translation in Chinese

Gizmo13 · Post by **Gizmo13** » 22 Jul 2004 21:09

Hello everybody!
I need your help. I think I'm pregnant (will be sure next week) and I want to announce it in an original way to my husband who is chinese. Could someone help me? What should I say in Chinese?
Thanks very much for your answer...

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 23 Jul 2004 00:24

The simplest way : 我是孕妇 (I'm pregnant)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 23 Jul 2004 10:31

Tx very much!!!!!

And how about you're gonna be a daddy, or I have a little shrimp swimming in my tummy or whatever comes to your mind

I really would like it to be original!
Tx...

Gizmo13 · Post by **Gizmo13** » 23 Jul 2004 10:32

Sorry, it was me, I forgot to log in...

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 23 Jul 2004 12:42

You gonna be daddy : 你要成为爸爸

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 23 Jul 2004 19:34

Thanx a lot!!! But sorry to bother, may I ask for the prononciation too... I promise it's the last thing I ask

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 23 Jul 2004 20:05

I don't know if you know how to read pinyin... anyway, this is the pronounciation :

你要成为爸爸 = ni3 yao4 cheng2 wei2 ba4ba

Gizmo13 · Post by **Gizmo13** » 23 Jul 2004 20:28

I cannot, I'm actually kinda stupid in Chinese... Should I pronounce it as it is written? What mean the numbers? Sorry for my stupid questions... I'm gonna learn Chinese but only in September...

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 23 Jul 2004 22:59

Wooooooooooops !

It will be difficult to teach you here... ! The numbers represent le tone and melody of the pronounciation ! You should look to a chinese teaching web site to try to hear the tones.

For basic pronounciation :

ni [nee] (like "knee") 3
yao [yaw] 4
cheng [cheung] ("eu" is pronounced a bit like in "u" in "curt") 2
wei [wey] (like "wai" in "wait") 2
baba [papa] 4

For the tones :
2 indicates that the voice goes up during saying
3 indicates that the voice goes down and then up
4 indicates that voice is going down