tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post832438486030286790..comments2023-10-25T15:57:01.374+08:00Comments on Petty-change: A struggle called MandarinRadhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17019567538933256974noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-50915924500606917192008-01-27T09:17:00.000+08:002008-01-27T09:17:00.000+08:00Clickable,Will tell you abt how my progress is goi...<B>Clickable</B>,<BR/>Will tell you abt how my progress is going!<BR/><BR/><B>Jas</B>,<BR/>lol !!! I have a similar incident. The words for "thin" and "not-so-well-endowed" sound almost the same. So a friend who is learning mandarin called his colleague flat-chested thinking he gave her a compliment.Radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019567538933256974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-6275729322548870102008-01-26T13:42:00.000+08:002008-01-26T13:42:00.000+08:00You are brave, Radha. :)One of my chinese colleagu...You are brave, Radha. :)<BR/><BR/>One of my chinese colleagues was teaching us "lao shu" which apparently means "a rat" if you say it one way and "old uncle" if there is a slight change in your inflections! :)Jas Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885106704204121952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-77186167310453728192008-01-26T04:51:00.000+08:002008-01-26T04:51:00.000+08:00Wow, kudos to your new hobby! I've heard that tona...Wow, kudos to your new hobby! I've heard that tonal languages are the hardest to learn.clickablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581352359345013278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-86061750746079025132008-01-25T10:31:00.000+08:002008-01-25T10:31:00.000+08:00Fighter Jet,lol :)<B>Fighter Jet</B>,<BR/>lol :)Radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019567538933256974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-21525045111513970812008-01-24T22:31:00.000+08:002008-01-24T22:31:00.000+08:00One of the easiert langauage :)LOLOLOLO..thats rea...One of the easiert langauage :)<BR/>LOLOLOLO..thats really sent me laughing :)Fighter Jethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02739433970119220916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-84410062062916000362008-01-24T16:02:00.000+08:002008-01-24T16:02:00.000+08:00Keshi,Its really toooo soon to say that :)Happy Re...<B>Keshi</B>,<BR/>Its really toooo soon to say that :)<BR/><BR/><B>Happy Reader</B>,<BR/>Will do that :)<BR/><BR/><B>Kanishka</B>,<BR/>I'll remember that :DRadhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019567538933256974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-41270366417462338792008-01-24T13:55:00.000+08:002008-01-24T13:55:00.000+08:00Aaaazoo!! Chu chi ming mai?? Go ahead and use this...Aaaazoo!! Chu chi ming mai?? Go ahead and use this. It will get you all around China.KADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464432323263545523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-4723597940645922142008-01-24T11:28:00.000+08:002008-01-24T11:28:00.000+08:00Heard its one of the difficult languages to learn!...Heard its one of the difficult languages to learn! Keep us posted about your progress :)Happy Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05170475118277864013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-11327336826806839242008-01-24T10:43:00.000+08:002008-01-24T10:43:00.000+08:00wow u must be very smart to learn a language that ...wow u must be very smart to learn a language that aint so easy.<BR/><BR/>Keshi.Keshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-7560912102874268462008-01-24T09:54:00.000+08:002008-01-24T09:54:00.000+08:00J,Don't envy me yet!! I'm nowhere close to being f...<B>J</B>,<BR/>Don't envy me yet!! I'm nowhere close to being fluent in this language!! :)Radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019567538933256974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-2201505538229374052008-01-23T22:37:00.000+08:002008-01-23T22:37:00.000+08:00and I so envy you for learning this language. Sigh...and I so envy you for learning this language. Sigh!! Francaise or deutsche is sooo passe.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968098471968377487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-90557886819039692732008-01-23T14:44:00.000+08:002008-01-23T14:44:00.000+08:00666,I believe the script is common in all the dial...<B>666</B>,<BR/>I believe the script is common in all the dialects; but the words are pronounced differently. I'm not even going to try learning the script though!<BR/><BR/><B>Parth</B>,<BR/>Nothing in particular. Just thought it would be nice to know.... Its interesting to learn.Radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019567538933256974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-40280836230250979402008-01-23T14:03:00.000+08:002008-01-23T14:03:00.000+08:00That's cool. What prompted this learning?That's cool. What prompted this learning?Parthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756964089084413413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31201528.post-32714499456320539562008-01-23T13:40:00.000+08:002008-01-23T13:40:00.000+08:00ha ha.. but is the script same for all these diale...ha ha.. but is the script same for all these dialects?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871077754375976023noreply@blogger.com