how the tones change in this sentece?
Could You pls explain to me in the below sentence how tones change from 3rd to 2nd tone?
1. 你得往回走
2. 你往左拐
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1. 你得往回走
ni2 dei3 wang3 hui2 zou3
2. 你往左拐
ni2 wang3(你往) zuo2 guai3(左拐)
In addition, if there's a first tone and a 4th tone together, the first tone has to be changed into a 2nd tone.
e.g.: 我们一块去 wo3 men2 yi2 kuai4 qu4
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how the tones change in this sentece?
Could You pls explain to me in the below sentence how tones change from 3rd to 2nd tone?1. 你得往回走
ni3 dei2 wang3 hui2 zou3
(there are no tone changes here, but consider that your voice can pause for 0,2 secs after 得 if you feel too difficult to say it in one blow )
2. 你往左拐
broadly speaking, when two third tones are consecutive, the first one is pronunced as a second tone. However this is not always true. It mainly depends on the context and on the emphasis the speaker intends to deliver. Here for example it could be ni3 (0,2 secs pause) wang3 hui2 gui3 if you put the stress on the second half. Also remember that prepositions like wang3 往 or other words that doesn't deliver a concrete meaning, are sometimes pronunced with 0tone.
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Huh,our native speaker seem to pay no attention to the situation you mentioned. So I feel weird at the first sight of your question. It doesn't sound a big difference when you read the two sentences. Never mind.
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