Studying in China and Spain – differences and similarities Yuanjiang Huang yuanjiang@diatel.upm.es Technical University of Madrid, Spain. Of course there are. )Both of the words "kaette" and "callate" are in fact pronounced in a very similar way, owing to the effect that the "ae" combination has on "kaette" and the way some Spanish dialects pronounce the "ll".With stricter analysis, the similarities do start to break down, but the aim is not to prove that Spanish and Japanese share the exact same pronunciation, but only that there is a surprising amount of similarity based on the linguistic distance between the two languages.There may even be other, better examples of this. In China, approximately 12.0 children die before they reach the age of one. This verb form is used in sentences like "Chan-san wa Chuugoku ni kaette imasu" (Mr. Chan has returned to China).In Spanish, a verb of the type "callar," in an imperative conjugation (giving a command), results in the word, "callate" (Shut up). In Spanish it's a form of the verb, "callar" (to stop talking or to be quiet). With these shared elements, we have the ingredients we need to have pronunciation intersections between the two languages.There is at least one example where a word is pronounced roughly the same in both Spanish and Japanese.
The Spanish alphabet is used to piece together a word like "gustar," which breaks up into basically two syllables, "gu-star".As mentioned before, Japanese pronunciation will break things up into the sounds of the Kana character syllables. There is not much to do here, apart from swimming in the sea, lying in the sun or reading a book, so I had time to observe the people and their vacationing habits and I found several similarities between China and Spain (or at least the south of Spain):It is not quite the same as in China, where many couples would leave their kid with the grandparents and move to a different city to work but, during the summer, grandparents have a similar role as in China. Chinese uses a complex set of tones to communicate meaning. In Spain, there are 9.2 babies per 1,000 people. Spanish and English use mostly all of the same letters, which makes the Spanish alphabet one of the easiest to learn as an English speaker.
In Spain, that number is 9.0% of GDP. The "e" is pronounced as the "e" in "bed". This can be used in a sentence like, "Callate la boca " (Shut your mouth. The "a" is pronounced as the "a" in father. (I have this image of late night markets and food stalls,, but maybe that’s wrong! There are 5 different ways (tones) that you can use to pronounce "ma," and each tone would change the meaning of the word completely.In contrast, Japanese and Spanish do not use such complex tones to change the meaning of words.
A good example is the word, "ma." In Spanish an example is "ocho" (eight) and in Japanese "otoko" (man).The consonants in Spanish and Japanese are also roughly the same with some well-known exceptions like the Spanish and Japanese pronunciations of the "r".A Spanish word consists of a string of consonants and vowels which we can break up into syllables. In Japanese it is a form of the verb, "kaerimasu" (to return, go home). China has a GDP per capita of $16,700, while in Spain, the GDP per capita is $38,300. Similarities: Both French and Chinese have long courses of dinner when they are having a party.
The place where I spend my holidays in Spain could actually be confused for a beach in China!
Signing in allows you to ask questions in our community, contribute to our cost of living database, and more. I guess those foreigners have never been in Spain (or in Italy, or in Greece) because we are at least as noisy as Chinese people (and waiters in popular restaurants by the sea yell way louder than Chinese waiters!
And people can be very nationalistic! Not having to learn an entirely new set of symbols and sounds is always a relief. Each Kana character will represent one sound in the word and can be written as such. There are 5 different ways (tones) that you can use to pronounce "ma," and each tone would change the meaning of the word completely.In contrast, Japanese and Spanish do not use such complex tones to change the meaning of words. China and its territories form such a large group and China alone is home to 1.42 billion people. China and America are two leading global superpowers, both having cultures that are somewhat similar to one another, and yet greatly differ from each other. both countries suffer criticism on animal abuse (Spanish bullfighting and Chinese dog meat, even though …
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In China, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women). But even as we dig deeper into the pronunciation, we see more similarities between the two languages emerge.The vowels in Spanish and Japanese are pronounced roughly the same. Discussion among translators, entitled: Similarities between Hindi/Punjabi and Spanish.