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Rapper
01-01-2009, 12:13 AM
good pronunciation
"Brother"

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dougp
01-01-2009, 12:39 AM
OP is like the Chinese version of KBP

duncan228
01-01-2009, 01:05 AM
Does he say 'brother' or 'brotherhood'?

lefty
01-01-2009, 01:08 AM
Roger Mason looks like he got the flu

team-work
01-01-2009, 01:24 AM
This advertisement must be targeted at the vast market in China. Yet it's still nice to hear Timmy speaking Chinese.

TDMVPDPOY
01-01-2009, 01:35 AM
tim duncan sees dollar signs....

duncan228
01-01-2009, 01:45 AM
This advertisement must be targeted at the vast market in China. Yet it's still nice to hear Timmy speaking Chinese.

It's one of the clips from adidas' latest campaign. Some of them are here, and there's a link in the thread to the clip that kicked off the campaign, 'The Run'.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107483

m33p0
01-01-2009, 02:03 AM
it's not TD's doing. TMac picked all the black kids and left Tim all those Chinese kids.

dougp
01-01-2009, 02:26 AM
it's not TD's doing. TMac picked all the black kids and left Tim all those Chinese kids.

Can you blame him? He has to play next to Yao - maybe he was trying to find a new point guard ...

Rapper
01-01-2009, 03:52 AM
Does he say 'brother' or 'brotherhood'?

'brother'

bortherhood is another pronunication, although it's similar

duncan228
01-01-2009, 03:56 AM
'brother'

bortherhood is another pronunication, although it's similar

Thanks.

Rapper
01-01-2009, 04:04 AM
Thanks.

nope

In fact , nowadays quite a lot americans can speak Chinese, i am shocked by it

When i ask them that why do they learn Chinese, they answerd me that just because of the Chinese food.

Well, Maybe China still has many negative affairs to deal with but at least I am proud of my chinese food, it's delicious

TDMVPDPOY
01-01-2009, 04:22 AM
nope

In fact , nowadays quite a lot americans can speak Chinese, i am shocked by it

When i ask them that why do they learn Chinese, they answerd me that just because of the Chinese food.

Well, Maybe China still has many negative affairs to deal with but at least I am proud of my chinese food, it's delicious

its pussy man, they like the ratio also

angelbelow
01-01-2009, 04:23 AM
they should have just added the extra word so he can complete the word brotherhood.

Rogue
01-01-2009, 06:06 AM
'brother'

bortherhood is another :lolpronunication:lol, although it's similar
No, what TD said was brotherhood instead of brother.
I've never heard TD spoke English at such a high speed, I think that's precisely why some of you guys neglected the "hood". And I don't think there is any obvious diference between brother and brotherhood in pronounciation. It was also obvious that TD had practised these words "how do say 'brotherhood' in chinese", otherwise he could hardly fly out so smoothly.

Plus, it's not so amazing to here TD speak Chinese. Judging by his face and poor english speaking, it's not too hard to find that TD is "chinese american", in fact TD's hometown is vrigin islands but not mainland US. Although TD is a great basketball player and has lived in US for many years, but he still looks so "rural", just like most chinese people.:lmao

jhuan16
01-01-2009, 06:16 AM
Duncan:"兄弟"

team-work
01-01-2009, 06:27 AM
It's one of the clips from adidas' latest campaign. Some of them are here, and there's a link in the thread to the clip that kicked off the campaign, 'The Run'.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107483

Thanks for the information.

Also, you are very observant. I missed the small error of translation on "brother" & "brotherhood".

Rapper
01-01-2009, 08:36 AM
well well well

Brother = 兄弟(it means brother in chinese)

brotherhood= 兄弟情 (it means brotherhood in chinese)

to our english learner, brotherhood is like a relationship between brothers

is it correct?

team-work
01-01-2009, 09:05 AM
well well well

Brother = 兄弟(it means brother in chinese)

brotherhood= 兄弟情 (it means brotherhood in chinese)

to our english learner, brotherhood is like a relationship between brothers

is it correct?

I'm thinking the same. Maybe in an ad, the simpler the better. So "兄弟" instead of "兄弟情".

Rapper
01-01-2009, 10:30 AM
I'm thinking the same. Maybe in an ad, the simpler the better. So "兄弟" instead of "兄弟情".
Are you Chinese?

Look at your flag you are from Hong Kong so that you speak Cantonese , right?

