A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions
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These tone changes are probably by far the hardest part of learning Taiwanese. | These tone changes are probably by far the hardest part of learning Taiwanese. | ||
=== Three | === Three special symbols === | ||
==== Apostrophe (') ==== | ==== Apostrophe (') ==== | ||
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before the hyphen must undergo tone change. | before the hyphen must undergo tone change. | ||
==== | ==== Grave accent (`) ==== | ||
When a word contains a [[Kiongjiok-huhø| | When a word contains a [[Kiongjiok-huhø|grave accent]], all the syllables after | ||
it are accented in a weaker, lower tone -- either a low-falling tone | |||
or a low stop. The tone of the syllable before the | or a low stop. The tone of the syllable before the grave accent remains unchanged. | ||
Example: | Example: | ||