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12 September 2011
Autumn Term 2011
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Tones - the little numbers on this blog
Cantonese has six tones, we use numbers after each word to identify them
1 = High Falling - as in
King
2 = Mid-rising - you??
3 = Mid-level -
boon3
(half)
4 = Low Falling - king
dom
5 = Low-rising -
ngoh5
(I, me)
6 = Low-level -
ngoh5
dei6
(we) sounds like day
alas they're very important, see:
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/tonemistakes.htm
