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> You can't use tones to communicate things like irony, anger or doubt. You have to play on volume. You can't use Chinese tones, but you can still modulate you
by isolate 11y ago
> You can't use tones to communicate things like irony, anger or doubt. You have to play on volume.
You can't use Chinese tones, but you can still modulate your speech tonally to convey emotion while respecting them.
- agrand 11y agoThis, and the use of particles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence-final_particle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence-final_particle
- westiseast 11y agoYeah - my son has a hundred ways to say 没有 that are playful, angry, bossy, funny, etc. It is part of the language, you just use different vocal variations than the classic English ones like 'raise your tone to indicate a question', or 'use harsh dropping tones to indicate anger'