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It is known that the first character in a two-"三声"-character word is prounounced as "二声"。For example,
勇敢 （ㄩㄥˇ ㄍㄢˇ）is usually pronounced as "（ㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄢˇ）".
How about when in a sentence there are some consecutative "三声" characters?
Say the following sentence:
请你给李雪主讲讲勇敢的打死老虎者。
How to pronounce the tones?
I thought about such questions before as well, it turns out in this case, you would just pronounce the way it flows better for you, for example
qíng nǐ géi lǐ xué zhǔ jiáng jiǎng yóng gǎn dē dá sǐ láo hú zhě
qǐng ní gěi (pause) lǐ xué zhǔ jiáng jiǎng yóng gǎn dē dá sǐ láo hú zhě
You can imagine you are trying to speak out a number whose value is
3.55555555555555555555555...
You would naturally alternate second and third tone.
