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halyihev · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Leaving on a jet plane...

I'll be away for a bit. Going to Thailand to visit our daughter. Unfortunately I haven't really mastered much Thai... tonal languages intimidate me. Sad

Back in a few weeks!
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StrangeMagic · Admin Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 640

Have fun! ^_^ Hope you have a wonderful time over there.

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject:

Have fun!

And yes, tonal langs are not fun.

StrangeMagic · Admin Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 640

I guess it may just be because we're used to languages that are not tonal.

I didn't even realise that Chinese didn't have spaces between the words until I realised that Thai didn't. I was just so used to grouping the characters together in Chinese to form words that I didn't notice it, until I looked at Thai and thought, where does one word end and the other begin. Razz

I think after that, I began to look deeper into the languages and compared them with each other. ^_^

Hemicomputer · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 610 Location: Calgary, Alberta

As said above, enjoy Thailand!

Tell us about it when you get back.