thanks a lot celien :D

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:

thanks a lot celien :D

 

you're welcome / graag gedaan

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:

Eh. I'm slightly confused. :lol:

 

why?

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.

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.

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?"

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

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:

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?

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?

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

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 ?"

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.

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 :(

Ah. Quel pronounced as 'ku-el'?

 

No, as in what's it said in French.

 

yep that's how you pronounce :nice:

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:

Oh, the box that looks like a 'p', should be written in a more square way.

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 ?

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.

No, "quel est ton nom?" is good. :nice:

 

but the other was wrong

btw in dutch it is

Wat is je naam? / What is your name?

Hoe heet je? / How are you called?

I'm gonna go sleep, it's past 2am!

 

Sorry btw, for the outburst just now. :|

 

Goodnight!

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: