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Ari 桑 -

Haha, yeah, alla sanghei nin! Um, thats about the extent of my shanghaihua.



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mr.stinky -

ari: Oh, I have a question. Are 干吗，干吗呢，干吗呀，干啥 etc all northern things?

south also has 干麻 and 干嘛










Ari 桑 -

Whats the difference between them?










mr.stinky -

i originally thought it was 干么，short for 干什么, but the 干吗 would be do
what/something, as in 你明天打算干吗？

confusion came from hearing local peoples saying:

干嘛? what'cha doin'? what's up?

干麻?!!! what the hell are you doing?

i suppose 干吗 and 干嘛 are approximately the same.

(of course this is just my interpretation. could be wrong....)










skylee -



Quote:

干麻

never heard of it.

"幹嗎" / "幹嘛" are ok.










magores -

Before coming to China, I bought books, CDs, etc. I learned that 10 was shí.
-But, my friends mom - born and raised in Taiwan - kept saying sí...
-And, most of the Chinese in my town (SF) spoke Cantonese. (yat, yi, sam...)

-And then I came to Beijing, where the taxi drivers refer to Chao Yang Gong YuanR Xi MenR.
-And the people at the copy store ask me if I want 10 fenR copies.
-And my co-worker who jokingly says "Mei menR" if I ask her anything at all
-And the lady who I give empty soda bottles to, who has no teeth, and speaks so fast, and in SO
thick beijinghua that I barely understand anything she says

It surprises me that I have learned how to say anything at all even half-way close to "correct".










Ari 桑 -

Yeah, I personally don't think there is once correct way to say things. Theres just CCTV anchorman
talk thats considered standard, but I'd say since so many people speak non-standard, really there
isn't one standard.












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