I've stopped learning Chinese when I left the country. I've only had HSK 2, but man do I miss no conjugation, you ate an apple pie for breakfast this morning? Well "This morning breakfast I eat an apple pie".

You already told it was this mornings breakfast with context.

This is something you really see when discovering another language that is not yours. I'm on Modern Speaking Arabic right now and I see it a lot

[–] WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Technically it's:

今天早上的早餐我吃了一个苹果派

Today morning breakfast I eat(了）an apple pie

You have to put the "了" to be correct

了 is kinda like past tense

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then you have Welsh where a lot of things are double affirmed in sentences removing ambiguity. even for the word yes you conjugate your reply as it depending on the quesrion they asked you.

Wyt. (Yes, you are. when asked as Am I?)

Ydw. (Yes, I am.)

Ydy. (Yes, he is.)

Ydy. (Yes, she is.)

Ydych. (Yes, you are. when asked as are We?)

Ydyn. (Yes, we are.)

Ydyn. (Yes, they are.)

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How do you pronounce Ydw, Ydy and Ydych?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Oh boy, Welsh is fun. Y is sort of an UH sound, W is a OO sound and CH is A hard back of throat noise you make for the real scottish LOCH

[–] tehevilone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Seems to be like "Eh-dew", "Eh-dee", "Eh-dich", so eh- or uh- for the Y at the start. Welsh IPA guide on wiktionary says Y at the start is like the a at the start of "about", when it's not either a single-syllable or in the last syllable of a word, in which case it's an "eee" sound, like the end of "happy".

[–] RunningSpaces@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Cries in HSK 0

[–] st0v@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

doesn't Chinese have pronouns though?

她 she 他 he 它 it

or am I missing something ?

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

They're written differently, but pronounced the same.