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when your m¯a is màing you to practice

06:20 Oct 15, 2010
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English term or phrase: when your m¯a is màing you to practice
The difference between m¯a (a high, level tone) and mà (falling tone) represents the difference between “mother” and “scold.” Musicians, studies show, are better than nonmusicians at picking out easily when your m¯a
is màing you to practice.

(o ing de màing é em itálico, indicando um gerundismo)
jthompson
Brazil
Local time: 00:10


Summary of answers provided
3quando sua mãe está lhe repreendendo para você praticar (estudar)
Marina Olive (X)
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Nick Taylor

  

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quando sua mãe está lhe repreendendo para você praticar (estudar)


Explanation:
m-a = mother
mà = scolding

Parece que é isto que ele quer dizer.

Marina Olive (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:10
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Nick Taylor: pretty good but something gets lost in translation , maybe mãe and má might work ...somehow?
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Honestly i think you would be better off contacting a Taiwanese or Chinese who speaks Portuguese for this one (I assume it is Chinese)

Nick Taylor
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 258
Note to reference poster
Asker: That would be a great idea, but i didn´t have time to do that. I think that mà could also be severe, which was my choice. It makes more sense, meaning that if the person does not have the right accent might change from mother to severe. Thanks anyway!

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