FORELAN: Foreign Language

Twenty Essential Pairs

Part 2
Pronounce the words with combined tones correctly
Give the meaning of each combined pair
 Review
5
4 No!
MAYbe
3
What?
2 Uh…
1

1st tone 2nd tone 3rd tone 4th tone

 1 2 3 4 5
3+1 3+2 3+3 3+4 3+5
3 xĭ huān qĭ chuáng nĭ hăo chăo fàn wŏ de
(to like) (to get up) (hello) (fried rice) (my/mine)
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4+1 4+2 4+3 4+4 4+5
4 miàn bāo wèn tí zhè lĭ zài jiàn xiè xie
(bread) (question) (here) (bye) (thanks)
 ˇ+ˉ
hăo chī (delicious)
qĭng shuō (please say)
zăo ān (good morning)
lăo shī (teacher)
 ˇ+ˊ
hěn hóng (very red)
hěn máng (very busy)
shŭ tiáo (French fries)
 ˇ+ˇ
wŏ măi (I buy)
kě yĭ (possible)
shŏu biăo (wristwatch)
 ˇ+ ̀
hěn pàng (very fat)
qĭng kàn (please look)
kě lè (cola)
ˇ + neutral tone
nĭ de(your, yours)
nĭ men (you plural)
wŏ men (we)
 ̀+ˉ
qì chē (car)
kuài cān (fast food)
zhào xiàng jī (camera)
 ̀+ˊ
sì shí (forty)
qù nián (last year)
dà xué (university)
 ̀+ˇ
hàn băo (hamburger)
bù hăo (not good)
bù dŏng (not understand)
 ̀+ ̀
zài jiàn (goodbye)
shuì jiào (sleep)
diàn huà (phone)
 ̀ + neutral tone
yuè liang (moon)
bà ba (father)
zhè ge (this)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IuCjhDhgZk

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