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Feb 17, 2018 2:32 AM
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bravotipo
If I am right the word is... Aladeen!
BananasForever
I call bullshit
SmileDHJ
之是好！
AvgWhiteShark
...But what did she say!
ohnoyoudid
Well, she shakes her head vertically or horizontally?
WhatTheDormouseSaid
I didn't think eBay was that complicated..
MauryPovichIRL
I play PUBG enough that I could probably teach a Mandarin course
BossJohns
Learn the hybrid asian language from DrDisRespect
YASSEROVE
Aladdine or alladine.
Kamica
Wo hun hao (Or something like that.
ItsAGameOfSchlongs
是 Shi
boodow
Sounds like “sure”. No sounds like “boo”. Same same
JACKSONHEALYY
I feel like her body language should give the answer away
WonderfunkJones
We've surpassed language by using what's called body language. In other words, just nod.
pickleton
"I'm Korean, asshole!"
WhatTheDormouseSaid
"Uhm... i speak Cantonese.."
pineapplesuprise
私は中国人じゃないです。
wildcatfan4life
FragileReality
What does he say in Chinese? Xhāng?
fbutt09
Poookaaaiii
Tunaccat
Hate when that happens.
ilovefluids
Your brother loves to crack fortune cookies
CrimsonNyx45
KaminoNeko
Goldangit, I came in to make exactly this joke. Have an upvote, instead.
lighthiddenwithinthedark
Can’t o’ neassay
pickleton
"I'm Korean, you asshole!"
wildcatfan4life
Barbyr
So he's going to marry a woman he can't talk to?
MerkNowitzki41
iancarry
well .. if she said something like "Shite" ... hes good :D
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
Her answer would have translated as "my family won't approve."
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DROlD
Thats japan
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
No Japanese doesn't have an R sound so they wouldn't add it as an accent. They do the L sound just fine.
fbutt09
Followed by a *courteous bow*
LiamNeesonOfficial
White guys are a status symbol in China. They'd approve. Related, the Chinese are a xenophobic culture.
TheRealAethrys
I always hear they're more hospitable to foreigners than the Japanese though. Like curious about foreigners vs being fearful.
SaraGonsalez
Wo hen hao! Ni na?
abraxasfury
Did she seem excited or embarassed? There's your answer
GuacamoleMoleMolester
Chinese poker face.
0fficerDoofy
If this were even true, the guy can't read body language, or the girl expresses zero emotion.
ruferto
i've seen a girl burst out in tears after she said yes. if you didnt hear it you'd have thought she was devestated
0fficerDoofy
That's actually a great point haha
notkvothethebloodless
He might have face blindness
Gasnia
Chinese always look embarrassed.
AzothTheGuildRat
Do the Chinese even show emotions?
TheVampireDante
Only if you Doctor yet.
RaynWisp
Then no because you not Chief Doctor yet.
RackhamTheRed
tell them "the japanese did nothing wrong" and find out
espressoandpostrock
As someone who works with Chinese professors in academia, this made me fuckin laugh
GerberLegalTeam
Some people react differently
HereAndYouKnowWhy
Mei You
MrTay
Wouldn’t he have just asked why she said a condiments name then?
MrTay
Mayo is no
CommonTaco
I speak jive
ChetBakersMissingTooth
Classic
dakaifeixingmoshi
Yuan bu yuan yi?
ValiantlyFlailing
I like this joke even more knowing that neither word exists in mandarin. Closest is "shi" and "bu shi" which is "is" and "not is"
Ringshadow
Actually! Shide is "yes" or "correct" in Mandarin!
superatheist
Only in certain circumstances. Dui also means correct
afrogoespro
Maybe that’s why he had a blank stare .. he was looking for the wrong words
ilovetomhardy
我愿意，I’m willing to
Robinerd
Having a Chinese wife I can confirm the confusion. So I proposed in English.
WannabeHobo
That's bu shi but I wanna believe it!
zebracakes33
I call bu shi
TheRicM
That is too perfect cause bu shi is the "not is" one
MoreofGravyThanofGrave
Amazing!! Haha
JasmineTwo
The thing about "shi" is that when you pronounce it correctly it sounds like "sure".
