bendan

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[–] bendan@hexbear.net 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

help i misspelled Brendan oh man i am not good with computer pls to help

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

we have to close the doge gap

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

better not spill it!

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why settle for 1 when you can have 3:
张三、李四、王五

(and if you're wondering why they start indexing at 3, all I can say is it's a bit 乱七八糟)

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[–] bendan@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the death machine NEED MORE MONEY PLS MR PREZIDNT GIVE MONE

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

I think it's pretty telling that the original sea lion comic is just a guy being racist and getting annoyed when the sea lion calls him out on said racism

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

drip

among-drip admittedly a rather gay drama but w/e (word of honor)

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone's learning Mandarin lol. I've been on and off for a few years but should get back into it, 亡羊补牢!

I've tried to learn the Arabic alphabet a few times but I just can't keep track of the dots. Are there other ways to group the letters that help learning?

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

1st tone ā - a high flat tone, like singing

2nd tone á - rising, from the middle to the top, like a question

3rd tone ǎ - low tone, as low as you can, it often becomes vocal fry. (also rises a bit at the end of sentences or in isolation)

4th tone à - falling, from the top to the bottom, sounds angry

there's also a secret "neutral tone" that happens to the second syllable of many two-syllable words, or for grammatical particles. it changes tone height based on where the previous tone ended, so basically if the previous tone ends low, the neutral tone is high and vice versa. these syllables are also shorter in duration and some diphthongs are flattened.