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hey guys welcome to Chinese zero to hero we believe that before advancing to higher levels the sooner you work on your pronunciation skills and develop good habits the better off you'll be so in this video we compiled a bunch of videos from our pronunciation course phonetics with Chinese characteristics so this video only has half of the course content if you want to access everything
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the entire course I'll put a link down below and you can enroll in this course completely free this way you can track your progress get resources and interact with students and instructors anyway if you just want to watch this YouTube video here's a timestamp of all the topics we'll cover in this video feel free to skip ahead to specific lessons enjoy the video hello and welcome to Chinese zero to hero this is John your instructor and also welcome to the course fanatics with
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Chinese characteristics this is a very short video course consisting of just over ten videos since this course is principally geared toward beginners it's not going to delve into a lot of fine details about Chinese pronunciation but it's designed to help beginners to get Chinese pronunciation more or less correct therefore it's not going to go over every Chinese sound it's only going to go
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over the sounds that English speakers typically find difficult to pronounce for example the choo choo Xu Zhu sounds and that CCC sounds it helps you to get the basics of Chinese pronunciation right and addresses most of the pain points for English speakers who are learning Chinese that's why throughout the course we will also refer you to additional resources on the Internet if you want to find out more about a particular pronunciation point most of the content of this
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course is also integrated into our HS k1 beginner Mandarin Chinese course so if you find this course helpful and if you're just learning Chinese the HSK one beginner Mandarin Chinese video course is also for you if this is a first course that you're taking with us then welcome to our school feel free to browse around on our Paige if you see in the other hsk course that interests you by all
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means do preview the lessons we have free preview on all the courses and if you're interested please sign up with us and we will continue with you on your journey to Chinese mastery all right without further ado I'll see you in the first video in this video let's take a look at the four tones in Chinese and a neutral tone in Chinese first try and say this phrase with me ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma is mother ma means to scold or to curse and mommy's horse so the phrase means
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mother is scolding the horse so as you can see ma ma ma ma they all have the MA sound but the tones are different ma ma ma ma and that makes all the difference in this video we'll focus on how to pronounce Chinese tones correctly as you can see in this chart Chinese has a total of 4 tones plus a neutral tone the first tone is a high flat tone it sounds like ah if your English speaker to get this tone try and say the word awesome awesome notice that when you say ah in awesome
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your tone tends to be high and flat awesome right so that's the high flat tone awesome ah that's a high flat tone the second tone in Chinese is a rising tone you know when we're speaking English when we're asking a question our tone tends to go up at the end right for example if someone said something to you and you didn't quite hear it you could say huh huh what did you say right so when you say huh huh your voice tends to go up and that is exactly the rising tone in Chinese huh
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ah that's the second time and the third tone is low and flat what do I mean by low and flat well imagine when you're not sure about something you might say I'm not sure we tend to say this word in a very low pitch and that is exactly what a low flat tone sounds like ah and that's that low flat tone or the third tone and then we have the fourth tone or the falling tone in English what do you say when you're hurt you might say ouch ouch you don't say ouch you don't say ouch you
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say ouch right so notice when you say ouch your tone tends to go down ouch ouch because you start with a higher pitch and fall to a lower pitch we call it a falling tone ouch ah ah and that's the falling tone or the fourth tone and finally we have the neutral tone it's neutral because it's not so high and it's not so low it's not rising or falling so it's neutral relative to the other
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tones for example in the word mama for mother mama the second a is the neutral tone ma ma ma ma ma see how it's not as high as the first ma and it's relatively shorter so the neutral tone is very short and light and it's not so high and not so low and that's why we call it a neutral tone ma ma ma ma ma ma neutral typically the neutral tone sounds lower than the other tones for example ma ma ma ma ma ma ma feh ba ba ba ba the neutral tone usually sounds lower than the other tones
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however if you have a third tone like how and you have a neutral tone like la after that holla in this case the neutral tone sounds a little bit higher than the third tone how la haula see the LA seems to have a higher pitch how la how ma how ma Itza Itza nine nine nine nine so it looks like when a neutral tone follows a third tone it sounds slightly higher than a third tone how la how ma Itza nine nine it sounds very much like a first tone nine nine nine nine except is always
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very short you never say nine nine right you always say nine nine nine nine the variations in the pronunciation of the neutral tone is quite subtle as you listen to more authentic Chinese audio as you talk to more native speakers you'll get a better sense of how the neutral tone is pronounced in different contexts and last but not least let's take a closer look at a third tone for example take the phrase NEMA ha NEMA how there are two third tones in this phrase
