[Marukyusu]

CoolNard, I think it's completely useless that you keep posting Chinese words without the appropriate tones. It's like writing English with only initials:

c means cat

b means banana or boat



you see?

as for the importance of tones:

ma1 = mother (ma1ma)
ma2 = sesame
ma3 = horse
ma4 = curse, swear
ma / ma5 = an inquisitive particle (eg. included in the word shen2ma, what?)

All of the above are pronounced ma, but with different tones, respectively.

So, again, what's your point posting Chinese words written in roman ji without any tone indicators?

I think you're posting nonsense. I suggest you start marking the tones or stop posting. =P