Are you in the states right now?

m33p0
01-01-2009, 11:38 AM
well well well

Brother = 兄弟(it means brother in chinese)

brotherhood= 兄弟情 (it means brotherhood in chinese)

to our english learner, brotherhood is like a relationship between brothers

is it correct?
no. it's much broader than that. it's not about blood relations.

tim spoke a word of chinese. it doesn't mean he can speak chinese.

duncan228
01-01-2009, 11:48 AM
tim spoke a word of chinese. it doesn't mean he can speak chinese.

I assume Duncan was taught the word for the ad, and editing could have made sure he got it right.

For what it's worth, he did take a Chinese Lit class at Wake.

Rapper
01-01-2009, 11:57 AM
no. it's much broader than that. it's not about blood relations.

tim spoke a word of chinese. it doesn't mean he can speak chinese.

Well, let me to make a sentence

Brotherhood:

"Soldiers who are fighting together often have a strong feeling of brotherhood"

is it right?

Rapper
01-01-2009, 11:59 AM
I assume Duncan was taught the word for the ad, and editing could have made sure he got it right.

For what it's worth, he did take a Chinese Lit class at Wake.

How do you know that Timmy took a Chinese Lit class at Wake?

are you his classmate?

duncan228
01-01-2009, 12:08 PM
How do you know that Timmy took a Chinese Lit class at Wake?

are you his classmate?

No, I'm not a classmate.

Duncan's my specialty, I'm fairly educated on him. The Lit class is mentioned in some of his bios.

Rapper
01-01-2009, 12:27 PM
No, what TD said was brotherhood instead of brother.
I've never heard TD spoke English at such a high speed, I think that's precisely why some of you guys neglected the "hood". And I don't think there is any obvious diference between brother and brotherhood in pronounciation. It was also obvious that TD had practised these words "how do say 'brotherhood' in chinese", otherwise he could hardly fly out so smoothly.

Plus, it's not so amazing to here TD speak Chinese. Judging by his face and poor english speaking, it's not too hard to find that TD is "chinese american", in fact TD's hometown is vrigin islands but not mainland US. Although TD is a great basketball player and has lived in US for many years, but he still looks so "rural", just like most chinese people.:lmao

well man, you got a misunderstanding

I meant " brotherhood in Chinese" whose Chinese pronunciation is similar as "Brother in Chinese"

Rapper
01-01-2009, 12:33 PM
No, I'm not a classmate.

Duncan's my specialty, I'm fairly educated on him. The Lit class is mentioned in some of his bios.

Okay, I sse, thanks for your explanation

v2freak
01-01-2009, 04:07 PM
Interesting commercial. Been a while since I've seen Duncan on the tube.


nope

In fact , nowadays quite a lot americans can speak Chinese, i am shocked by it

When i ask them that why do they learn Chinese, they answerd me that just because of the Chinese food.

Well, Maybe China still has many negative affairs to deal with but at least I am proud of my chinese food, it's delicious

Definitely, although I could not get used to some of the things consumed by Asian cultures.

jack sommerset
01-01-2009, 04:41 PM
Impressive. Timmmay used to only know creamofsumyungguy

mudyez
01-01-2009, 05:29 PM
lol...I didnt even recognize, that it is a team of kidds...just was thinking who that chinese player on our team is (is mengk back?)...had to laugh abou myself seeing it the second time..."wait, thats not tony parker and michael finley!"

team-work
01-01-2009, 07:11 PM
Are you Chinese?

Look at your flag you are from Hong Kong so that you speak Cantonese , right?

Are you in the states right now?

I'm Chinese, & live in Hong Kong.

How about you?

SpursFan0728
01-01-2009, 07:29 PM
I'm Chinese, & live in Hong Kong.

How about you?

When I lived in Hong Kong, Tim Duncan isn't as popular as he is now. So glad to see some Hong Kong spurs fan =)

angelbelow
01-01-2009, 08:08 PM
rapper is correct, he doesnt say brotherhood. he simply says brother. nothing wrong with that but to be technical, hes doesnt actually say brotherhood.

and before the question is inevitably asked, yes, im Chinese(Taiwanese) too.

Rogue
01-01-2009, 08:24 PM
Yo so Espanol
Yo podero hablaro Espanol y yo podero hablaro ingles
Yo ha no sentiraia chino
Yo no deseo sentiro el tambien
angelbelow and spursfan0728 are no better at english than I am at espanol.