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12 Cards in this Set
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Wǒ (third tone word - start this word from a point very low in vocal register; bring it up to the register where you usually speak) |
I (myself) |
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Nǐ (third tone word - start this word from a point very low in vocal register; bring it up to the register where you usually speak) |
You |
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shì |
is, are, am / right / yes shì is also how can answer someone's question affirmatively |
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nín (second tone word - starts at normal pitch, yet rises in almost a question like manner. Think about the sound we make when we say "Huh?") |
you (formal) |
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tā (first tone word - you have to SING it. Think of a singer warming up "La la la la laaaaa..." The final droning "laaaaa" is the sound you want to maintain.) |
he / she |
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men (neutral tone - it is short and quick and can never occur independently) |
plural indicator for people |
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hăo (third tone word - start this word from a point very low in vocal register; bring it up to the register where you usually speak) |
good / very |
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méi – Be ready to hear this word a lot too. |
negative indicator |
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有 – yŏu (third tone word - start this word from a point very low in vocal register; bring it up to the register where you usually speak)
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to have (in English it says you, but the Chinese pronunciation is “yo”,as in yo-yo) |
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叫 – jiào – (fourth tone word. Think of fourth tone words as a “falling tone”. Think of the sound your mother made when she caught you with your hand in the cookie jar; a quick, stern “No!”) |
to be called / to shout |
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大家 – dàjiā |
Everyone |
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人 – rén (second tone word - starts at normal pitch, yet rises in almost a question like manner. Think about the sound we make when we say "Huh?") |
person / people |
