What is na ge?

Language Learning Chinese
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Another one that I hear now and then is ‘ni shuo’ (

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Hi all,

Just to add a bit… If I’m not mistaken, the Japanese vocal pause is “ano…,” literally “that.” Similar to the Mandarin vocal pause na4ge, no? Is this a common thing in East Asian languages? Anyone know the main vocal pauses in Korean?

Er2yi3 has a long pedigree in Classical Chinese. It’s a pure classical phrase: “That being so, it is ended.” “There’s nothing more to it.” “That’s all, folks.”

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And the more I think about it, Soddom, ‘jiu shi shuo’ (