Comments on: Learning the neutral tone in Mandarin https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-the-neutral-tone-in-mandarin/ A better way of learning Mandarin Sat, 15 Oct 2022 21:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Olle Linge https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-the-neutral-tone-in-mandarin/#comment-102587 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 21:36:07 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=16369#comment-102587 In reply to Pierre.

I’m so happy to hear you find the podcast episodes helpful, and also that you appreciate the effort that goes into producing them! I like podcasts and audio material a lot myself, which is why I started with the podcast. I don’t think everybody loves it, but it’s great to hear from those that do!

]]> By: Pierre https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-the-neutral-tone-in-mandarin/#comment-102516 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:45:41 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=16369#comment-102516 Hi, even though I’ve been listening to your podcasts for a few months, this is the first time I leave a comment. I wanted to thank you for all the insights you share, and particularly those articles that make me understand things I should have learned from the beginning. And I particularly appreciate that you propose the podcast format, which is so convenient (even though I miss a lot of valuable information like the illustrations provided in this article).

]]> By: Olle Linge https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-the-neutral-tone-in-mandarin/#comment-102457 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:04:50 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=16369#comment-102457 In reply to Joris.

Yes, good point! I feel I missed a good teaching opportunity here, so thanks for pointing it out! I’ll see if I can add a note to it in the article itself. I didn’t want to go into prosody too much because it gets complicated very quickly, but your example would have been a simple way to illustrate the effect.

]]> By: Joris https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-the-neutral-tone-in-mandarin/#comment-102447 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 04:29:33 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=16369#comment-102447 Great article as usual! Just wanted to point out that question particles like 吗 and 么 are also exceptions because they are usually pronounced high, even when preceeded by a high tone: 什么？忙吗？Most likely influened by the nature of prosody in questions.

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