The falling tone tends to indicate a sense of definiteness, the rising tone tends to indicate incompleteness and the falling-rising tone is used to show contrast, implication, contradiction, etc. ( )
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- In the example “ Wasn’t it great?”, what tone should be used at the end of the question? A: falling tone B: rising tone C: rising-falling tone D: falling - rising tone
- What does Rising and Falling Tone mean in Chinese?
- Falling intonation indicates completeness and definiteness of the mentioned information, while rising intonation indicates incompleteness and uncertainty or questioning. Falling-rising intonation indicates hesitation, contrast, reservation or doubt. A: 正确 B: 错误
- Fill in the blanks according towhat you have learned in the video.Yes-no questions are often used in (1) ________ tone indicating uncertainty, but sometimes they are also used in (2) ________ tone. Besides uncertainty, rising tone indicates (3) ________ and (4) ________.Falling tone are often used in (5) ________ , 6) ordinary ________, indicating (7) ________ and (8) ________.
- Can falling tone be used in ordinary statements?