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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