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| OwlPanda Newbie United States Joined 3116 days ago 6 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 25 of 26 10 February 2016 at 10:10pm | IP Logged |
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One of the earlier vocabulary sets I did for Vietnamese contained a bunch of basic
pairs of opposite adjectives, and I found it to be one of the easier lessons. I never seem to have a problem with nóng (hot) or lạnh (cold). I think it helps that a lot of these opposites have different tones, and the tones emphasize the difference in meaning. In this case, nóng has a rising tone, and lạnh has a low, heavy tone. The former almost feels like a dancing flame, while the latter feels like a block of ice. That helps. There aren't always contrasting tones to help. Giàu (rich) and nghèo (poor) have the same tone. Sometimes, there will be pairs that have tones that aren't the same but don't really contrast, like có lý (makes sense) and vô lý (no sense). So, really, tones aren't a great guide. They're usually not. Still, I think they help keep some of the confusion away, because once my mind associates a certain tone with the meaning of the word I'm trying to learn, it's a little hard to shake it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 5907 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 26 of 26 11 February 2016 at 6:49am | IP Logged |
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Yeah, I have a pair like this -- koi and usui, 濃い 薄い -- I remember the words okay, but I still get the characters confused every year or so.
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