at the end of a question or something like that. :lol:
August 14, 201015 yr It's 'nǐ hǎo ma'. The accent is the third accent in the four accents Mandarin has. I don't know how to explain the pronunciation but it's like when you say 'nǐ', imagine saying it as if it's going downhill and then up again. Not slowly of course. Same goes with 'hǎo'. Ma is just normal.
August 14, 201015 yr why? What's the difference between Belgian and Dutch accents? :thinking: And my geography's pretty bad too, it's two different countries right? Blame the education system here.
August 14, 201015 yr It's 'nǐ hǎo ma'. The accent is the third accent in the four accents Mandarin has. I don't know how to explain the pronunciation but it's like when you say 'nǐ', imagine saying it as if it's going downhill and then up again. Not slowly of course. Same goes with 'hǎo'. Ma is just normal. That's awesome ! :cheesy: I think I get the accent thing. :nice: How do you say in mandarin: "What's your name?"
August 14, 201015 yr What's the difference between Belgian and Dutch accents? :thinking: And my geography's pretty bad too, it's two different countries right? Blame the education system here. it's just how they talk like the difference between enlish and american yes it are two different countries: Belgium and The Netherlands
August 14, 201015 yr That's awesome ! :cheesy: I think I get the accent thing. :nice: How do you say in mandarin: "What's your name?" Hahaaa! :wacky: In more conversational speaking, it could be as simple as 'Ni jiao shen mo?' but it also can be 'Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo?' Ni jiao shen mo? - What are you called? Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo? - What is your name? Direct translation : Ni jiao shen mo? - You call what Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo? - Your name call what Mandarin kinda has a different grammar. What about French? :wacko:
August 14, 201015 yr it's just how they talk like the difference between enlish and american yes it are two different countries: Belgium and The Netherlands Ooh! Got it. :nice: Netherlands also known as Holland right?
August 14, 201015 yr Hahaaa! :wacky: In more conversational speaking, it could be as simple as 'Ni jiao shen mo?' but it also can be 'Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo?' Ni jiao shen mo? - What are you called? Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo? - What is your name? Direct translation : Ni jiao shen mo? - You call what Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo? - Your name call what Mandarin kinda has a different grammar. What about French? :wacko: Quel est ton nom? / What is your name Tu s'appelle quoi? / You call what? what's my worst? english or french?
August 14, 201015 yr Ooh! Got it. :nice: Netherlands also known as Holland right? yep that's true in Belgium we always say Holland 'cause it's dialect :P
August 14, 201015 yr Hahaaa! :wacky: In more conversational speaking, it could be as simple as 'Ni jiao shen mo?' but it also can be 'Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo?' Ni jiao shen mo? - What are you called? Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo? - What is your name? Direct translation : Ni jiao shen mo? - You call what Ni de ming zi jiao shen mo? - Your name call what Mandarin kinda has a different grammar. What about French? :wacko: Omg that's so hard. :blank: I'm going to write it somewhere to remeber it. :D In french it's "Comment tu t'appelles ?"
August 14, 201015 yr Quel est ton nom? / What is your name Tu s'appelle quoi? / You call what? what's my worst? english or french? Ah. Quel pronounced as 'ku-el'? No, as in what's it said in French.
August 14, 201015 yr Omg that's so hard. :blank: I'm going to write it somewhere to remeber it. :D In french it's "Comment tu t'appelles ?" damn I was wrong :(
August 14, 201015 yr Ah. Quel pronounced as 'ku-el'? No, as in what's it said in French. yep that's how you pronounce :nice:
August 14, 201015 yr Omg that's so hard. :blank: I'm going to write it somewhere to remeber it. :D In french it's "Comment tu t'appelles ?" Haha :wacky: And there are accents to go with it, but I don't know how to type with accents, and also I'm not precisely sure which accent to use. It would be easier to write it out. Btw, this is how ni hao ma is written : How to pronounce 't'appelles'? :wacko:
August 14, 201015 yr damn I was wrong :( No, "quel est ton nom?" is good. :nice: Haha :wacky: And there are accents to go with it, but I don't know how to type with accents, and also I'm not precisely sure which accent to use. It would be easier to write it out. Btw, this is how ni hao ma is written : How to pronounce 't'appelles'? :wacko: Thanks for the pic. :awesome: Thses are not accents, just a way to separate words. "t'appelles" sounds like "tapel" do you understand ?
August 14, 201015 yr Mandarin is confusing because for example the pronunciation 'ma' (and so on) can be written in many different characters. Which makes it hard. And each character is different from each other, and there's no way of learning its exact pronunciation by reading it, someone must teach. Some characters may have more than one pronunciation to it. :\ Comment tu t'appelles :awesome: I learned something today.
August 14, 201015 yr btw in dutch it is Wat is je naam? / What is your name? Hoe heet je? / How are you called?
August 14, 201015 yr I'm gonna go sleep, it's past 2am! Sorry btw, for the outburst just now. :| Goodnight!
August 14, 201015 yr but the other was wrong Yeah but it's not a big deal don't worry. :nice: Mandarin is confusing because for example the pronunciation 'ma' (and so on) can be written in many different characters. Which makes it hard. And each character is different from each other, and there's no way of learning its exact pronunciation by reading it, someone must teach. Some characters may have more than one pronunciation to it. :\ Comment tu t'appelles :awesome: I learned something today. Too bad if i can't learn mandarin by myself. :( I learned something today too. :awesome:
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