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| Shemtov Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4815 days ago 49 posts - 59 votes  Speaks: English*, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Aramaic | Message 1 of 5 28 December 2011 at 2:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm learning Mandarin. Now, I understand the difference between pinyin b and p- one is aspirated one is not. However, I'm having trouble differentiating between aspirated and non-aspirated consonants. Does anybody have any advice on ow to do so?
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 2 of 5 28 December 2011 at 8:55am | IP Logged | ||
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Put your hand in front of your mouth and say the consonant. If you feel a puff of air, it's aspirated (Pinyin 'p' and 't'). If not, it's unaspirated (Pinyin 'b' and 'd'). All of them are, as you probably know, unvoiced.
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| nunoxic Triglot Newbie India Joined 4736 days ago 17 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Marathi* | Message 3 of 5 28 December 2011 at 10:57am | IP Logged | ||
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5057 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 4 of 5 28 December 2011 at 11:29am | IP Logged | ||
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English p,t,k are aspirated, while b, d, g are not. You study Russian, then you can
compare Russian п, т, к with English counterparts. Aspirated cosnants are pronounced quicker. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 5 of 5 28 December 2011 at 1:08pm | IP Logged | ||
It ain't that simple, I'm afraid. Aspiration is not phonemic in English, which means you can aspirate or not and it won't make it a different word. It's true that 'p', 't' and 'k' are aspirated when in the initial position in most dialects of English, but they're generally unaspirated when placed after an initial 's', for example. The 'p' in "spring", the 't' in "string" and the 'c' in "scared" are usually unaspirated. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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