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| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5727 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 233 of 740 28 February 2010 at 2:07am | IP Logged | ||
Actually, "supposedly", there shouldn't be an er in 事 ;) And I have yet to hear an er at the end of 日 ^^ Anyways, if I had to guess, your Beijing friends are just being polite ;) There are a lot of er's in Beijing, and further up north simply EVERYTHING is er! (脸儿？今儿？鸟儿？wtf?) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5951 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 234 of 740 28 February 2010 at 9:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was referring to the r sound in the word itself as opposed to a 儿 at the end...guess my examples are confusing. One of my Beijing friends said that using 儿 is casual. You're probably right that they are being polite. All the Mandarin speaking groups that I attend, plus the mix of native speakers at work, include people from Taiwan and other southern areas that generally don't use 儿.
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| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5951 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 235 of 740 28 February 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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I cannot keep up with the number of daily new vocabulary words, from conversing with people overseas. I'm behind in entering items into my SRS as well as reviewing. As mentioned prior, I'm not getting FSI drilling in. I'm starting to say 对 and 对了 to my family members instead of responding in English. Am trying to assess what is most important now, which I suspect is talking as much as possible in Mandarin.
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| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5951 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 236 of 740 03 March 2010 at 5:11am | IP Logged | ||
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科技犯罪 kējìfànzuì, technology crimes (we were talking about identify theft).
Very tired. Vocabulary being added via conversations is all over the place, not necessarily typical stuff found in textbooks as seen in the one above. Edited by Snowflake on 03 March 2010 at 5:11am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5951 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 237 of 740 04 March 2010 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Have started keeping a spreadsheet of usage differences between Taiwan and the mainland. Generally have been running into one term a day which makes me think that there are quite a few of these. The spreadsheet excludes any grammar usage differences.
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| annette Senior Member United States Joined 5498 days ago 164 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* | Message 238 of 740 04 March 2010 at 4:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd be curious to see that spreadsheet one day. I feel like I don't usually come across
Taiwan/Mainland usage differences with that frequency - but more likely, I'm just oblivious and they're all passing me by! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5951 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 239 of 740 07 March 2010 at 2:17am | IP Logged | ||
OK, will do. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| annette Senior Member United States Joined 5498 days ago 164 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* | Message 240 of 740 07 March 2010 at 6:12am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks! Take your time... I just thought it sounded like a very interesting idea :).
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