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first that Nene met NIEM and notice how knee is just a very flat low tone Neiman Nemeth Nemeth right knee is low and flat however in how notice how he rises at the end ha ha so it's not simply just a low flat tone it rises a little bit at the end ha ha NEMA ha see the difference between the third Tony Neiman and how now why is that it's because how comes at the end of a sentence before long pause when Chinese people pronounce the third toan they will rise a little bit at
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the end of a sentence or before a long pause so in summary the third tone is low flat knee knee but if it's at the end of a sentence like how we rise a little bit at the end how how nema how nema how another example to it would see it do it would see see see because it rises so much some learners actually think that it's two separate words a lot of times when I say to a learner they would see the learner will say did you say see ye did you say two sounds no
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it's not two sounds it's actually one sound do it would see see because it rises so much at the end you may think it's two sounds but it's actually one sound see see Rises at the end but one sound so that wraps up the video for Chinese tones however because I try to make this video as simple and easy to understand as possible I may not be able to delve into a lot of details so if you would like to find out more check out the links in
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the description of this video I think improving pronunciation is a gradual process so if you're beginner learner it's not necessary for you to get everything correct the first time as you continue in your tiny studies you will no doubt listen to more authentic Chinese audio and have more opportunities to practice and as you do so your tones will gradually improve if you're more advanced learner and you want to get your accent just perfect you can take advantage of the links
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in the description of this video all right that's everything and I'll see you in the next video bye
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in this video let's take a look at a tone change rule in Chinese specifically let's take a look at what we should do when we see two third tones together first try and say this word that's right it's neat and now try and save this word that's right it's how now what happens if you put the two together how do you say this word it should be Nihao Nihao notice that the first knee sounds like a second tone doesn't it Nihao Nihao why
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does it sound like a second tone it's supposed to be a third tone isn't it this is actually due to a tone change rule when two third tones are next to each other the first one becomes a second tone so third and third becomes second and third and that is why with knee and how are put together it sounds like Nihao Nihao here's some more examples the word for Tiger is Lao Lao who'll the word for can or Mei is Kui Kui and the word for to tutor is fooled out fool
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tau foo dal so to summarize when you see two third tones together the first one becomes a second tone lahu Chloe fooled all and finally let's do a practice the first word means to wash the face can you say it yeah that's right Celia Celia make sure to change the first character C to a second tone C Celia the second word means to wash the hand how do you say it in Chinese
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yeah that's right see show seashell and the last one means to bathe how do you say it in Chinese yeah that's right seeds out seeds out Celia seesaw seesaw and that's it for this video thanks for watching and see you in the next one bye in this video let's take a look at how we can pronounce the character puh meaning no as you know the word poo means no or not it's spelled B you with a fourth town boo boo so we know that the word boo is pronounced with a fourth tone
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however if someone says CSU to you what do you say yeah you say you're welcome or boo-yeah boo-yeah
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meaning you don't need to thank me right oh yeah this fool is pronounced boo with a second tone oh right notice the boo em boo C it is pronounced with a second tone [ __ ] and now why is that also you might notice that when people say I'm not something for example I'm not American what [ __ ] am a quadrant the Buscher meaning not to be bull sure the boo is also pronounced with a second tone oh sure boosha boosha la sure what bullsh I'm a queer and etc so the boo again
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changes to a second home so we have Busia and we have Buescher do you notice a pattern when do we change boo to a second tone well simply put the tone of boo may change depending on what follows it if the character that follows boo is a fourth tone for example in Buescher the character that follows boo is sure and sure is a fourth tone if that's the case if the character following Boo is a fourth don't lecture them boo changes to a second home so the tone pattern is second
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fourth we're rising falling so it's up down boo sure [ __ ] otherwise booze stays the same so if the character that follows boo is not a fourth tone for example in Bude sure sure meaning to eat is in the first stone Buechele meaning this is not okay Bhushan Singh is second home boo ha not good ha meaning good is a third tone so in all these three cases boo stays the fourth tone whereas if the character that follows boo is a fourth tone like sure then boo changes to a
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second bull sure oh sure so only in the last case boo change tone and the pattern looks kind of like a hill you go up and down oh sure oh sure so just remember to do the hill when you see boo look at the character behind it is it a fourth tone if it is a fourth note then do the hill go up and down Buescher Busia way boot shoe etc however officially in the dictionary this change is not
