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Canto?
Yea
I’m from Guangzhou, currently residing in the US and naturalized
Oh lol it’s just you said mandarin but your example seemed more canto so I had some momentary confusion
I speak both Cantonese and Mandarin xD
The comment I replied to said
In a language where the inflection changes the word, how does something like sarcasm work?
I don’t have a lot of interactions with Mandarin speakers outside of having been through 2nd grade in China
So Cantonese is all I know regarding to irl use of sarcasm in a tonal language.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yea
I’m from Guangzhou, currently residing in the US and naturalized
hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Oh lol it’s just you said mandarin but your example seemed more canto so I had some momentary confusion
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I speak both Cantonese and Mandarin xD
The comment I replied to said
I don’t have a lot of interactions with Mandarin speakers outside of having been through 2nd grade in China
So Cantonese is all I know regarding to irl use of sarcasm in a tonal language.