我這星期二想要去圖書館唸書，然後去見我朋友。 (I want to go to study in the library and then go meet my friend this Tuesday.)
我这星期二想要去图书馆念书，然后去见我朋友。 (I want to go to study in the library and then go meet my friend this Tuesday.)
Hello everyone, I’m Grace!
Welcome back to my channel!
Last time I talked about the grammar differences between Taiwanese and Chinese Mandarin
and then realized that many people are interested in this topic.
So this time I decided to talk about
the pronunciation differences.
I’ll cover the differences in terms of the tones and sounds.
OK, without further ado, let’s get started!
One of the most noticeable pronunciation differences between Taiwanese and Chinese Mandarin
is that some characters have different tones.
For example, this word is pronounced “星期” in China,
and “星期” in Taiwan.
Generally speaking, this kind of difference only appears in some words,
so don’t worry too much.
Another thing is that
in Taiwan we don’t have that many words with the neutral tone compared to China.
Now I’m going to introduce 10 common words
that have different tones between Chinese and Taiwanese Mandarin.
OK, after learning some differences in the tones,
let’s move on to the differences in the initial sounds of characters.
The first one is that in Taiwan,
many people pronounce “zh ch sh” a little bit closer to “z c s”.
Let’s take a look at this picture, so normally to pronounce “zh ch sh”,
you curl your tongue to this position.
but in Taiwan, many people put their tongue a little bit forward,
so it sounds like this “zh ch sh”, instead of “zh ch sh”,
so It sounds more close to the “z c s” sounds.
Some Taiwanese even just pronounce “zh ch sh” like “z c s”.
Another one is about the “r” sound,
Sometimes you might hear some Taiwanese pronounce “r” like “l”.
For example:
然後（and then） some Taiwanese might say: lan後
If you’re interested in this,
I have a video regarding this topic, I'll put it here and in my description,
you can go check it out!
The last one about the initials is the “n” and “l” sound.
Sometimes, people mix up these two sounds.
For example, 好冷 some Taiwanese might say 好neng.
But this one is not as common as the other features.
OK, next, let’s talk about the differences in the final sounds of the characters.
For the first one, many Taiwanese pronounce “er” like “e”.
For example, 二十塊（twenty dollars）, you might hear people say "e十塊"
Another one, 而且 pronouncing like "e且".
For the second one, the distinction between “en” and “eng” is not so obvious.
For example, 名字 many Taiwanese would say “名字”,
the “eng” sound is not so obvious.
The final difference is also about the “eng” sound.
When this sound combines with “b p m f” these initials,
Taiwanese people tend to add a “u” sound in the middle,
so the “eng” sound would sound like “ong”.
For example, 做夢 (to dream, to have a dream)
Many Taiwanese would say 做mong.
蜜蜂 (bee) Many Taiwanese would say 蜜fong.
OK, that’s all for today!
If you want to know more about
the differences between Taiwanese Mandarin and Chinese Mandarin,
please leave a comment to let me know.
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I’ll see you next time. Bye!