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indicated so if you were to look at Buescher in the dictionary the dictionary will say boo sure it will say fourth fourth because this tone change rule is something that people do automatically without thinking so usually dictionaries just choose to consistently label boo as a fourth tone alright so now it's your turn let's see if you know how to change the tone sambhu try and say this yourself is a boudoir or boudoir first which character follows poo yeah it's do
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or is it a forced oh no it's not a fourth tone it's a first tone therefore we don't do anything which is leave boo the way it is so it's poo to a poodle and now try and say this is bull way or bull way yeah that's right it's bull way and now why is that yeah it's because way is a fourth tone right since we're is a fourth tone we need to do the hell you go up and down oh way oh wait rising falling so poo in this case is pronounced like a second tone way how about
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this one yeah that's right it's [ __ ] and not booze young it's because young is not a fourth tone right so you don't need to do the hell who stays the same [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] and finally how do you say you're welcome it's a booze here or booze here yeah of course it's [ __ ] and again that's because the character that follows poo is in the fourth tone SIA is a fourth tone character so you need to do the he'll need to up and down oh see
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rising falling oh yeah so that's everything for the tone change on poo it's fairly consistent across the entire Chinese language for more information on the tone change of poo please see the description for links to additional resources
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in this video let's take a look at how we can properly pronounce the Chinese character e meaning one as you know the word for one is e spelled weii with a first tone e e however this first tone may change depending on the context to put it simply although e is always labeled with the first tone in dictionaries everywhere no exceptions it's always labeled weii first tone in dictionaries however it's usually pronounced with
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a fourth tone it's usually pronounced like ye ye and in addition to this the tone of e actually changes depending on what follows it and it works exactly like poo remember how we learned the tone of boo changes depending on what follows it right in bucher busan foo ha boo is pronounced with a fourth tone however in the word bull sure buoys pronounced like a second hon oh sure boo sure we do the hill up and down rise and fall oh sure so if the word that follows
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boo is a fourth tone like sure right sure the fourth tone then boo changes to a second tone oh sure oh sure an e meaning one works exactly like boo and let's take a look at some examples a sheet of something for example a sheet of paper a sheet of something is each on e Chun so in this case e stays the fourth tone yi-jeong and a string of something is et al e Pio and again II stay the fourth tone e et al a kind of something
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is Eagle II drone and again II remains the same it stays in the fourth tone however if what follows II is a fourth own for example in the word certainly eaten eaten mean certainly the character theme is in the fourth tone so II becomes a second home II team again we're doing the hill you go up and down ye Dean eating again this tone change works exactly like the character boo boo yah who chew pusher you go eaten ich war
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although in Chinese dictionaries Yi is invariably labeled e why I first stone so you might be under the impression that is pronounced young et al Iran Eden but is not its yi-jeong for stone edia fourth on Iran fourth no and eaten second home
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however there's an exception to this rule if in a word he is the last character for example in the word de he is the last character in the word then it stays in the first tone so de doesn't change tones e remains the first on e de is not de it's not de it's de because E is the last character of the word and similarly since EE is not pronounced in te it's since ee ee remains the same Sri meaning 11 works the same e is the last character of the word so
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it stays the first tone e Sri and the last example is tong-yi Pony meaning unification worked the same so E is the last character of the word so it stays in the first own tong-yi another exception is when the character EE is not a word but it's just a number in the string of numbers for example in the phone number or when you're counting 1 2 3 you know E is not really a word it's just like a number in a series of numbers right so when you're counting 1 2 3 or
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when you're telling an address or you are telling a phone number e remains the first tone it's always ER sensibly Otzi and now ye are sensibility or er sensibility it's always e first old our sensibility and when you're telling a phone number it's for example in Beijing the area code is plus 86 and that's the country code for China and the area code for pacing is 1 0 so you would say helium helium and not helium or ilium right it's helium so the phone number will be Palio or plus
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86 sia Palio alien Linyi arson so Leo see also if the character e appears in people's names like for example Zhang Li Xiang if a person's name is jang yi-jeong then it would not be jang yi-jeong it will remain in the first stone jang yi-jeong because it's a name similarly if you play mahjong you might note that there is a block called eto the face of the block looks like a stick so it's one stick that's why it's EDL because it's sort of like a name of the block perhaps that's why
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we don't change tones on this we just say eto and not eat y'all so to wrap up this slide when we're counting when we're saying phone numbers when we're saying people's names and also in special cases like et al the toun of e remains in the first stone so to recap most of the time or when followed by a measure word e is usually pronounced the for stone e e Jung et al each XI except for when it's before a character in the fourth tone in the case of e eating because ding
