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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Pinyin 3 Level: Beginner

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. You will learn: During this lesson you will learn nasal finals an, en, in, un, ang, eng, ing, ong.

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Nasal Finals The nasal finals comprise one vowel followed by the nasal consonants n orng. an like 'an' in 'can' en like 'en' in 'client' in like 'in' in 'pin' un like 'wen' in 'Wendy' The front nasal finals comprise one vowel followed by the alveolar nasal n.

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. ang a Mandarin 'a' followed by the 'ng' sound like in 'sing' eng a Mandarin 'e' followed by the 'ng' sound like in 'sing' ing like 'ing' in 'sing' ong a Mandarin 'o' followed by the 'ng' sound like in 'sing' Nasal Finals The back nasal finals comprise one vowel followed by the alveolar nasal ng.

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Exercise: Read the syllables. an-kan ian-yan uan-wan an-quan en-shen uen-lun in-xin -xun ang-fang iang-jiang uang-huang eng-cheng ong-zhong iong-xiong ueng-weng

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Review of Finals aoeiu aioueiiuui ao ieue aneninun angengingong

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Review of Initials bpmf(o) dtnl(e) gkh jqx(i) zcs zhchshr yw

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. The tone of a word sometimes changes when used in a sentence depending on the tone of the word that proceeding or comes after it. Change of tone Rule 1: If a 3rd tone is followed by a 3rd tone, the first 3rd tone becomes second tone. yuho (friendly) lioji (understand) glo (old) yf (grammar)

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Exercise: Read the following words. hn ho shu jio shu bio shu gu

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Rule 2: The word (b) is 4th tone, but when it is followed by another 4th tone, it becomes 2nd tone. b li (do not come) b mi (do not buy) b q (do not go) b cu (not bad)

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Rule 3: Rules concerning the word (yi). The word ( )yi is 2nd tone when proceeding a 4th tone. yq (together) y tin (one day) ygng (altogether) y dng (surely)

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Exercise: Read the following words. 1.bdu bnng bxing byo bcu 2.ytin y nin yq yyng ysu

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. y, w, yu When finals 'i', 'u' and '' make syllables themselves without preceding, they are written as follows: i = y u = w = yu e.g.: yn / w

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. er like 'er' in 'sister' The final of a syllable may combine with er to form a syllable with a retroflex ending. In Chinese, there are many words with such endings and we use r for the transcription. e.g.: g (song)gr (song) hu (picture)hur (picture) er

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Exercise: Read the following words. nr zhr hur hur nior yr mnr gir qunr xiohir

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. Exercise 1. Read the following dissyllabic words. shngdin ynhng shngbn bngng mngpin mngtin tngxn gngchng zhnzhng gnggng jngchng xnqng

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Copyright 2009 Lumivox International Ltd. 2. Read the following dissyllabic words. mijng yuho lioji yf yc ytin ynin yiq yqinyhu bq bli bch bxhuan