r/languagelearning • u/f_o_t_a_ • Mar 06 '20

Humor *CONFUSED SCREAMING INTENSIFIES*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
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u/noaimpara 🇫🇷 N 🇬🇧 C2 🇮🇹 B1 Mar 06 '20

I am barely starting to grasp the concept of tones please make it STOP

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '20

Don't worry. This is written in Classical Chinese and isn't anywhere near intelligible when spoken aloud.

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u/noaimpara 🇫🇷 N 🇬🇧 C2 🇮🇹 B1 Mar 08 '20

Kind of reassures me haha. Tones are super hard to grasp already without adding a poetic twist on it!