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is a fourth note then e becomes a second dong Yi eating leading which works just like poo there are two exceptions to this rule one is when e comes at the last of a word for example in de since EE Sri upon ye he comes at the end of a word he remains in the first stone de since ee ee ee the second exception is when you have phone numbers or when you're counting or when you're saying names he
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remains in the first stone ER son Palio Elam the knee our son Jang Geum etc and remember in pinyin he is always labeled as the first tone so tone changes are never labeled in pinyin fortunately E and Boo are the only two characters that have tone change rules so you only have to know these two
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alright now let's do a practice let's try and read these words on the screen so first what's the first word is a sin CEO or sin Cee or yeah that's right sings EE since EE Mondays since ee ee doesn't change because it comes at the end of a word how about the next is it yi jang yi-jeong or a Jong yeah it's a jang yi-jeong because what follows e is a first tone so e remains in the fourth tone yi yi how about eleven how do you say eleven yeah that's right sure E and why is that
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yeah it's because E is the last character of a word so it stays in the first stone sure e Sri and what's the next one is a ijen yeah that's right it's each and each enforced on each and because chewing is a measure word meaning a group right and Shirin is in the second tone not a fourth tone so so II should be pronounced where the fourth don't eat soon and what's the next one is a de de
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or de yeah it's de when he comes at the end of a word it's in the first one de since EE sure ye etc how about the next one kind of something is is it a jang yi-jeong or Eid room yeah that's right it's Iran Iran for stone how about this phone number yeah that's right IRRI mains in the first stone Palio alien Linyi our son so we'll see how about in the word certainly is a eden or idiom or ye
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do yeah it's Dean because Dean is forced on right Dean when he comes before a fourth known character he changes to a second Tony eating eating how about one two three four five six seven how do you say that there's a year sensibly let's see what er sensitivity yeah that's right it's e our sensibility right when you're counting e stays the first time e e and in the world unification do you say hongyi or Tony or tong-yi yeah it's Tony because he comes at the end of a word so it
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works like since ee ee ee right so tongue e has e in the first one so that's everything for the pronunciation of e for further information please see the resources in the description of this video
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in this video let's talk about how to pronounce the vowels or and ooh
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first let's start with an example this is a word that means wave can you try to say it the correct pronunciation is pour pour did you say right
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and this is a word that means to drink now try and say this the correct pronunciation is whoo-hoo did you get this one right
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or and Ola are quite tricky for English speakers so in this video let's take a quick look at how to pronounce or and correctly
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first let's start with or
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often times we come across these two vowels in pinyin one is spelled with an O the other within you
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both actually represent exactly the same sound they're both pronounced war-war which you can think of as an equivalent of the english wo war
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they're for Bo what sound like bore whereas Pio would sound like poor and mo would sound like more and F Oh sounds like for D you Oh sounds like door tu Oh sounds like tour and you Oh sounds like Noir and l uo sounds like law
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and now let's try to say them again starting from the top for poor more four-door poor nor lor really the red letters the O's and the US are pronounced exactly the same it's just that when it's after a D or T or n or L there's spelt with a uo instead of an O but the pronunciation is exactly the same
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now let's do some practice the first word means wave try and say it yeah it's poor long poor lon the second word means the husband's mother try and say it yeah it's pour pour pour pour the third one means Inc try and say it yeah it's more shui more schooi or with our ha more short the fourth one means buddhism try and say it yeah it's for gel for CL just remember that oh and you ou are equivalent the both pronounce like war so fo is not pho it's for 4004 job and
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now let's do the second line the first one means how many or how much try and say it yeah it's door shall do a shout the second one means to fall off something falls off something else how do you say this one yeah it's tour law tour law and the next one means to move something try and say it yeah it's nor don't know or don't notice the oh and dong is pronounced a little bit differently because Ong is considered one final Ong is pronounced
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like own own therefore it's nor tone no atone and finally we have the word that means to fall can you try and say it yeah it's lost yeah Louis yeah
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so that's everything for or just remember that oh and you O are both pronounced war but when o is combined with other letters for example a o or o you or Ong in these cases always pronounced differently but when it's by itself it's always pronounced or war
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and now let's take a look at the new sound
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Oh is spelled with an e and it sounds almost like how we say uh I'm not sure it's also similar to uh in serve but you have to say it with a British accent serve in any case the vowel is pronounced oh oh so that's how you say e in Chinese when you're saying the eval make sure that your jaw drops just slightly as I will now demonstrate
