I have just started learning Lithuanian so I wanted to make a vocabulary list! I included intonation accents because I have no idea what im doing I want to remember tone + stress patterns ect ect, please correct me if anything is wrong!
◌̃ = rising tone
◌́ = falling tone
◌̀ = stress on short vowel
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As a Batman fan, I want to share with other fans that in Brazil we have the expression “tá mais louco que o Batman” which means “to be crazier than Batman”
i hate this cause i did japanese for like a year and this explains the use of the -ne particle WAYYYY better than my teachers ever did. it took me ages to comprehend what this post makes abundantly clear.
my teachers: its like a, a little rise at the end of a sentence, to show that you are seeking a response, while not warranting the -ka particle which would make it a proper question.
fun fact: afaik, "-ne" was inherited from the Portuguese settlers/priests that stayed in Japan in the 16th century. It comes from "né?", which the contraction of "não é?", "isn't it?".
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So I picked up this cool looking book in a small bookstore in Barcelona. And I was like “wow this’ll be great to help me learn Spanish”. I opened it when I got back to my hostel and it’s actually in Catalan! So I guess now I have a reason to learn that.
I had my first dream in Mandarin! It was a workplace situation, and everyone spoke Mandarin with each other and English with me, except some basic phrases. I only remember saying 对不起 to my boss.
It's weird because I had Russian class yesterday evening, so my brain was switched to Russian. I did dream in Russian a couple of weeks ago.
Usually tone and other small pronunciation differences between 普通话 and 国语 don’t phase me much. In context I don’t even notice 期望 qīwàng vs. qíwàng. But recently I stumbled across 颤巍巍 and realized that it’s a lot harder when both/all syllables in a word are pronounced differently!
Here are 8 words (including 颤巍巍) that sound pretty different in 普通话 and 国语 (definitely not exhaustive).
【3】 差劲（差勁）chàjìn | chājìng - bad / no good / below average / disappointing
【4】 熟识（熟識）shúshi or shúshí | shóushì- to be well acquainted with / to know well
【5】 血迹*（血跡）xuèjì | xiějī - bloodstain
【6】 垃圾 lājī | lèsè - trash / refuse / garbage / of poor quality (this is probably the most well known difference!)
【7】 倏地 shūde | shùdì - swiftly / suddenly
【8】 惋惜 wǎnxī | wànxí - to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb
Definitions are from MDBG.
*The pronunciation of 血 is all over the place. You can hear xuè, xuě, or xiě. I’m generalizing here, but I actually tend to say xuě.
Under the cut you can see some bonus words that I found (I didn’t include them since I have not seen/learned them).
【9】 夹击（夾擊）jiājī | jiájí - pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
【10】 突击（突擊）tūjī | tújí - sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
【11】 削发（削髮）xuēfà | xuèfǎ - to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure
【12】 综括（綜括）zōngkuò | zòngguā - to summarize / to sum up
【13】 敛迹（斂跡）liǎnjì | liànjī- to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view)
【14】 档期（檔期）dàngqī | dǎngqí - slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)
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