Mandarin Chinese/One/First Words

Mandarin Chinese | Lesson Two

This lesson you will learn: 他她我你
 * Some pinyin
 * Pronouns

Lesson

 * Pinyin is a system for writing Chinese pronunciations with the English alphabet
 * Initials- d t n l -are pronounced as in English
 * -i is pronounced bee
 * -a is pronounced father
 * -uo is pronounced woah. It becomes "wo" when it has no initial
 * -ü is pronounced as in German. For those not familiar with the sound, pronounce be with rounded lips.  It loses the umlaut/two dots after j, q and x.  It becomes "yu" when it has no initial
 * Chinese is a tonal language and has 4 tones: flat, rising, falling, and change. Change is pronounced with your voice going down and back up.  The four tones look as such, with "a" as an example
 * flat ā
 * rising á
 * falling à
 * change ǎ

Mandarin Chinese | Lesson Two