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.

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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