@HonoraryMancunian to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 11 months agoImaging singing Happy Birthday to herimagemessage-square29arrow-up1285arrow-down18
arrow-up1277arrow-down1imageImaging singing Happy Birthday to her@HonoraryMancunian to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square29
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•11 months agoNot in the implied intonation. Chinese is a language where tone matters. So something like “hey” and “heyyyyyyyy” would be different words.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-2•11 months agoPronunciation includes tone. I suppose you could say that that’s the basis for the sound
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•11 months agoNo, pronunciation in Chinese includes intonation
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•11 months agoThis is true in all Chinese languages when spoken normally but Mandarin (unlike Cantonese) ignores tone in singing. Pretty sure the name is Mandarin
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months agoWhen people say Chinese, it’s almost implied to be Mandarin. You are correct in both singing and that I was referring to mandarin. Technically mandarin and canto are both dialects of Chinese. Mandarin is just the official dialect
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•11 months agoAnd since the post was about singing, your whole argument is flawed. Checkmate atheist
Not in the implied intonation. Chinese is a language where tone matters. So something like “hey” and “heyyyyyyyy” would be different words.
So how’s it pronounced?
Pronunciation includes tone. I suppose you could say that that’s the basis for the sound
So how’s it pronounced?
No, pronunciation in Chinese includes intonation
This is true in all Chinese languages when spoken normally but Mandarin (unlike Cantonese) ignores tone in singing. Pretty sure the name is Mandarin
When people say Chinese, it’s almost implied to be Mandarin. You are correct in both singing and that I was referring to mandarin. Technically mandarin and canto are both dialects of Chinese. Mandarin is just the official dialect
And since the post was about singing, your whole argument is flawed. Checkmate atheist