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@ 21524 The Hunan Accent
A: * 我是湖lan2人。*
* wǒ shì hú lán rén.*
* I'm from 'Hulan'.*
A: * 在我們湖lan2，lan2人都很帥，lv3人都很漂亮。*
* zài wǒmen hú lán, lán rén dōu hěn shuài, lǚ rén dōu hěn piàoliang.*
* In Hulan, Hulan, 'len' are all very handsome and 'lomen' are all very pretty.*
B: * 你說什麼？你是哪裡人？*
* nǐ shuō shénme? nǐ shì nǎli rén?*
* What are you talking about? Where are you from?*
A: * 湖lan2人。最愛吃辣。*
* hú lán rén. zuì ài chī là.*
* I'm from Hulan. We love to eat spicy foods.*
C: * 哈哈，我知道，你是湖南人。*
* hā hā, wǒ zhīdào, nǐ shì Húnán rén.*
* Hah-hah. I got it. You're from Hunan.*
C: * 湖南人，nl不分。*
* Húnán rén, n l bù fēn.*
* People from Hunan don't differentiate between n and l.*
B: * 哦。所以，lan2人lv3人，應該是男人女人。*
* ò. suǒyǐ, lán rén lǚ rén, yīnggāi shì nánrén nǚrén.*
* Oh, so, 'len' and 'lomen' should be men and women.*
Key Vocabulary* *
都* dōu* all
很* hěn* very
帥* shuài* handsome
漂亮* piàoliang* pretty, beautiful
說* shuō* to say
最* zuì* most
愛* ài* to love
吃* chī* to eat
辣* là* spicy
知道* zhīdào* to know
湖南* Húnán* Hunan
分* fēn* to distinguish
所以* suǒyǐ* so, therefore
應該* yīnggāi* should
男人* nánrén* man
女人* nǚrén* woman
Supplementary Vocabulary* *
口音* kǒuyīn* accent
方言* fāngyán* dialect
東西* dōngxi* thing
鄉下* xiāngxià* countryside
上海人* Shànghǎi rén* Shanghainese person
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