Lesson 002. Chinese Tones and Pronunciation.

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🗓️ 14 September 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Chinese musical tones convey differences in meaning. In this lesson I will teach you how to pronounce them correctly. You can practice Chinese pronunciation with me.
Don’t worry, I guarantee, with my lessons you will master your Chinese pronunciation and tones very well.
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0:00.0	In today's podcast, I'm going to talk more about tones in Chinese language.
0:09.0	I believe that they are very important and you should make sure you pronounce them right from the very beginning.
0:18.0	Otherwise, it might be hard to correct your pronunciation later, and people may not understand
0:25.6	your Chinese.
0:27.6	So here, here's the basic characteristic of four Chinese tones.
0:40.3	First tone. And it sounds like this.
0:42.3	I will use the syllable
0:45.3	Ma, M-A-ma as an example.
0:48.3	First tone.
0:51.3	Ma
0:52.3	Ma
0:53.3	Ma Ma it sounds MAP MAP MAP
0:55.0	Its sound is high and level
1:00.0	Ma
1:02.0	Ma
1:03.0	Ma
1:04.0	Ma
1:06.0	Second tone
1:10.0	Ma Ma Second tone. Ma
1:11.6	Ma
1:12.6	Ma
1:14.6	Ma
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