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[AngryHobbit]

A bit of advice for would be mandarin speakers, tones are very important.....especially when saying the characters whose pronunciation is "ma"

妈 Mā (mother) - tone 1
麻 Má (hemp) - tone 2
马 Mǎ (horse) - tone 3
骂 Mà (scold) - tone 4

One does not want to call ones mother, or mother-in-law..... horse....it could be very VERY bad.

Also...be careful with thank you, which is 谢谢 Xièxiè. However said in another context, even though the tones are the same, the pronunciation is a little different.....xiè xiè 泄泻 which means diarrhea

oh and before I forget.....even though the pronunciation is a little different, that are similar enough that when going to sleep make sure you are saying 睡觉 Shuìjiào (sleep) for using the wrong tone may get you a rather surprise response with a subsequent slam to the floor 摔跤 Shuāijiāo (wrestling)

I don't think we have quite that level of pronunciation issues in Russian. But we have some WEIRD idioms. Like... calling a woman "my little fish" is a term of endearment.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Ah daaang... that sounds painful.. hope you heal up soon bro, take care alright

Fortunately, I have permission to work from home, so that's what I did because SOMEBODY couldn't reach his socks and shoelaces. And then there was that falling down incident...

 

[AngryHobbit]

Got home from the east coast last night, off until Saturday thank God. Waiting for the time change to kick back in.

Might have to go to the Maui Brewery for happy hour, just to, you know, get back into the swing of things.

You were on THIS coast and you didn't come to see us?!

 

[Xue Sheng]

I don't think we have quite that level of pronunciation issues in Russian. But we have some WEIRD idioms. Like... calling a woman "my little fish" is a term of endearment.

Chinese is loaded with idioms.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Chinese is loaded with idioms.

Oh, I'm sure.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

A bit of advice for would be mandarin speakers, tones are very important.....especially when saying the characters whose pronunciation is "ma"

妈 Mā (mother) - tone 1
麻 Má (hemp) - tone 2
马 Mǎ (horse) - tone 3
骂 Mà (scold) - tone 4

One does not want to call ones mother, or mother-in-law..... horse....it could be very VERY bad.

Also...be careful with thank you, which is 谢谢 Xièxiè. However said in another context, even though the tones are the same, the pronunciation is a little different.....xiè xiè 泄泻 which means diarrhea

oh and before I forget.....even though the pronunciation is a little different, that are similar enough that when going to sleep make sure you are saying 睡觉 Shuìjiào (sleep) for using the wrong tone may get you a rather surprise response with a subsequent slam to the floor 摔跤 Shuāijiāo (wrestling)

Wouldn't that be "horse-in-law"?

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Ah daaang... that sounds painful.. hope you heal up soon bro, take care alright

Doing much better now. Slept a bit better the second night, and the chiro released me after a second visit. He said I'd be near 100% a day later. It's taking longer than that, but I was able to tie my own shoes the third day!

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Got home from the east coast last night, off until Saturday thank God. Waiting for the time change to kick back in.

Might have to go to the Maui Brewery for happy hour, just to, you know, get back into the swing of things.

Glad you made it home safe, brother.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I've been going back and forth on it, but recently decided that, wherever my martial arts journey takes me, I'm not going to go back to kempo or kenpo (of the american varieties). Which I guess makes my name kempodisciple a bit of a lie now.

Sounds like a good decision for you, you liar.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Fortunately, I have permission to work from home, so that's what I did because SOMEBODY couldn't reach his socks and shoelaces. And then there was that falling down incident...

Now, the fall was only partly due to the back.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Wouldn't that be "horse-in-law"?

Actually it would likely mean a beating

 

[jks9199]

Wow.... you could get into SO much trouble with this language.

Maybe he or you could. I would!

 

[Xue Sheng]

Happy Happy Joy Joy.... I think I have a sinus infection.....oh goody

 

[granfire]

Happy Happy Joy Joy.... I think I have a sinus infection.....oh goody

Thyme!

 

[dvcochran]

Thyme!

What about Parsley and Sage?

 

[granfire]

What about Parsley and Sage?

only with Rosemary

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

I pride myself on my abolity to have patience with my patients ,but there are some days where i iust dont. I was working 10 hour shifts Monday-Friday (technically saturday since i just got home before my day off)and on wednesday i ran out of that patience. Took some time to do a fu jow pai meditative form which completely reset me and i could go both yesterday and today without issue. Here's hoping next week goes okay

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I pride myself on my abolity to have patience with my patients ,but there are some days where i iust dont. I was working 10 hour shifts Monday-Friday (technically saturday since i just got home before my day off)and on wednesday i ran out of that patience. Took some time to do a fu jow pai meditative form which completely reset me and i could go both yesterday and today without issue. Here's hoping next week goes okay

Good self-monitoring. You have a tough job - glad you’re there.

 

[Buka]

 

[Xue Sheng]