Patreon Exclusive! Mandarin Chinese is hard.
Added 2025-02-13 01:20:47 +0000 UTCAs most of you know, I'm an American living in Taiwan. My wife and kids are American/Taiwanese duel citizens. All three of my kids have natively fluent English & Chinese. This is my 6th year living abroad and let's just say my Chinese is...lacking. Unlike English, Chinese is a tonal language, which means, the emphasis you put on the sound changes the meaning of the word. In my day to day life, most people can understand what I'm trying to say contextually even though I have garbage tones, but I wanted to be as accurate as possible for the Chinese New Year special, so I asked my daughter, JeeShing to help with my pronunciation. The following ensued...
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TIP OF THE SHOE BAYBEEEEE
Fiona MacLean
2025-02-15 05:21:20 +0000 UTCDT IS THAT YOU??
midori_notori
2025-02-14 08:46:29 +0000 UTCBWAHHHAHAAAA!!!!!
TJ
2025-02-13 13:54:54 +0000 UTCThat was very sweet.
Cody Stork
2025-02-13 12:23:24 +0000 UTCLike Swedish says “Som toppen på en sko”
sokrispy media
2025-02-13 12:10:30 +0000 UTCnow say 就像鞋尖一樣！
midori_notori
2025-02-13 04:03:11 +0000 UTCJust the EUGH sound was enough to make me cry laughing. Just imagining I love my pet fish turning into something like "I love my *almost throw-up noise*" is hilarious to me. Thanks for the laugh TJ
APN
2025-02-13 02:33:32 +0000 UTCMan, why can't I speak Chinese
Eddie xd!
2025-02-13 02:32:26 +0000 UTCYou kind of just did.
TJ
2025-02-13 02:05:28 +0000 UTCFair question. I know the words. I just don't know the tones. She can't mess with me too bad.
TJ
2025-02-13 02:05:14 +0000 UTCPlease tell me this means we'll be getting translations for the Chinese New Year's Special.
Splash Of Color
2025-02-13 01:41:34 +0000 UTCTJ, honestly, how do you know she's not getting you to say something like, "I love Mom more and you should play with Sony Playstation 5!" ?
Nick Korey
2025-02-13 01:31:01 +0000 UTCIt was this many.
TJ
2025-02-13 01:23:16 +0000 UTCHow many outtakes was it one two or more? 😂
CFMayorKingsley(s)
2025-02-13 01:22:32 +0000 UTC
