Переписка с китайским другом о тональности языка я. Do you understand
this poetry? (Listen to it by clicking the icon on the right)
он. Yes, аll words has very similar prounciation and very hard to speak out. It is about lion.
я. Why is it hard to speak out? Is it not just "shi" repeated many times?
он. It has four tones for each shi and all have same but the tone changes. That is why it is hard.
я. So the tone is encoded in the hieroglyphs? How many different tones there can be?
он. Just 4.