Monday, June 4, 2012

Mandarin Chinese Test prep 1(Intro,Tones)

       Mandarin Chinese is a very complex language. You have to know how to speak it correctly, know what the tones mark means, and recognize and be able to write the characters. Those are all of the things I will be able to help you with. Once you understand the language and know how to use it, Mandarin Chinese can be a lot of fun.
    Our first test will include all four tone marks, numbers through 0-10, and a couple of useful phrases. So in order to be ready for that test we need to learn them.
What you will learn will be under different titles, But on the bottom you will find the tones.
There are four tone marks:

 As you can see the different tone marks can mean different things, so need to make sure that you have your tones correct. You might say that the tones only matter when you write them down, but for example if you want to say replace and don't start high and fall, you could be saying body, lift, or kick. Just like when you talk to your friends you want to make sure that everything you say makes sense so your conversation can flow.
Practice saying all of them before you move on to the next part of Mandarin Chinese Test prep 1.

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