{"id":356,"date":"2020-10-12T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=356"},"modified":"2020-10-12T02:19:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T09:19:59","slug":"hanyu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2020\/10\/12\/hanyu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00e1ny\u01d4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">H\u00e1ny\u01d4<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(H\u00e1n\u00b7y\u01d4\n<span class=\"mt\">Korean \u00b7 Language<\/span>\n\u97e9\u8bed\n<span class=\"trad\">\u97d3\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p>Wait a minute, isn\u2019t this the same as <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2020\/10\/05\/hanyu\/\" title=\"H\u00e0ny\u01d4 \u2013 Mandarin Expression of the Week\">last week\u2019s MEotW<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s and last week\u2019s Mandarin Expressions of the Week may look the same at first glance, and if you aren\u2019t careful to say them right, they may end up sounding the same too. Actually, though, if you <em>do<\/em> say them right, they sound noticeably different, and they mean completely different things.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s MEotW was \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>H\u00e0ny\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (H\u00e0n\u00b7y\u01d4 <span class=\"mt\">{Han (Chinese)} \u00b7 Language [\u2192 [(Modern Standard) Mandarin]]<\/span> \u6c49\u8bed <span class=\"trad\">\u6f22\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, with a fourth tone \u201ca\u201d, and it means \u201cHan (Chinese) language\u201d (that is, (Modern Standard) Mandarin).<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s MEotW, however, is \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>H\u00e1ny\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (H\u00e1n\u00b7y\u01d4 <span class=\"mt\">Korean \u00b7 Language<\/span> \u97e9\u8bed <span class=\"trad\">\u97d3\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, with a <em>second<\/em> tone \u201ca\u201d, and it means \u201c<em>Korean<\/em> language\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, in Mandarin, <strong>one tone<\/strong> is the difference between <em>Mandarin<\/em> and <em>Korean<\/em>! Indeed, <em>getting tones right in Mandarin is as important as getting vowels right in English<\/em>\u2014Mandarin tones really do affect the meaning that much.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a native English speaker, imagine someone saying to you that it doesn\u2019t matter if they say \u201cbet\u201d or \u201cbeat\u201d. (\u201cI <em>bet<\/em> you!\u201d\/\u201cI <em>beat<\/em> you!\u201d\u2014same thing?) It\u2019s true that we don\u2019t want to put any worldly human culture on a pedestal, and it\u2019s true that people will be tolerant of your imprecise or incorrect Mandarin tones if they know you are trying your best. However, what if you\u2019re not <em>really<\/em> trying your best? What if you\u2019ve been learning Mandarin for many years, but you haven\u2019t really tried to make your Mandarin tones better than they were when you were starting out? What if you\u2019ve just been lazy, and dismissive of the importance of Mandarin tones when speaking Mandarin? If so, then that may even be edging towards being a patronizing, racist microaggression, even if it\u2019s a subconscious one. (\u201cThose silly Chinese people with their finicky tones\u2026whatever!\u201d) None of that proud worldy nonsense for us, thank you very much!<\/p>\n<p>Another consideration is that if we are speaking in Mandarin about spiritual things, we are risking misrepresenting Jehovah God and his truth if we are not using the right tones, and thus not actually saying what we think we are saying. So, literally for the love of God, as well as to show appropriate respectfulness and love of neighbour, let us get into the habit <em>early<\/em> of really trying our best to be correct in how we say our Mandarin tones!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s understandable that if you grew up speaking, say, English or Korean, which don\u2019t use tones like Mandarin does, you will likely find, especially at first, that you\u2019re just not <em>used<\/em> to doing what it takes to say Mandarin tones correctly\u2014your ears, your mouth, your mind, your heart\u2014so much of you is just not used to Mandarin tones! That is not a good reason, though, to then just <em>not even try<\/em> to say Mandarin tones correctly. On the contrary, if we\u2019re not used to doing something that is important for us to do, then we need to put <em>extra effort<\/em> into it, <em>over an extended time<\/em>, so that we eventually <em>do<\/em> get used to it. Then, when we <em>have<\/em> gotten used to it, it will feel natural and easy.<\/p>\n<p>No, really! It\u2019s totally possible to eventually get used to distinguishing and saying Mandarin tones correctly, just as it\u2019s totally possible for someone who\u2019s learning English to eventually get used to distinguishing between and saying \u201cbet\u201d and \u201cbeat\u201d correctly. When we <em>do<\/em> get used to handling Mandarin tones correctly, then everything we do in the Mandarin field will be better and easier. We and native Mandarin-speakers will be able to easily understand each other, and our Mandarin \u201csacrifice of praise\u201d to God will not be \u201clame\u201d, but rather, <em>sound<\/em>, and good-sounding too!\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/46\/14#v=46:14:8-46:14:11\" title=\"1 Corinthians 14 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">1 Co. 14:8\u201311<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/58\/13#v=58:13:15\" title=\"Hebrews 13 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Heb. 13:15<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwt\/39\/1#v=39:1:8\" title=\"Malachi 1 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Mal. 1:8<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait a minute, isn\u2019t this the same as last week\u2019s MEotW? This week\u2019s and last week\u2019s Mandarin Expressions of the Week may look the same at first glance, and if you aren\u2019t careful to say them right, they may end up sounding the same too. Actually, though, if you do say them right, they sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,11],"tags":[18,20],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-learning","category-languages","tag-korean","tag-tones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>H\u00e1ny\u01d4 - Mandarin Expression of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2020\/10\/12\/hanyu-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"H\u00e1ny\u01d4 - Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wait a minute, isn\u2019t this the same as last week\u2019s MEotW? 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