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Ask question for Mainland Mandarin speakers: 【儿】普通话? 北京话? 【儿】普通话? 北京话? I am learning Mandarin on Radio program. and I think I am understanding well what official Chinese language is. so I am learning Simplified Chinese character it is just the program sounds too much for me, it is more like Beijing dialect than official Chinese. because it looks like they have too many "er" sounds. 哪儿, 这儿.. I understand these are only way of speaking instead of using 哪里 and 这里. and maybe: 一下儿, 有点儿 too. but also: 外边儿 口味儿 一块儿 玩儿 有空儿 几盒儿 一条儿 好好儿地 ... too? :O all those above are from the text book i have. and I wonder do we really need to talk like this way when we are not native Beijingren. they are almost confusing me the original vocabularies by adding this "er". I like to ask native Main land Mandarin speakers that how many times or have you ever you use this "er" expressions in daily life. 谢谢您。 P.S. I like Beijinghua as much as I like Cantonese and Hokkein. so this is not Question-me don`t like beijinghuaer ;D

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if the 儿 confuse u so much, u can just put it away when u read it or say it,because all the word make the same sense without 儿. besides.儿 is just in the Beijing dialect, not in mandarin. by the way, i am in north china and we dont often use 儿 so much, of course sometime we use, but not often. anyway, when u confuse, just put the 儿 away, all the words are same meaning. i think u will feel easy much.
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"er" sounds is very popular in Beijing, but in other place, people don't say "er" sounds very much. i think as a foreigner don't have to say "er" sounds.
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Yes. I think in south of China ..people not always use "er" in their words. because I think it's a bit diffcult to say so . But when I came to beijing ..I found the people here use "er" frequently. just like “公主坟”..but they say " 公主坟儿" anyway ..I think both of them are correctly .
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yes, 儿 is more used by the northen people, especially for beijingren. In south china, most people speak chinese without 儿。like,你有事吗?(南方)or 你有事儿吗?(北方)you will know the origin of the people by listening if they pronounced this end 儿。 but, 儿,infact can't be added to every word。like 天安门。you can't say 天安门儿,cause 儿,is meant to designate something small or familiar in a casual tone.
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 この字は北京人よく使います。 南方でときどき使います。

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