Comment by bdowling

1 year ago

Try “Moshi-moshi?” for a Japanese flavor.

Or a Chinese Wei? Or may favorite, shei ya? (Said a in a teenage girl accent)

  • Well, this is a pretty niche question, but 谁啊 and 谁呀 are pretty much indistinguishable. Do you know how Chinese people tend to write it? In my mind it's 谁啊.

    • 谁啊 could be said by anyone, 谁呀 is the just the cute inflected 谁啊。My 7 year old over uses 呀 I think because of the kid shows he watched when he was younger.

  • 呀 is grammatically correct for use with words ending with a long e sound. (This post is addressed to the person asking a question below.)