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那个 and 是. Is 那个 more commonly pronounced neige or nage? The same goes for 是, shi or si?
Jun 15, 2012 12:32 AM
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The correct ways to pronounce them are
那个 nà ge
是 shì
People from north part of China usually pronounce 那个 as "nei ge"
and people from southern China usually say "si" instead of "shi". It's just the different accents
June 15, 2012
那个: the orthodox pronunciation is na ge
But a huge number of the native Chinese speakers would say ' nei ge ' which is the phonaesthetic pronunciation of 那一个 (na yi ge ). Anyway 那个 and 那一个 are interchangeable in most (but not all )situations. My advice is for everyday use, nei ge is preferred but for more technical use, there should be a lexical difference.
是: the standard pronunciation is shi.
June 15, 2012
是 is just pronounced "shi" some southern chinese people pronounce it "si" because of accent...
那个 is pronounced "na ge" BUT if you repeat it very fast , you will normally arrive "nei ge"......
99% chinese pronounce 那个 "nei ge" its not an accent its a kind of "lazy way"
in every language, we can find some phenomenon like this:
"what are you doing?" the "t" of "what" normally we dont pronounce it if we say this fast.
in french, i know two phrases like this:
"tu es ou?"(where are you?) people say "t'es ou"?
"je ne sais pas"(I dont know) people say "ch sais pas"
"je suis d'accord"(I agree) people say "chsuis d'accord"
那个----na ge----- nei ge exactly the same reason
June 15, 2012
"那" goes for "nà"; "是" goes for "shì"
June 15, 2012
正确的应该是:
那个--> nà·ge
哪个--> nǎ ge
是 --> shì
June 15, 2012
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ChowChow(周周)
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