Lesson 1: Self Introduction

Lesson 1: Self Introduction

Learn how to make a self introduction. We also learn the first Pinyin, four tones, some words and
expressions in Mandarin Chinese. You can start learning Mandarin Chinese from this lesson.

Daily Conversation
Today, we are going to learn how to make a self introduction. Before that, we learn a short
greeting. Usually before we introduce our self, we say "hello".
Hello! or Hi!
In Chinese, (n ho)
Aihua

Hello

Amy

ho

ho

Repeat 2 times

Next, we learn how to make a self introduction.

Aihua

I'm Aihua. In Chinese,

sh

hu

Whats your name?

Amy

I'm Amy.

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Aihua

In Chinese, you say

Amy

sh

sh

Repeat 2 times

Aihua

I'm 30 years old. In Chinese,

sn

sh

su

le

How old are you, Amy?

Amy

I'm 5 years old.

Aihua

In Chinese, you say

Amy

su

le

su

le

Repeat 2 times

PinYin
What's Pinyin?
Pinyin is "spelling sound" or "phonetics" of Chinese.
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It expresses the sounds in the Chinese language using the alphabet. Pinyin is also the most
common way to input Chinese characters into a computer. Although Pinyin and English both use
the alphabet, many letters are not expressed with the same sounds that English uses.
Today, we learn "a" as in "father".
Aihua

Amy

a
Repeat 2 times

Tones
Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. It has four pitched tones and a "toneless" tone. Different
tone expresses different meaning.
Four tones of "a" are pronounced like this.
Aihua

Amy

Repeat 2 times

Vocabulary
Today, we are going to learn three words.
Name, (mng zi)
I, (w)

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You, (n)
Aihua

Name

mng

Amy

zi

mng

zi

Repeat 2 times

Aihua

Amy

Repeat 2 times

Aihua

You

Amy

Repeat 2 times

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Review
Let's review what we learned today. We learned Self Introduction.
Aihua

I'm Aihua, I'm 30 years old.

In Chinese,

sh

hu

sn

sh

su

le

Could you introduce yourself in Chinese, Amy?

Amy

sh

su

le

Dialog Practice
Pretend we meet each other at first time. I am going to introduce myself to you, and then you
are going to introduce yourself to me. First, we are going to use English, then use Chinese.
Aihua

Hello!
I'm Aihua,
I'm 30 years old.

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Amy

Hello!
I'm Amy,
I'm 5 years old.

In Chinese,
Aihua

ho

sh

hu

Amy

sn

sh

su

le

ho

sh

su

le

Repeat 2 times

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