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From :   Diyerly

Date : 2008-06-18 / 02:51PM

hey i dont understand
someone tell me this
the tone changes
A 3rd tone, when immediatlely followed by another 3rd tone, should be pronounced in the 2nd tone.
and it changes at ni3 hao3
is ni2 hao3
but at this example
Wo3 xi3 huan ka1 fei1
here we apply the rule or not?

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Jenny

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-06-18 / 04:52PM

Hi Diyerly
I do not think the rule you mentioned is working. In daily life, Chinese people usually speak fast and impressed you that they changed the tone.

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arthas

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 lawrence hotmail.com 
2008-06-18 / 09:40PM

Hi Diyerly, yup thats right. you need to change when there are two 3rd tones. so in your case it would be wo2 xi3 huan ka1 fei1

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