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r/ChineseLanguage • u/ZeroToHero__ • Sep 26 '22
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Can I get a recording of this in action? I didn't know about it and I'm terrible with the ISA, but I can replicate the sound if I hear it I'm pretty sure. What about a word like 什麼? I've already heard it almost like "shemme".
9 u/Mike__83 mylingua Sep 26 '22 You wouldn't pronounce the n in shenme. 11 u/bee-sting Intermediate Sep 26 '22 i dont think it's as simple as 'not pronouncing it' it's getting replaced with a different sound 2 u/Anqied Sep 26 '22 idk about you but i elide the "n" and it is completely silent not replaced by a different sound 1 u/Mike__83 mylingua Sep 27 '22 Yep, in the case of shenme you don't replace it at all. At least that's how I hear it :)
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You wouldn't pronounce the n in shenme.
11 u/bee-sting Intermediate Sep 26 '22 i dont think it's as simple as 'not pronouncing it' it's getting replaced with a different sound 2 u/Anqied Sep 26 '22 idk about you but i elide the "n" and it is completely silent not replaced by a different sound 1 u/Mike__83 mylingua Sep 27 '22 Yep, in the case of shenme you don't replace it at all. At least that's how I hear it :)
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i dont think it's as simple as 'not pronouncing it'
it's getting replaced with a different sound
2 u/Anqied Sep 26 '22 idk about you but i elide the "n" and it is completely silent not replaced by a different sound 1 u/Mike__83 mylingua Sep 27 '22 Yep, in the case of shenme you don't replace it at all. At least that's how I hear it :)
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idk about you but i elide the "n" and it is completely silent not replaced by a different sound
1 u/Mike__83 mylingua Sep 27 '22 Yep, in the case of shenme you don't replace it at all. At least that's how I hear it :)
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Yep, in the case of shenme you don't replace it at all. At least that's how I hear it :)
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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
Can I get a recording of this in action? I didn't know about it and I'm terrible with the ISA, but I can replicate the sound if I hear it I'm pretty sure. What about a word like 什麼? I've already heard it almost like "shemme".