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| lindseylbb Bilingual Triglot Groupie ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4930 days ago 92 posts - 126 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, Cantonese*, English Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 1 of 11 02 November 2012 at 8:37am | IP Logged |
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I know Spanish sounds aggressive and lke fighting to English speakers, but when I mentioned it to a Japanese he
said Manderin sounds the same, too... I was, I dont know. I kind of aware that Manderin is not a gentle and soft language but still... So what do you think？ How does Manderin sound for you？ What about Shanghaihua and Cantonese？ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| comeauch Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5207 days ago 8 posts - 11 votes Speaks: French*, English, German Studies: Dutch, Japanese | Message 2 of 11 02 November 2012 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
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Mandarin and Cantonese used to sound "angry" to me. I think it's due to the tones,
especially the last one in a sentence, which generally falls in English or French. Every other final tone (especially the high one) sounds a bit aggressive when you're not used to it. Apart from that, I prefer the sound of Cantonese, it sounds more melodious to me. Also, that's totally subjective (and stupid), but since that's what you ask for: I always feel like half the language is composed of variations of "shu" and "chu" (zhu? yu? hu?) and that almost every sentence ends with "la"/"ra" lol. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lucas C. Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4925 days ago 8 posts - 17 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Polish* Studies: French | Message 3 of 11 02 November 2012 at 2:43pm | IP Logged |
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like a dog (according to my mum)
like a cat (according to my dad) To me, it used to sound like a bunch of arbitrary sounds. Not in a sense that I wasn't able to understand the meaning, which is a case with any language I don't speak, but rather I doubted if there were any words and sentences in what I heard. Edited by Lucas C. on 02 November 2012 at 2:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vegemighty Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4486 days ago 45 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 11 02 November 2012 at 3:14pm | IP Logged |
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I was once hanging out with some hunanese guys at a bar here in Chengdu and I did my impression of what Chinese sounded like, and they told me that my fake chinese sounded like Sichuanese. I wonder if I were talking to a local Sichuanese if they would say I sounded like a Shanghaiese or Cantonese speaker.
Personally, I find that sichuanese always sounds like yelling. Maybe its only that the people here are just very excited always. Foreigner speaks perfect Sichuanese 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4666 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 5 of 11 02 November 2012 at 6:27pm | IP Logged |
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Mandarin sounds like catspeak ;)
Cantonese sounds like angry catspeak. ;) Edited by Medulin on 02 November 2012 at 6:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5764 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 6 of 11 02 November 2012 at 6:50pm | IP Logged |
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Rather cute, due to the tonality. My former flatmates and I used to be rather amused by one of our Chinese neighbours fighting with his girlfriend because even angry Mandarin sounds cute to German ears.
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| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4957 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 7 of 11 02 November 2012 at 11:44pm | IP Logged |
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I love the sound of them all, I find that Mandarin sounds very formal - but quite noble sounding too, especially in certain contexts (if you get what I mean).
The Mandarin spoken in Taiwan is very gentle sounding I find. Edited by NickJS on 02 November 2012 at 11:45pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5448 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 8 of 11 06 November 2012 at 2:55am | IP Logged |
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Saying another language you don't know a shit about sounds like fighting is just bullshit.
It is stupid, arrogant and ignorant. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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