Feb 6, 2009 #1 D Dana1 Member Joined May 28, 2008 Messages 174 Reaction score 0 Points 16 I mean, if a Chinese person were to learn english, what sounds would be new to them?
Feb 6, 2009 #2 K krazof New member Joined Feb 6, 2009 Messages 2 Reaction score 0 Points 1 For a Mandarin Chinese person, possibly b, d, g, th (þ), th (ð) and z, as these are the sounds not found in Mandarin. (What is often written as b, d and g in Mandarin, for example in pinyin, are actually just p, t, and k with extra puffs of air)
For a Mandarin Chinese person, possibly b, d, g, th (þ), th (ð) and z, as these are the sounds not found in Mandarin. (What is often written as b, d and g in Mandarin, for example in pinyin, are actually just p, t, and k with extra puffs of air)
Feb 6, 2009 #3 E ErikVanThienen Member Joined Feb 28, 2008 Messages 31 Reaction score 0 Points 6 For most Romance and Germanic language speakers it's the "th" pronunciation that's really hard. Regularly reduced to a simple "s" sound.
For most Romance and Germanic language speakers it's the "th" pronunciation that's really hard. Regularly reduced to a simple "s" sound.