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I like how there are two ways to say "I have a headache" in Japanese, and they are written with the exact same Chinese characters, but are pronounced completely
by kyllo 12y ago
I like how there are two ways to say "I have a headache" in Japanese, and they are written with the exact same Chinese characters, but are pronounced completely differently:
頭が痛い (atama ga itai)
頭痛がする (zutsuu ga suru)
- vorg 12y agoAlso in Chinese, "我有頭痛", tho "我有头疼" is often used in mainland speech.
- kyllo 12y ago"我有頭痛" sounds very Taiwanese. This usage of 有 is an artifact of Taiwanese / Minnan dialect. The Standard Mandarin （普通话） way to phrase that sentence is just "我头疼" or "我头很疼". Also like you said, 疼 sounds a little more mainland and 痛 sounds a little more Taiwanese. A general word for "pain" is 疼痛, they are really synonymous.
- iopq 12y agoyou think that's cute? harakiri (腹切) is seppuku (切腹) backwards