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Make a Movie 特

KEYWORD:

Special

Pinyin:

Actor:

t-   Male

Set:

-e

Room within Set:

Bathroom or Backyard

Prop(s):

 Cow

寺 Buddha Statue -OR- Burning Incense



Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Ija

In Hinduism, cows are special, so it's normal to see them around temples.
My T actor, on the other hand, was not familiar with the sights of animals in religious places and exclaimed "Holy cow! They actually let animals roam in here?"


Ric Santos

A cow inside the temple is really something Special.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVp_b_LlqY&t=4850s


Will R

Hey Ric, I liked your sentence so much that I made my scene out of it...

KEYWORD: 特 tè Special
Actor: t-
Set: -e
Room within Set (tone): Toilet
Prop(s): 牛 (Cow), 寺 (Temple)

Make a movie:
1. t- at -e's Toilet
2. A Cow (牛) appears and says to t-: "I'm SPECIAL have you seen my Temple anywhere?"
3. At that moment a Temple (寺) springs up tearing through the house and the Cow walks inside
4. t- says: "Hmm, seeing A cow inside a temple is really something SPECIAL"


Ric Santos

That is so cool Will ! From a single sentence, you are able to build up your own story for your movie ! Keep it up!



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Rick Angleland

The pronunciation of 特 is tricky/difficult. I noticed in recordings that it almost sounds like they're saying "ke". Closer listening and thinking revealed that the "e" is a vowel made with the tongue pulled back. So "te" does not sound like the second syllable of English "enter". The Chinese "e" back vowel engages the soft palate, which slightly changes the pronunciation of the "t".

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