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Chinese Street Phrases

Chinese Street Phrases. Faith Acfalle Block – A4 . Communication. Street Phrases, say what? . Meanings Combination of words from original definition that has been shortened. Slang Informal speech language grouping particular people. Why Easier Convenience . Street talk on the Streets.

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Chinese Street Phrases

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  1. Chinese Street Phrases Faith Acfalle Block – A4

  2. Communication

  3. Street Phrases, say what? • Meanings • Combination of words from original definition that has been shortened. • Slang • Informal speech language grouping particular people. • Why • Easier • Convenience

  4. Street talk on the Streets • 老外laowai • 哪里哪里nalinali • 你很牛ni hen niu • 叫警察jiaojingcha • 太贵了tai guile

  5. Street talk on the Streets • 我不要wobuyao • 不要加辣椒buyaojialajiao • 多少椠duoshaoqian • 厕所在那cesuozaina • 薇生纸weishengzhi

  6. Comparison America China “Internet Hipster-Geek Slang” &“EXPORTED from America!”??? Funny Joke Western No opinion on the streets Everybody Still used • “the start of fancy, imagination and humor, breathing into its nostrils the breath of life.” • Linguistic creativity • Wittier & cleverer • Persistent downgrading • Youth • Always changing

  7. Sources • DaSkylar, Jeff. "Do Anything." How to say hello in Chinese. Interactive Projects, 17 Mar 2014. Web. 17 Mar 2014. • Do You Speak American, . "The Power of Slang." Do You Speak American?. Words that shouldn't be, 18 Mar 2014. Web. 18 Mar 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/speak/words/sezwho/slang/>. • Off the Great Wall, , perf. 11 Crucial Chinese Phases you must know before you go to China. Off The Greart Wall, 2013. Web. 18 Mar 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoEDZQCJOwY>. • ThinkingChinese.com, . "Trendy Expressions." Language Center. Thinking Chinese, 18 Mar 2014. Web. 18 Mar 2014. <http://thinkingchinese.com/chinese-trendy-expressions>.

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