Give myself a big smile and hug (in Taiwan accent)
What are you doing? What are you looking at? (In Northeastern accent)
hello guys, I'm Kevin
today we are so happy having two special guests here
first is Yudi from northeast China
and our dear David from Taiwan
now there's a popular saying online
that Taiwan accent and northeast accent
are the two funniest Chinese accents in the world
so today I'll have two of our friends to make a comparison
and we're gonna do something really funny
I'll have my Taiwan friend learn northeast accent
and in turn, the other speak in Taiwan accent
ok first let my Taiwan friend teach my northeastern friend
what an exact Taiwan accent sounds like
first, compared with mandarin, Taiwan accent
doesn't need a quite obvious retroflection
like we say tschā yì diǎn instead of chàyìdiǎn(almost)
your tongue should be more flat
chā yì diǎn(still retroflex sound)
no no, more flat, not enough
chā yì diǎn(still retroflex sound)
no no, flat, tschā yì diǎn
yeah, exactly, it's more like it
tschā yì diǎn
Is there any other tips?
there are more link-up sounds in Taiwan accent
like
like dà jiā hǎo(hello everyone)
it's more like
dàā hǎo(consonantal syllable missed）
one more example: zhī dao(I know it）
it sounds like zào
bù zhī dào(I don't know) sounds like bu zào
any other tips?
so next is
Taiwan accent has no soft sound
we call brother gē gē
while in mandarin it is gē ge
but we call it gē gē
Taiwan accent: gē gē
and we don't have "er" sound
no rhotic sound
what will you say for qù nǎ lǐ(where are you going)
qù nǎ er
it is ok with just qù nǎ in Taiwan accent
no er sound at the end right?
so next shall we have our northeast friend
try some sentences as a warming up
David, how about giving an example
give myself a big smile and a big hug(notice the difference in two accents)
hàn yǒng bào(Kevin is correcting）
yǒng bào
hàn yǒng bào(Yudi practicing)
(Yudi trys again)
(laughing)why he still has strong northeast flavor in his Taiwan accent
so next is our testing round
Taiwan accent final test for our northeastern friend
let's first have David reading test sentence
read paragraph by paragraph
I don't know whether you know that in the morning I received the news that says I have a package arrived.(link-up+tones+flat tongue)
xiàn ài("z"sound missed, Kevin correcting)
(Kevin: one more try, the whole sentence)
(Yudi trys again)
real tough challenge, we felt it
and the following part it's your challenge time
Yudi will teach David to speak in a northeast accent
well in northeast accent, the most important is the imposing manner
it is exceedingly important
gàn shén me ne(what are you doing)=gà há ne
be more imposing
gà há ne
nǐ kàn shén me kàn(what are you exactly looking at)=nǐ chǒu shá
chǒu nǐ zhǎ de(I'm looking at you, what's wrong with it)
show it, be more stressed
chǒu nǐ zhǎ de
remember, be resolute and imposing
second, change /o/ into /ǝ/
like pò làn(rubbish) we say pǝ là er(tone unchanged)
or bó shì(Doctor) we say bǝ shì
(Yudi: oh too far, not rhotic in that way）
bǝ shì(repeating)
and other tips like the change of tone
like the second, third and fourth tone in northeast accent often change casually
dé dào(receive) we say dĕ dào
xí f(u) er=xĭ f(u) er
feels like holding that breath back, xĭ fer
the last thing is, the tongue-curled sound is rather obvious in northeast accent
like chī fàn(eating meals)
chà yì diǎn er (almost)
lǎo shī(teacher)
so David, how about learning so far
say 50%, maybe?
now it's David's test time for northeast accent learning
now let's welcome Yudi deliver a sample reading
My wife got up at 6:00, and I asked her what she was doing. She said, stop dawdling, you are like a fool at home all day long, get out!
(Kevin: David, come on, go ahead)
(David reading)
so it's the same feeling as you were just reading in Taiwan accent
it's a real tough test for both of you
and David almost had his tongue tied
oh no, it was like my tongue got cramp
all in all, both Taiwan and northeast accent are quite impressive with the most striking characteristics
which makes it a hard chance for them to affect each other
so today thanks David and Yuqi for joining me in this video
see you next time