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in #learnchinese • 7 years ago

I took one quarter of Chinese in college what seems like a lifetime ago. Really struggled with the four intonations.

But I love Firefly so some day I should at least learn to swear in Chinese. 😜

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     7 years ago  

    Yeah I haven't even learned about the four intonations, I am cherry picking from my Hello Chinese app. I'm kinda a ready, fire, aim! kinda guy :-)

    Make sure to teach me some Chinese swear words when you learn!

    Cg

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       7 years ago  

      Intonation (sentence- or phrase-level pitch variations) is a very minor matter in Chinese. Chinese tones (individual syllables) are much more important.

      The Chinese in Firefly is a joke. Please don't take that as a model of any sort.

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