For those of you who may not be aware, Chinese is a tonal language. This means that words with the same “sound” in the Western sense can have very different meanings based on the tone with which it’s spoken.
The trouble comes in when you listen to someone who speaks the tones very clearly and well… like the teacher of the Chinese class I’m taking. What’s killing me is that when I try to repeat what she’s saying I sound like a really crappy tone deaf kareoke singer.
And I’ll never have that recipe agaiiiiiiin…. ohhhhh nooooooo!!
I’d forgotten just how difficult these damn tones are.
