-. 3l6lpil.

+ New Words and Chinese Characters

ffi=uR Lesson 2 I nirnen (fk) 4,31jt1 you (pl.)

). m6ng (M) 'lt busy

-. A;tri Conversation
I ma (gJ) tq an interrogative particle
I w6 (.fii) *\ r, me

I hin ( Frl) /;'4< very

(, bit ) 4
( ;l! no. not
/ women (ft) d'fn we, us
;i dong to understand
') nAn difficult

=. SSI Finals
ar) en ang eng ong
A Ni hdo! ua url uai uci (-ui)
B. t,?,tr t
C: Nimen hio! M6ng ma? [! ;f F Notes

tk4tl *T t ,li "q? I q{ iF F an eil ang eng ong Nasal

eng, ong
fi.nals an, er', ang,
A: Wd hEn m6ng.
irn rEt-tr-zl:nE:J&" li.'k a, FE{Efiriffir"t'fifiR, I,ihl
f\ 41,'. 'li o
I' lirl l-.G, *.e1/itl +&liiilll. en Uft-E-+El*jJ8" HBryfr
C: Ni mfng ma? rr lrrr ffi[p]"
,f,fi ,li "q? ,rrrs Jif rt,ffttrli:1f}" 9tlifiLnfe.tr*,fiJLE! a, FERE'-6
B: Wd bir m6ng. t tl t,ifii, f,fRltrtHl+tFi, ln-rtr.lttfl? F{i, i.lFrfnrrt'1fti}EH.
*" tr- ti" ,,r, ()ng &fiE'fR+?i,oJ{4, 'kE'*,[\!1 ang 1.5,]lrd"

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 -. 3l6lpil.+ New Words and Chinese Characters

ffi=uR Lesson 2 I nirnen (fk) 4,31jt1 you (pl.)

). m6ng (M) 'lt busy

-. A;tri Conversation
I ma (gJ) tq an interrogative particle
I w6 (.fii) *\ r, me

I hin ( Frl) /;'4< very

(, bit ) 4
( ;l! no. not
/ women (ft) d'fn we, us
;i dong to understand
') nAn difficult

=. SSI Finals
ar) en ang eng ong
A Ni hdo! ua url uai uci (-ui)
B. t,?,tr t
C: Nimen hio! M6ng ma? [! ;f F Notes

tk4tl *T t ,li "q? I q{ iF F an eil ang eng ong Nasal

eng, ong
fi.nals an, er', ang,
A: Wd hEn m6ng.
irn rEt-tr-zl:nE:J&" li.'k a, FE{Efiriffir"t'fifiR, I,ihl
f\ 41,'. 'li o
I' lirl l-.G, *.e1/itl +&liiilll. en Uft-E-+El*jJ8" HBryfr
C: Ni mfng ma? rr lrrr ffi[p]"
,f,fi ,li "q? ,rrrs Jif rt,ffttrli:1f}" 9tlifiLnfe.tr*,fiJLE! a, FERE'-6
B: Wd bir m6ng. t tl t,ifii, f,fRltrtHl+tFi, ln-rtr.lttfl? F{i, i.lFrfnrrt'1fti}EH.
*" tr- ti" ,,r, ()ng &fiE'fR+?i,oJ{4, 'kE'*,[\!1 ang 1.5,]lrd"

