If the tones are giving you trouble, our series explaining them tone-by-tone should be useful. In this
crowded podcast Brendan, David, Echo and Bunny start from the absolute basics with tone number one.
This is the high and flat tone that establishes the upper range of your pitch, so you'll need to get your
voice up there and keep it there (ideally without the reedy warbling).
Don't let the first tone intimidate you. In this podcast we start by introducing some critical everyday words
that all use the first tone, and then start packing them into practice sentences. Brendan and David also
pass along on some tricks on getting the pronunciation right, gathered over many years at great cost to
personal dignity.
Vocabulary :
妈 mā ma noun
他 tā he pronoun
她 tā her pronoun
它 tā it pronoun
一 yī 1 pronoun
吃 chī to eat verb
喝 hē to drink verb
说 shuō to say verb
中文 zhōngwén Chinese noun
打 dǎ to hit verb
串 chuàn kebab noun