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here's another tip on the eval make sure that your jaw drops just slightly at the end of the vowel like the slight jaw drop who some actually find it helpful to imagine that they are barfing like
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let's take a look at some examples from left to right these syllables are pronounced the to know Lu GU cool and whoo
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and now it's your turn try and say these words the first word means to get something try and say it yeah it's the doll boo at all the second one means special try and say it it's to appear to be a notice that in BA the E is pronounced differently it's pronounced ba that's because there's an eye before it so in this video we're only talking about ebuy itself and not II combined with anything else copy it pull-up e it the third word is a question particle try and say
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it yeah that's right it's na na the fourth one means to sing sing a song please try and say it yeah it's chungu Chun cool the one after that means Cola as in Coca Cola try and say that one yeah it's cool oh cool Lulla and finally we have the word that means to drink water try and say it yeah it's harsh way harsh way
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all right so that's everything for the oval and the eval for more information on the pronunciation of these vowels please see the resources in the description of this video
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in this video let's take a look at how to pronounce I you you I and you in again let's start with an example this is a common Chinese last name it spelled Liu with a second tone now you try and say it it's pronounced Leo Leo do you find the I you sound a little bit tricky to pronounce in this lesson let's take a look at how we can pronounce it correctly we will take a look at how to pronounce ru UI and UN first let's
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start with IU IU is actually a contraction of I owe you so it's pronounced as yo yo which kind of sounds like y ou in English and here are some examples the number nine in Chinese is zero zero and a common last name in China is Leo Leo the word for ball is chill chill for example earth would be D geo and finally a character meaning to rest is seal seal so in all these cases we have the IU vowel which is pronounced like yo yo and now let's take a look at the UI
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sound UI is actually a contraction of UE I so it's pronounced like way way
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which kind of sounds like the word way in English and again here are some examples the word for correct is to a do a and the word for to push is way way the word for expensive is way way and the word for to be able to is way way and finally let's take a look at un sound UN is a contraction of the United Nations no not just kidding it's a contraction of you en you Ian and it's pronounced like when when so it sort
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of sounds like the English word when and here are some examples the word for village is when when the word for being sleepy is Quinn Quinn and the Chinese character meaning marriage is one one and the Chinese character for grandchild is Sue Ann Sue Ann Sue Ann is also a common Chinese last name so in all cases UN sounds like when twin Quinn would swoon and here's a quick review I you has a contraction of IOU which sounds like yo you I is a contraction of uei which sounds like way
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and finally UN is a contraction of you en which sounds like when alright do you still remember how they're pronounced how is I you pronounced yeah it sounds like yo and how about you I yeah it sounds like way and finally how is UN pronounced yep it sounds like when perfect so that's everything for the I you you I and UN sounds for more information on these three sounds please see the description
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for more resources in this video let's take a look at how to pronounce you with two dots and UE this is a word I mean student can you try and say it yeah it's sure shown shueisha and here's a Chinese name can you try and say it yeah it's Li yeah Li you now do you find that UE a little bit tricky to pronounce let's take a look at how we can properly pronounce the you with two dots sound and the UE sound first let's take a look at the letter U with a umlaut or two dots you with
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two dots is pronounce you you a lot of English speakers find this difficult to pronounce but since I learned a little bit of French I know that french-speaking people have no problem pronouncing this sound because it exists in their language but if your English speaker to get this sound you can try this method first say the Chinese vowel e Yi and then round your lips as you say e yi you that's that you foul so really you with two dots it's just e with rounded lips
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now here's a demo to make the you sound first make an e sound e and then slowly round your lips you and that's how you make the you sound he
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you sound and here are some examples the word for donkey is Lu Lu the word for green is Lu Lu and the word for women is new Ren new gen by the way a lot of you are using the pinyin input method to type Chinese characters if that's a case if you want to type the letter you simply type the letter V so if you want to tie blue type LV if you want to type neuron type in V re n this way your computer or your phone would know that you're trying to get the letter U with
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two dots and now let's take a look at the you eval simply put when you see UE you need to mentally add two dots on the U so u E is not way but it's you you for example as we have discussed in the beginning the word for student is Shu Xiang Shueisha and the word after that is a person's name Lee yeah Lee you and the third word means to snow it's a shoe at a shoe at so in all three cases UE is actually you with two dots and E so it's pronounced Yu Shu Xiang the
