Pls listen to and imitate the pronunciations until you are familiar with the dialogs.

Wenhou he daobie (Greetings and Farewell)

Wenhou (Greetings)
1. ---Ni hao. (Good day. You are well)
---Ni hao.

---Ni hao ma? (How are you?)
---Ni hao.

2. ---Ni qu nar/nali? ---Where are you going?
---Qu nar/nali/neibianr. (I’m going there)
Or: gesture slightly with the head or hand in the direction
in which you are moving.

3. ---Chi le ma? (Have you eaten?)
--- Wo chi le. (I have eaten)
or: Wo kuai chi le. (I’m going to eat soon)

Daobie (Farewell):
Zaijian.(Good bye)
Huitoujian. (See you later)
Yihuirjian (See you in a bit)
Mingtianjian (See you tomrrow),
Manman zou (Take it easy)
Bao zhong (Take care)

There are names of persons and places in China in the following list. Now listen and see if you know them:

Nvwa, Pengu, Yan Di, Huang Di, Da Yu, Kong Zi, Meng Zi, Lao Zi, Mo Zi, Sun Zi, Qin Shihuang, Diao Chan, Wang Zhaojun, Han Wu Di, Tang Xuanzong, Tang San Zang, Bai Jvyi, Wu Zetian, Li Bai, Du Fu, Tao Yuanming, Song Gaozong, Qian Long, Zhong Guo, Chang’an, Kaifeng, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xianggang

There are generally four tones in Mandarin. Let me use the character ma as an example. Its first tone is pronounced as ma1, the second tone as ma2; the third tone as ma3 and the fourth tone as ma4. When I read the Pinyin in the Conversion table, which can be found at the beginning of S & B’s right before chapter 1, I may use any of these four tones, but there is one most frequently used tone in this recording. What is it? This may be a good practice if you want to learn how to identify different tones in mandarin. Have fun learning by listening!

You guys can be much more DRAMATIC Have fun!

Please listen and repeat again and again. When you are very familiar with it, you can try Podcasting your own version of the dialog. Enjoy

Please listen and repeat again and again. When you are very familiar with it, you can try Podcasting your own version of the dialog. Enjoy