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 5. #flntJ Spelling rules
dn is an alveolar nasal formedby a and n. It starts front u .6*ft5ffikB-.1, ffi u ErI w. ntfflt
a and then, with the tongue touching the gum and the soft palate u at the beginning of a syllable is written w, e.g.
relaxed, glides naturally towards n without any pause. en is ua uan _ wan
also an alveolar nasal final pronounced in a similar way to an. uo uen _ wen
ang is a velar nasal final formed by a plus-zg. It is pro- uaj _ wai uang wang
duced by starting with a back a, then raising the back of the uei _ wei ueng - weng
tongue against the soft palate, and letting the air escape through uei BtffiThFf+ftj5F[ -ui. fiJ{Fdui -( rf ) hui ( +.) .F
fhe nasal cavity. eng and ong are also velar nasal finals tr,lFtEbi'& i j:"
pronounced in a similar way to ang. rei preceded by an initial is written _ui, e.g. dut ( fl ) hui
2. SB ua uo Compound finals ua and uo ( * ) . The tone-graph is placed above i.
aa E ua Ff, Efr-tfrgFA#fruffi,tr*+i_-F4A
fi. SA Exercises
IPJ
"
t. trl+FltA The four tones
ua is a compound final in which z is pronounced weaker and mdng m6ng m6ng ming- m6ng
shorter, and a louder and longer. uo (and ia, ie, ue, which we w6 w6 w6 wd _--y[
shall learn later) is pronounced in a. similar way to ua. hen h6n hdn hdn _ hen
3. =FAiE ( ) Changes in the 3rd tone (l)
- d6ng d6ng ddng ddng 66o*
ffi f =F*t$E-ruff , ff -+=F*j5Fi* FtH :F. niin n6n nin nin - afa
ffilh[, ni hio * ni h6o. )
/* Sounddiscrimination -
When a 3rd tone is followed by another 3rd, the first one bdn bdng din dEne
changes into a 2nd tone, e.g.ni hdo * ni hdo. gEn geng fdn fdng
4. EF Neutral tone hin hdn l6ng I6ng
g iBifr
E'_.e*$i*'t+X#I-ffi., ELIIF#F A Str EF du6 tud ku6
" gu5
4ffitfi, filiu, nimen. pan pang tdn tdng
In Chinese. there are crtain syllables pronounced both weak p6n p6ng nhn ndn
and short which are defined as taking the neutral tone. This is m6ng m6ng ddng d6ng
indicated in this textbook by the absence of a tone-graph, e.g. kulri guAi hui kut
nlmen.
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 5. #flntJ Spelling rules
dn is an alveolar nasal formedby a and n. It starts front u .6*ft5ffikB-.1, ffi u ErI w. ntfflt
a and then, with the tongue touching the gum and the soft palate u at the beginning of a syllable is written w, e.g.
relaxed, glides naturally towards n without any pause. en is ua uan _ wan
also an alveolar nasal final pronounced in a similar way to an. uo uen _ wen
ang is a velar nasal final formed by a plus-zg. It is pro- uaj _ wai uang wang
duced by starting with a back a, then raising the back of the uei _ wei ueng - weng
tongue against the soft palate, and letting the air escape through uei BtffiThFf+ftj5F[ -ui. fiJ{Fdui -( rf ) hui ( +.) .F
fhe nasal cavity. eng and ong are also velar nasal finals tr,lFtEbi'& i j:"
pronounced in a similar way to ang. rei preceded by an initial is written _ui, e.g. dut ( fl ) hui
2. SB ua uo Compound finals ua and uo ( * ) . The tone-graph is placed above i.
aa E ua Ff, Efr-tfrgFA#fruffi,tr*+i_-F4A
fi. SA Exercises
IPJ
"
t. trl+FltA The four tones
ua is a compound final in which z is pronounced weaker and mdng m6ng m6ng ming- m6ng
shorter, and a louder and longer. uo (and ia, ie, ue, which we w6 w6 w6 wd _--y[
shall learn later) is pronounced in a. similar way to ua. hen h6n hdn hdn _ hen
3. =FAiE ( ) Changes in the 3rd tone (l)
- d6ng d6ng ddng ddng 66o*
ffi f =F*t$E-ruff , ff -+=F*j5Fi* FtH :F. niin n6n nin nin - afa
ffilh[, ni hio * ni h6o. )
/* Sounddiscrimination -
When a 3rd tone is followed by another 3rd, the first one bdn bdng din dEne
changes into a 2nd tone, e.g.ni hdo * ni hdo. gEn geng fdn fdng
4. EF Neutral tone hin hdn l6ng I6ng
g iBifr
E'_.e*$i*'t+X#I-ffi., ELIIF#F A Str EF du6 tud ku6
" gu5
4ffitfi, filiu, nimen. pan pang tdn tdng
In Chinese. there are crtain syllables pronounced both weak p6n p6ng nhn ndn
and short which are defined as taking the neutral tone. This is m6ng m6ng ddng d6ng
indicated in this textbook by the absence of a tone-graph, e.g. kulri guAi hui kut
nlmen.
t7
l8
3. &F Neutral tone
f,,+* Table of Chinese Cheracters
w6men nimen timen
hlo ma ndn ma di ma
d6ng ma
bfide l6nde h6ngde fEnde
blba mlima gCge didi ft (' r n)
4. =Fgl$ifii Changes in the 3rd tone ,l (, ,I ,l )
(*.'
/ne
I
E ( -E)
\,/rir\

i
nan .,
ru\
mang
B (r np)
\
na'
i
eci gr ( 1 \gr)
\oa \kan
' - r i'*"&&
5. BEfiE
A: N6n ma?
Read aloud the following sentences.
4 (', , 4)
B: Bir ndn.
A: D6ng le ma?
w (" ' u y v w)
B: D6ng le.
6. D(+iAi* Get to know Chinese characters.

*' t\*Tt
cr 'f,ft'fnff!'li'4?
A, C*lir'# '
ct 'f,tl,ltt9 t
Br t\.^,li.
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3. &F Neutral tone
f,,+* Table of Chinese Cheracters
w6men nimen timen
hlo ma ndn ma di ma
d6ng ma
bfide l6nde h6ngde fEnde
blba mlima gCge didi ft (' r n)
4. =Fgl$ifii Changes in the 3rd tone ,l (, ,I ,l )
(*.'
/ne
I
E ( -E)
\,/rir\

i
nan .,
ru\
mang
B (r np)
\
na'
i
eci gr ( 1 \gr)
\oa \kan
' - r i'*"&&
5. BEfiE
A: N6n ma?
Read aloud the following sentences.
4 (', , 4)
B: Bir ndn.
A: D6ng le ma?
w (" ' u y v w)
B: D6ng le.
6. D(+iAi* Get to know Chinese characters.

*' t\*Tt
cr 'f,ft'fnff!'li'4?
A, C*lir'# '
ct 'f,tl,ltt9 t
Br t\.^,li.
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