Mandarin Chinese/One/First Words

Mandarin Chinese | Lesson Two This lesson you will learn: Some pinyin Pronouns 他她我你 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 +VocabularyChinesePinyinEnglish我WǒI, me你NǐYou他TāHe, him她TāShe, her Mandarin Chinese | Lesson Two