I Love Learning Chinese

In this lesson you will learn how to phonetically read pinyin.  Once you are able to read pinyin you will be able to read the Mandarin pronunciation of any Chinese character since every Chinese character corresponds to pinyin.  Not only that but once you know pinyin you should be able to type Chinese characters since most input keyboards uses pinyin to show you the character you want. Tones Hanzi Pinyin Recording Pitch contour  Meaning Just like you say…  妈  mā high level  “mother”  ah…  麻  má high rising “hemp”  Huh?  马  mǎ  low falling-rising  “horse”  Really?  骂  mà high falling  “scold”  Hey!  吗  ma  question particle Consonant & Vowels Letter English Word Example 1 Example 2 b bay bā bǐ p pay péi pǐ m may mò mén f fair fā fèn d day duō dāng t take tā tiān n nine nǐ nà l lay lán lǎo g grey gāi gōng k kay kē kaò h hay  hái  Huáng Hé j jeep  jiē jiā q cheer  qián  qiē x she  xiān xièxie zh junk  zhaō  zhěng ch church  chángcháng  chéng sh shirt  shì  shū r leisure  rén  ròu z  reads zaì zǎn c  hats cǎo cí s  say sān sòng y  yea yǎn yéye w  way wèn  wǔ a father tā mǎ o poor mò pō e British “her” zhè chē i see tǐ qī u rude lù zhú ü lǜ nǚ er are èr ér ai eye hái baǐ ei eight méi geǐ ao now hǎo zaō ou oh doū zhoū an can sǎn wǎn

After listening to this lesson you will realize how much Chinese you already know and will love to learn more!  You will also learn how to say “what kind of computer is this?”(这是什么电脑?) .  We also teach about 吧 (bā) and 对 (duì).  Congratulations! You are on the right track to learning Chinese Mandarin! Thank you for studying Chinese with us! Your support is much appreciated in making this Chinese lesson Free!

After listening to this lesson you will will love learning Chinese more because you will have learned to ask what things are around you using 这是什么? 那是什么? You will also be able to claim things for your own using the possessive form 的.  And lastly you will be able to use “or” in questions such as “do you like Shanghai or Beijing?”  We hope you learn Chinese a little more with lesson 4. Thank you for studying Chinese with us! Your support is much appreciated in making this Chinese lesson Free!  

After listening to this lesson you will will love learning Chinese more because you will have learned how to use 是(shì) and how to ask questions using 吗. You will also learn how to turn around questions using 你呢？and express if you like or dislike something.  We hope you enjoy this lesson! Thank you for studying Chinese with us! Your support is much appreciated in making this Chinese lesson Free!  

After listening to this lesson you will be able to tell people your name appropriately when you introduce yourself using 我叫。。。  You will also learn to to apologize and accept apology with 对不起 (duìbuqǐ) and 没关系 (méiguānxi).  And as a bonus we threw in 什么 (shénme) = What? Say what? Thank you for studying Chinese with us! Your support is much appreciated in making this Chinese lesson Free!  

Welcome to the first lesson at ilovelearningchinese.com!  Chinese can become very overwhelming at first, but very rewarding language to learn.  We want to help you take steps into learning Chinese Mandarin.  So if you love learning Chinese then you have come to right place.  In this lesson we begin by learning the basics. Thank you for studying Chinese with us! Your support is much appreciated in making this Chinese lesson Free!