given things like 要不 and 不要 and 要不然 and 不然 and 然而 and 而是 and 就要 and 就是 and, you know, the other million options, I feel like I’m playing with a large box of legos which can be put together in any way and always make something
This is what I really love most about Chinese, all the word formation! It feels like I'm getting free extra words for every character I learn. *g*
Also, I wouldn’t normally post name plates, but this one, from a heavily Korean neighborhood, struck me as sociolinguistically unusual: the Korean names (Moon, Koh, Kim) are in kanji, and the “passing” Japanese names (Takayama, Suzuki) are in romaji. Probably done just for design, but it’s an interesting communication choice. (Suzuki is also an unusual passing name for Kim, whose bearers mostly go by Japanese names with the same character in them, like Kanemoto, Kanayama, Kinjo etc.)
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Date: 2022-11-07 09:03 pm (UTC)This is what I really love most about Chinese, all the word formation! It feels like I'm getting free extra words for every character I learn. *g*
Also, I wouldn’t normally post name plates, but this one, from a heavily Korean neighborhood, struck me as sociolinguistically unusual: the Korean names (Moon, Koh, Kim) are in kanji, and the “passing” Japanese names (Takayama, Suzuki) are in romaji. Probably done just for design, but it’s an interesting communication choice. (Suzuki is also an unusual passing name for Kim, whose bearers mostly go by Japanese names with the same character in them, like Kanemoto, Kanayama, Kinjo etc.)
This is fascinating, thank you for sharing!