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What kind of nuance does 呗 have?
As a native speaker, “呗” is widely used in the north of China by people having the main two meanings:
To express something that is obvious, objective. Here '呗' can be removed.
E.g: 他是谁?小王呗。(It's ...
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What kind of nuance does 呗 have?
Using 吧 or 呗 at the end of a sentence tells the listener that the entire tone of the preceding sentence is suggestive.
If you say: 你吃饭。it comes across like “You, eat food.”
If you say:你吃饭吧。it comes ...
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Data on the endangerment of Southwestern Mandarin?
I am a native speaker of Southwestern Mandarin of Generation Z.
The new generation here often converts too many pronunciation errors of standard Mandarin into Southwestern Mandarin, or does not know ...
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