Guest AlexF Posted June 21, 2004 at 01:19 PM Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 at 01:19 PM Hi All! I suppose there are lots of different "garbage words" used in different areas of china... When one talk to native speaker, later uses them in speech and sometimes it can be difficult to understand until marking them out in order not to translate it directly each time. Can you advise - which words/phrases are more often spoken automatically, through habit and dont carry any meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaozhu Posted June 21, 2004 at 02:50 PM Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 at 02:50 PM A friend of mine puts 'ya' and 'la' at the end of most of her sentences. I've been told it's a girl thing and not to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeijingSlacker Posted June 22, 2004 at 05:11 AM Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 at 05:11 AM A friend of mine puts 'ya' and 'la' at the end of most of her sentences. I've been told it's a girl thing and not to do it. You are right. I would suggest you check with your friend whenever you are suspecting some usage is girlish. The reason is that, unfortunately, there is a huge amount of girlish guys in Asia, from whom you cannot tell what is girlish and what is not. I, myself, am quite often stunned by how some guys speak Mandarin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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