@HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoImaging singing Happy Birthday to herlemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down18
arrow-up1273arrow-down1imageImaging singing Happy Birthday to herlemmy.world@HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-square@hddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilink-1•10 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@hddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilink-2•10 months agoPronunciation includes tone. I suppose you could say that that’s the basis for the sound
minus-square@hddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilink-3•10 months agoNo, pronunciation in Chinese includes intonation
minus-square@lugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•10 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@hddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•10 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@lugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•10 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