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==== Special vowels ==== | ==== Special vowels ==== | ||
For certain tones and vowels, there are a few shortcuts: five for the shouting-out tone, plus two in the high tone. There is also a shortcut for the curving tone of ''ø''. | |||
[[File:specialVowl.ogg]] | [[File:specialVowl.ogg]] | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Vowel | ! Basic <br>Vowel !! Tonal <br>Vowel !! Special vowel<br>(shortcut) !! Example || Meaning | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ai || | | ai || air || ae || [[hae]] || sea | ||
|- | |- | ||
| i || | | i || ir || ie || [[lie]] || you | ||
|- | |- | ||
| u || | | u || ur || uo || {{x2|kuo}} || (''of time'') long | ||
|- | |- | ||
| e || | | e || er || ea || [[bea]] || horse | ||
|- | |- | ||
| au || | | au || aur || ao || [[kao]] || dog | ||
|- | |- | ||
| i || | | i || if || y || [[y]] || he / she / it | ||
|- | |- | ||
| u || | | u || uf || w || [[wtiu]] || universe | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | ø || øo || øo || [[kiøo (kauthofng)|kiøo]] || bridge | ||
|} | |} | ||
==== Tone sandhi ==== | |||
[[File:Tone Circle.gif|right|frame|Taiwanese tones in isolation, and the changes they undergo when they precede another tone.]] | [[File:Tone Circle.gif|right|frame|Taiwanese tones in isolation, and the changes they undergo when they precede another tone.]] | ||
The basic unit of speech is the syllable, which can change tone depending on where it is spoken in a sentence. | The basic unit of speech is the syllable, which can change tone depending on where it is spoken in a sentence. This is referred to as [[tone sandhi]], which is extensive in Taiwanese. | ||
If a syllable is spoken in the middle of a word, phrase or sentence, it changes tone according to the Tone Circle diagram. If a syllable is spoken at the end of a phrase or sentence, it does not change tone. Most nouns do not change tone. | |||
Taiwanese. | |||
These tone changes are probably by far the hardest part of learning Taiwanese. | |||
=== Three Special Symbols === | === Three Special Symbols === | ||