Sunday, May 5, 2013

Bean Valley - Body


Script in Pinyin
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Elia, kàn。
Adora, wǒ kě yǐ huà nǐ ma? hǎo de。
Elia, nǐ kě yǐ huà。
liǎn。zhè lǐ shì nǐ de liǎn。
yǎn jing。liǎng zhǐ yǎn jing。
zuǐ ba。zhè lǐ shì zuǐ ba.
Adora, nǐ de bí zi zài nǎ lǐ?
Achoo。
bí zi。wǒ de bí zi zài zhè lǐ。
bí zi。
Adora。nǐ de ěr duo zài nǎ lǐ?
ěr duo。wǒ de ěr duo zài zhè lǐ。ěr duo。
tóu fā。zhè shì wǒ de tóu fā。
Elia, wǒ de tóu fā zài nǎ lǐ?
zhè shì nǐ de tóu fā。
dù zi, zhè shì wǒ de dù zi。
dù zi, zhè shì wǒ de dù zi。
tóu, zhè shì wǒ de tóu。
tóu, zhè shì wǒ de tóu。(laughing)
shǒu。zhè shì shǒu。
shǒu bì, zhè shì shǒu bì。
tuǐ。zhè shì tuǐ。(la, la, la)
Elia, jiǎo zài nǎ lǐ?
jiǎo zài zhè lǐ。
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Two Tigers Song - Liǎng Zhī Lǎo Hǔ





English

Two tigers, 

Two tigers, 

Run quickly, 

Run quickly, 

One has no ears,

One has no tail.

How strange!

How strange!


Chinese

Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ ,

两 只 老 虎, 

Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ ,

两 只 老 虎, 

Pǎo dé kuài ,

Pǎo dé kuài 。 

跑 得 快, 跑 得 快。

Yī zhī méi yǒu ěr duǒ ,

一 只 没 有 耳 朵, 

Yī zhī méi yǒu wěi bā ,

一 只 没 有 尾 巴,

Zhēn qí guài !

Zhēn qí guài ! 

真 奇 怪! 真 奇 怪!


Thursday, March 21, 2013

Bean Valley - Numbers

Please study the vocabulary from the Bean Valley story about Numbers. You will learn to ask and answer these questions.
  • How many apples do you want? 
  • How many bananas do you want? 
  • How many oranges do you want?
You will learn to say:
  • Grapes.
  • Thank you. 
  • Look!
  • There's a lot of fruit here.

Here is a Quizlet set that you can use to study. Listen to the pronunciation and try to repeat what it says.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Chinese Phonetics - Bo Po Mo Fo



The system for writing all of the sounds is called "pinyin."

You should learn the initial sounds first. Here they are with a simple vowel sound after them:

bo, po, mo, fo, de, te, ne, le, ji, qi, xi, zhi, chi, shi, ri, zi, ci, si

You can hear the pronunciation in this video:



You can use these Quizlet cards to practice:



If you need more information about learning pinyin, you can check out the Kids Chinese Podcast here:

http://kidschinesepodcast.com/learn-pinyin/


This song may help you learn the sounds:


 

Here is a chart of all of the sounds in Chinese. You will eventually be able to "spell" Chinese words using this system:  Chinese Phonetics

Remember that pinyin is not Chinese writing. It's only a way to learn the sounds of the language and to help you pronounce Chinese words. 

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