Pronunciation Notes 8
  1. 0hvp  khO^y    has a low falling tone.  Compare it with other tones in the following phrases.
  0hvpwx khO^y pay I am going.
  [vd0hvp bO^Ok khO^y tell me.
  0hvp-nh khO^y sy@y I buy.
  0v'0hvp khO%OG khO^y mine
  0hvp8njo khO^y ty&yn I was startled.
  .90hvp cay khO^y my feelings
  0hvpovo khO^y nO#On I sleep.
  gvnhvp0hvp ya@y khO^y my sister (older)
  0hvp4hk khO^y tha^a I wait.
  8q;t0hvp tu#a khO^y lied to me.
  0hvp0v khO^y khO%O I request.
  c,jo0hvp mE&En khO^y It's me.

   

  1. Words with both falling tones, high and low, are cut off short when said alone or when they come at the end of a sentence. 

Say:

  g9qhk ca@w you
  0hvp khO^y I, me
  g-qhk sa@w morning
  g0qhk kha^w rice
  r= phO@O enough
  s^yho li^n play
  laho sa@n short
  sk ha^a find, look for
  gdhqk ka@w nine
  ]k;r=h la#aw phO@O he met.
  g0qhkg-qhk kha^w-sa@w breakfast
  0v'g9qhk khO%OG ca@w yours
  ly[gdqhk si#p-ka@w nineteen
  .zgvuho pha%y A@An who called
  3,'0hvp mo#oG khO^y my watch
  dyog0qhk kin kha^w eat
  wxs^yho pay li^n go play
  ly[shk si#p-ha^a fifteen
  16jouh ju&u ni^i it is here.

           

    
   
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