NomadGray
Ok, but shi also means like 50 other words
PullShporttel
Leading to the popular T-Shirt slogan, "Chinese Girls Can't Say No"
Sigge1981
Well. They can't say yes, either
EmanNiemThcin
Ita est.
obsureliteraturereferences
An alternative perspective to the language gap is that Chinese struggle a lot with English tenses and what I call filling words 1/2
obsureliteraturereferences
(a, the, so, etc.) particularly in writing because in the Chinese language you can do without both. 2/2
espressoandpostrock
From what I've seen they ask if the bride and groom are "willing" (愿意)to fulfill the vows. They respond with "I'm willing."
scPanda
For a yes the reply would've been "hao"
OhMySweetGoodness
No, it would've been something like 我愿意(woyuanyi).
scPanda
Yeah, that's another way of saying it, I don't think either is wrong
aurthadi
Thought "bo" was the word for no?
PullShporttel
Bo/Bu is basically "not" or "don't
PullShporttel
It's like the negative sign in math
Lesbiansass
There are many dialects of chinese, mandarin is most common in Mainland, but not all of it. Im from Taiwan, and speak Hokkian.
RackhamTheRed
depends on how you personaly pronounce "bo"
HighFunctioningAlcoholic
Which, in context, mean yes and no. Because that's how language works.
BunnsyAdventure
Probably the response should be “yao” or want, as in “I want to marry you” :) shi might not be applicable to the question
keksitse
How about dui/bu dui? It's used when answering yes/no questions.
ohnoyoudid
That's more like true/false or right/wrong.
Browncoat101
I don't think you'd use that to respond to a marriage proposal.
GerberLegalTeam
Isn't that close enough?
miyabi82
They can say hao or bu hao. No one answers shi or bu shi for marriage proposal.
ArcusDeer
Took some Chinese, that’s literally “good” and “not good”. Shi/bushi is the best way to do it, just trust me
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
But we don't use bu hao to say no, it's exactly the same way you use 'not good' in English. Shi/bushi is more like 'is' & 'not is'
namiasdf
Chinese here. People say hao to agree to shit all the time.
turing42
hao da
Ziggypiggyziggypiggy
Chinese as well. Would say "hao" and no I would say.. "wo bou yao" hahha I don't want it but that's just me
namiasdf
We are lazy. Three words or one. It's like saying hai versus wo je dao
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
As a native mandarin speaker I have to correct you, hao is used in place of sure/yup, informal agreements. Alternatively: hao a = sure!
Hammertulski
This explains so much - I’ve picked up a tiny bit from subtitles on movies with a Mandarin track and couldn’t figure out proper usage.
SomeRandomDudeWhoUpvotesThingsHeLikes
I upvote this, assuming it's true and not random bull that some gullible fool like me will accept as fact.
CasperFreeman
It’s bu shi! I didn’t not hurt her! I didn’t noottt! Oh hi Mark
gwaur
I thought they didn't have "to be" either. I've heard that translators have to make some artistic choices to translate "to be or not to be".
yourCleverUsername10
What about "I will" or "I won't"
superatheist
Hui, bu hui
RackhamTheRed
isn't that more of a "can" and "can't"?
superatheist
That's keyi, but keyi
RackhamTheRed
so you think 你可不可以踢足球 makes more sense than 你会不会踢足球?
semirelatedcomments
Maybe she can't. You don't know her
MoonFaceinc
Isn’t that can, as in wo hui shuo hanyu
espressoandpostrock
It's both "able to do sth" (usually something learned) or "I will"
MoonFaceinc
Good to know!
namiasdf
You say hai...
Alfadorfox
Is you is, or is you ain't my baby...
SaucyDisses
Woah, interesting I never knew that!
MrBinns
They dont have yes or no?
sppwalker
Dui and bu dui kinda work
LetumComplexo
You can get away with not using yes or no in English if you really wanted to. Lots of ways to say the same thing.
