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Girlfriend in Mandarin Chinese is — nǚ péng yŏu — But how do you prononce it? Use the Primezero i18n Terminal

Friday, February 22nd, 2008




How do you pronounce girlfriend in Mandarin Chinese? Well, we already read it from the title, but do we understand how to say it.
For your learning methods, you have a choice:

  • the usual visual method with Hanyu Pinyin — nǚ péng yŏu – like in textbooks. that’s boring and you are not sure if your pronunciation is correct.

    -OR-

  • the audio method using the Primezero i18n Terminal: nǚ péng yŏu, where you can go at your own pace and practice the pronunciation. As you practice more, your kinesthetic learning style is also used.

    this audio method that i call “pinyintype vocalization” is useful for documenting rescue languages.

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More features coming soon…