Mandarin Chinese/One/First Words
This lesson you will learn:
- Some pinyin
- Pronouns
他她我你
Lesson
edit- 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
Chinese | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|
我 | Wǒ | I, me |
你 | Nǐ | You |
他 | Tā | He, him |
她 | Tā | She, her |