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you a shoe so you E is pronounced you you you yeah yeah yeah yeah great so now let's do some practice try and say these four words the first one means donkey how do you say it yeah it's lu lu and to type it on the keyboard just type LV to get Lu the second word means green how do you say it yeah it's lu lu the third one is student how do you say it that's right Shu Xiang sure Chung and finally we have the Chinese name again how do you say it Li you a perfect Li you a awesome
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so now you know how to pronounce that you would two dots sound and that you e sound in Chinese for more information on this subject please see the resources in the description of this video
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in this video let's take a look at how to pronounce the Chinese sound are and using our ha this is a Chinese word that means daughter can you try and say it the Chinese pronunciation is new are new you are did you say it right in the case of our do you find that I said slightly different from how you say it our our how is it that I'm saying it differently well the truth is ER in Chinese is actually pronounced like a
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ar e in English so er sounds like our our but without the rounding of the lips at the end because when you're saying the word art like how are you you tend to English speakers tend to round the lips at the end are are right but in Chinese we don't round our lips when we say our we just leave our leave our mouth wide open and in our tongue kind of hanging in the air are like that are here's a demo to make the ER sound first day are like English
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ar e are but do not round your lips AR AR AR AR AR e are okay imagine that AR but do not round your lips like are or just say are are just lift your tongue to make the r sound ER r r and here are some examples the word for daughter is new are new are the word for son is ars-art
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the word for ear is our do our and the word 422 his harsh are are sure are so er is really pronounced like ar-ar-ar alright now let's take a look at a phenomenon that's related to the art sound first here are some common HS k 1 words that you probably are familiar with the first one is na meaning there the second is na with a 3rd tone na meaning where and the third is jhula meaning here and finally we have Edie and Edie and meaning a little bit often times especially in mainland
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China especially in the north we tend to attach an R at the end of the word to give it an hour ending and if you want to write the are ending in Chinese characters you can use the character are as is written in red here in pinyin we simply attach the letter R at the end so the word there na becomes NAR NAR we added art at the end of its pinyin and for characters we at the character are so we write
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not R but it really it's pronounced like NAR NAR and the word for where na becomes NAR the word for here true law becomes jar-jar and word for a little bit becomes ETA r-ii TR this phenomenon is known as our hua the character hua means to become something to add a characteristic or feature of something because we're adding a are here so it's RF ID and that's what our ha means so now with
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our hua is nor na with our ha is not true with our hajar and edn with our high CTR art if you have a very keen ear you probably have noticed that when I say EDR the in went away right dr is not eat dnr its et are the end kind of went away the rules of pronouncing ry is quite complex we suggest that you simply learn these words individually when they come up and here are some more examples the
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word for little-kid is sell high sell high with our ha becomes so hard so hard notice that the I went away right so hard it's not so hair it's so hard the word for little bird is Sonia Sonia all and with our ha it becomes Sonia Sonia Sonia the word for restaurant is funk want fun gwaan with our ha it becomes fun GWAR notice the end went away fungo are the word for perfume is sensual a yung-shiu with our ha it becomes some sure some sure notice that way when our hobby comes were
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were some short some short the rules involving our high is actually very complex so i would think it's not that useful to learn all the rules it's better to just learn these words individually as they come up so that you will eventually discern a set of rules for example if you see the word sounds were just know that it's pronounced sound Shore so I'm sure this way you can spare yourself
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the pain of learning a long list of rules around in our ha by the way the word for daughter is new are although the word ends with our is this a case of our ha this is not our ha and why do we say that well it's because the character are here actually has some meaning the word are literally means child right so new are is a female child or a daughter so our here is not simply representing
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a sound it's actually it's actually representing a concrete meaning so new are is female child or daughter so this is not our ha that's why it's not newer it's not it's not just simply new you where they are it's new are you need to pronounce these two characters individually new are new are they do not mix alright and now it's time for some practice here are some sentences that have a lot of our ha in there and let's see if you can say them correctly just follow along sahar hotel
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near Sonora Sahar Hassan yo Senora again Sahar Hassan yawns and non Sahar lasagna or San Arn very good and one more time Sahar lasagna Senora Sahar Hassan yo said churna very good and family try this Sahar lasagna Senora Sahar lasagna or say thank you are awesome
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so that's it that's everything for the our sound and our ha for more information especially for the rules involving our ha see the description of the video for more resources
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