New Members Ming Dai Posted January 27, 2017 at 09:00 PM New Members Report Posted January 27, 2017 at 09:00 PM Hi When a sentence has 3 words with 3rd tones (wo3 ye3 xiang3) does it changes to wo2 ye2 xiang3? and what happens if a sentence has more than 3? 1 Quote
Publius Posted January 28, 2017 at 12:55 AM Report Posted January 28, 2017 at 12:55 AM It becomes very complicated. According to Wikipedia Quote The results may depend on word boundaries, stress, and dialectal variations. General rules for three-syllable third-tone combinations can be formulated as follows: If the first word is two syllables and the second word is one syllable, then the first two syllables become second tones. For example, bǎoguǎn hǎo takes the pronunciation báoguán hǎo [pau̯˧˥ku̯an˧˥xau̯˨˩˦]. If the first word is one syllable, and the second word is two syllables, the second syllable becomes second tone, but the first syllable remains third tone. For example: lǎo bǎoguǎn takes the pronunciation lǎo báoguǎn [lau̯˨˩pau̯˧˥ku̯an˨˩˦]. Once on another forum, someone asked how everybody enunciates the sentence "李小姐有点勉强把美酒与死老鼠往嘴里挤". No two answers (given by native speakers) were identical. 1 Quote
歐博思 Posted January 28, 2017 at 04:43 AM Report Posted January 28, 2017 at 04:43 AM Welcome to the forums! Here's a recent thread which you may find helpful. Quote
Jan Finster Posted December 7, 2019 at 09:24 AM Report Posted December 7, 2019 at 09:24 AM On 1/28/2017 at 1:55 AM, Publius said: Once on another forum, someone asked how everybody enunciates the sentence "李小姐有点勉强把美酒与死老鼠往嘴里挤". No two answers (given by native speakers) were identical. I heard several times "李小姐" as Li3 xiao3 jie5 without tone sandhi (not: li2 xiao3 jie5). Is this correct? If so, why? I am confused... Quote
889 Posted December 7, 2019 at 04:16 PM Report Posted December 7, 2019 at 04:16 PM When making an introduction, to make clear it's 李 not 黎, perhaps? Quote
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