PleaseDisperseNothingToSeeHere
Bu shi
ohnoyoudid
We have different words for positive and negative just like anyone.
WallyMLG
Not in the strictest sense in that there are different words for each of the functions of yes and no
dormantmutant
Is
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
Not really. We answer the question specifically. "Will you marry me?" "I will/I will not." "Do you want to eat?" "I do/I don't."
MrBinns
That makes sense. More direct
mrmayortheiv
More direct, more complicated more like.
GodEmperor0fMankind
It's... Complicated. Theres not really "yes" or "no" like most western languages.
jazphantom
They have 是的 "yes", 對 "correct", 不 "no", 不是 "not is, no", and 不對 "not right "
TheresAGermanWordForThat
Ok/Cancel.
Lesbiansass
We have confirmation words... For many situations. Shi de, bu shi, meiyou, or "not" contextually like in wo bu zhi dao. Function the same.
Arcian
Okay so what's the difference between straight sass and lesbian sass?
Lesbiansass
Mine is gayer
Arcian
Yes, but what is gayness and how can one quantify it?
alticaarden
What would you say in this context? I will?
iamkarlpilkington
Me: "Wanna grab pizza?" Chinese person: "Make it so"
RowRowFightThePowa
So what would be a proper response in Mandarin? Saying more like " I will marry you" ?
GerberLegalTeam
In layman's terms I would still call that Mandarin for "yes and no"
zixcik
Its not that simple. Shide/bushide confirm whether what's said is true or not, so you can't use it to say yes or no to questions. (1/3)
zixcik
In chinese you use the verb in the question and then add a positive or negative qualifier to the verb in the answer. (2/3)
RackhamTheRed
no. a neg/pos answer is formed by negating/reafirming the verb/question particle. grunting also works in some circumstances
ABadManWithABeard
"Dui" also, but you're still playing horseshoes and handgrenades kind of.
SatoriEnlightenment
DUI = right
ABadManWithABeard
Dui
KrystenRitterEyeRoll
The way English deals with yes and no is not that common. Lots of languages have a bunch of ways that seem really weird to us
devtek
English has multiple ways to say yes and no as well. They are just mostly interchangeable. Yes, affirmative, sure, good, fine, certainly etc
KrystenRitterEyeRoll
Those are just synonyms dude. Other languages have completely different grammatical structures
rudejohn
Not that common? As orginelenaam and KyleBeach pointed out, most non-Mandarin speakers in the world have a basic affirmative or negative.
KrystenRitterEyeRoll
Most speakers yes, but not most languages
malbec
Oh yeah?! Name 12!
landcfan
Irish Gaelic and Swahili. Anyone wanna take it from here?
Wobbixx
Latin does not follow the single yes no system, and, by extension, I would guess that most romance languages do not.
PleaseMrLewisIsMyFatherImDoctorLewis
Zeppish, a language I made up just now.
KrystenRitterEyeRoll
Many languages have three to four yes/no words depending on whether the question was asked positively or negatively
CloisteredMoistOysters
Latin.
orginelenaam
Dutch, French, German and Spanish all have yes and no. Which languages are you talking about? Asian ones?
DizzleRizzle
Danish, a germanic language has Ja and Nej for yes and no respectively, so does Norway and Sweden. And Dutch is also a germanic language.
smashsouls
Non-romance or Germanic languages, obviously
KyleBeach
But based on the most current data, spanish and english (both romance/germanic languages) are #2 and #3 and combine to equal as many
FragileReality
Russian has no but imparts ‘not’ or negative with ‘ni’ at the beginning
FragileReality
Shit tho, don’t quote me. I haven’t look at my Russian in a really long time and didn’t get very far.
gandraw
German additionally has "doch" which English doesn't have a translation for.
orginelenaam
Wouldn't "yes it is" be a proper translation?
BronzeLeaguePro
Norwegian has "dog" meaning approx. the same. We also has javel (does not mean jawohl), jaså, etc. whose meanings are influenced by ... ∀x