i tried to learn Chinese at UC Riverside. I justified it thinking it would be a business move. They teach it. I think I remember "Ni Hao" and I think "bu" = no, but I'm not certain. Chinese is very difficult for me because there are different tones that you use to convey various things, or to say certain words. Like, your vocal coding is somewhat lost because you are emphasizing a certain syllable in order to pronounce a certain word correctly. It's like, the tone goes up for half of the word...
Wo dong xiao zhongwen. Pijou, baijou, hambaobao... Wo mingtian qu BJ... Shui zai jichiang. ————- When they type, they do it using the normal keyboard with pinyin. Every syllable is a character and most have a few variations. The letter J actually doesn’t sound like J. It has a sharp Z sound to it mixed with a J. Bei Jing is really two words. The “I” in Jing is more like an “ee”. Their “J” sound actually comes from “Zh”. Last names likes Zhang and Zhao are pronounced Jawng and Jao. Words with “U” before “O” are fucked and never come out right when I say it. Like, “guo” usually means country or place. Zhong Guo = China, Zhong Guo Ren = Chinese person. Mei Guo = America, Mei Guo Ren = American person. Actually, “Ren” means “people”, but “American people” (or “America people” as they would say, just doesn’t sound right) Ren was one of the first words I really understood because every city has a “People’s park” (Renmin Gongyang) It’s pretty much impossible to just learn single words because you can’t piece sentences together in a copy/paste method like with English. Fuck, I’m bored...
is it supposed to be 24 hours? i had a late night typo recently and i wanted to edit it when i saw it the next morning and it wouldn't let me.
