Are there are any rules for Mandarinh Chinese?

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justin9213

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27 Dec 2005

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• 2 Jul 2006

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Are there are any rules for Mandarinh Chinese?
I heard when you say NI3 HAO3 the NI3 change into NI1 and HAO3 stays HAO3. Is that true? I dont know rule of speaking Mandarin Chinese so can you please share them with me by posting them here?
The only thing I know is the tones which I learn from here
http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/vowels/chapter2/chinese/recording2.1.html
a few words and characters. So please tell me the rules of speaking Mandarin Chinese.

Also: I was trying to say "You are mom" in the sound clip. Did I use the right tones?
You rename the .txt part to .wav and it will work

 

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quiet sunshine

先輩

22 Jan 2005

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• 5 Jul 2006

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justin9213 said:

Are there are any rules for Mandarinh Chinese?
I heard when you say NI3 HAO3 the NI3 change into NI1 and HAO3 stays HAO3. Is that true?

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Sorry I can't explain the rule clearly because of my poor English, I can only tell you NI3 should change into NI2( 3 3=> 2 3).

Also: I was trying to say "You are mom" in the sound clip. Did I use the right tones?

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I heard your sound clip, your tones are not very standard, but good enough to be understood.

 

Glenn

一切皆苦

8 Jan 2004

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• 6 Jul 2006

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Do you just mean pronunciation? That would narrow things down a LOT.

I think if you do a search for "(Mandarin) tone sandhi" on Google you'll find your answer. The parentheses mean that "Mandarin" is optional.

 

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Supervin

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22 Feb 2006

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• 6 Jul 2006

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justin9213 said:

Are there are any [tone] rules for Mandarinh Chinese? ...

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http://www.wa-pedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16657&page=2#43

 

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ricecake

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13 Jun 2006

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• 9 Jul 2006

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China launched a new language website to teach Mandarin Chinese with audio-visual presentations @ www.linese.com.

 

huayue

alalala

19 Jun 2006

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• 14 Jul 2006

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ye..and you find some rules of spoken Mandarin in grammar books

 

maushan3

Back home

1 Feb 2007

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• 6 Feb 2007

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May I suggest www.mandarintools.com

Mauricio

 

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hot12lips12

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• 18 Aug 2007

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i know it's off the subject, but can someone give me a website where they teach japanese?