Thursday, November 26, 2009

Lesson Three Initials (2) / 第三课 声母(二)

today, we are going to learn g, k, h, j, q, x
gā; gá; gǎ; gà
kā; ká; kǎ; kà
hā; há; hǎ; hà
jiā - family; jiá; jiǎ -fake; jià - holiday, leave
qiā - pinch; qiá; qiǎ - hair clip; qià
xiā - blind; xiá - gorge; xiǎ; xià - lower, down

guō - cooking pan; guó - country; guǒ - fruits; guò - over
kuō; kuó; kuǒ; kuò - spacious
huō; huó; huǒ - fire; huò

gē - brother; gé - leather;
kē; ké;
hē - drink; hé - river;
jiē - street; jié - clean;
qiē - cut; qié - eggplant;
xiē - rest; xié - slanting;

Lesson Two Initials(1) / 第二课 声母(一)

Today, I'm going to show you initials.
b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l
In this lesson, we will also learn how to combine initials and finals together. You don't have to understand what thhey talk in the video. What you need to learn here is how to prounce them.
For example,
bā - eight; bá - pull out; bǎ; bà - dad
pā - lie on the (ground), face down; pá - climb; pǎ; pà - scare
mā - mum; má; mǎ - horse; mà - scold
fā; fá - pinalise; fǎ - hair; fà
dā; dá - answer; dǎ - beat, dà - big
tā - he, she, it; tá; tǎ - bagota; tà - step on sth
nā; ná - take; nǎ - which; nà - that
lā - pull; lá - cut; lǎ; là - spicy
bō - spread; bó - uncle; bǒ; bò
pō; pó - grandma; pǒ; pò - broken
mō - touch; mó - grinding, rub; mǒ; mò - ink
fō; fó - buddah;
dē; dé - get
tē; té; tě; tè - special
nē; né; ně; nè; ne
lē; lé; lě; lè - smile; le
bī - force; bí - nose; bǐ - pen, pensil; bì - finish
pī - criticize, pí - skin; pǐ; pì
mī; mí - lost; mǐ - rice, mì - look for
dī - low; dí - enemy; dǐ - bottom; dì - ground
tī - stairs; tí - mention; tǐ - body; tì - replace
nī; ní - mud; nǐ - you; nì
lī; lí; lǐ - inside; lì
bū; bú - not; bǔ - mend; bù - no
pū - dash at; pú; pǔ; pù
mū; mú; mǔ - female; mù - wood
fū - husband, fú; fǔ - axe; fù - father
dū; dú - read; dǔ - bet; dù -- tummy
tū; tú - paint; tǔ - soil; tù - vomit
nū; nú - slave; nǔ; nù
lū; lú - stove; lǔ; lù - road


http://www.56.com/w96/play_album-aid-7737211_vid-Mzc4MDQzMDU.html

Monday, November 23, 2009

Lesson One Hanyupinyin / 第一课 汉语拼音

In this lesson, I'll introduce 6 simple finals. They are "a, o, e, i, u, ü". As we know, each final has four tones. So we have:
a: ā á ǎ à        o: ō ó ǒ ò        e: ē é ě è
i: ī í ǐ ì u: ū ú ǔ ù ü: ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ
Below is a video to guide you how to pronounce these finals and with their four tone.

http://www.56.com/w96/play_album-aid-7737211_vid-Mzc4MDQyNTA.html