Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by csomar on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:30PM (#24401985)

I did some Chinese courses last year and "na ge" is something that will get repeated frequently because of how Chinese make their sentences. There is another one "nei ge". They are an important part of the Chinese language.

Edit: just watched the video. He was not teaching a chinese course. A bit of a suspicious example he picked if you ask me.

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Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by DuskStar on Monday September 07, 2020 @11:00PM (#24404856)

On the other hand, if you're an African American doing a business deal in China, it is also almost certainly the best example, and might genuinely be the most valuable thing that you take away from that class. Specifically, "sometimes people speaking Mandarin say something that sounds like 'ni__er'. It is not actually 'ni__er', and is completely unrelated to my race."

That could easily be the difference between "deal" and "end of relationship".

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Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by csomar on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:58AM (#24406161)

The filler word is "nei ge" and not "neh gah". The "ge" is pronounced as "gue" and "nei" like "ney". But it might have been a totally innocent mistake.

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Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by samus on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:58AM (#24405338)

He was teaching a communications class and was currently discussing filler worlds in various languages. Sounds completely on-topic to me.

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