Chapter 1 : Lesson 1
{ Saturday, July 29, 2006
Yup,i m the guy that in charge of the 1st lesson in the 1st chapter...so 1st of all,as u all know,since u r playing the game,u must follow the rules of the game,n in our classes,the only rule is no rule,so u no need to worry that u will get no attendance if u're late for class,n oso there is no such thing that if ur attendance is less than 90%,u r not allowed to take exams,becoz there's no attendance taken...How troublesome,but anyway let's get started,as u all know our 1st chapter is about pronounciation...so in mandarin,there r 2 ways of denotation for pronounciation...one we called it as han yu pin yin,which is well known to most of the people,n another one is called zhu yin fu hao...Han yu pin yin is a set of denotation using alphabets that most of the people r familiar with...it's being used in alot of countries,including china n malaysia...On the other hand,zhu yin fu hao is an older way of denotation using some symbols,which is being used last time in china n also in malaysia,so ur parents may know about it,but now only taiwan is still using it...so here,we will only talk about the usage of han yu pin yin...Just like in english or malay or french or german,we have vowels n consonants...n in this 1st lesson,we shall talk about the vowels...So how many vowels does han yu pin yin have?try to answer this question...dun worry,i won't take away ur attendance or ask u to push the wall if u can'tanswer my question...Is it 5?aeiou as in english n malay?nope,there r 6...in han yu pin yin,the 6 vowels are a,o,e,i,u,ü... Notice that?i m not putting it in alphabetical order,this is becoz by using this order,it will help u later when u learn about the tone,so for the mean time,just memorize it in this order...So how each of the vowels is pronounced?1st,let's talk about "a"...if u know malay,it'll b very easy for u,becoz it's pronounced exactly the same as "a" in malay...for english,it sounds like the "u" in the word "bus"...Next is "o"...again it sounds like the "o" in malay,in english it's pronounced like "o" in "rod"...For "e",it sounds like the "e" in "pergi" in malay,for english,it sounds like the 1st "u" in "furniture"...Now,we move on to "i",it sounds the same as the "i"in malay,n it sounds like the "i" in the word "this" for english...For "u",in malay,it sounds again the same as "u",but for english,it sounds like the "u" in the word "full"...Lastly,"ü"...there's no similar sound as i can find in malay,not sure for english...u got to curl ur lips into a circle then try to say out the letter "E"...Haha,maybe u all can't get wat i meant just now at all,but dun worry,we can get to our studio to listen to how each vowel is pronounced...u can try to click on each of the vowel above,this will lead u to a page where u can hear how each is pronounced...So try to practice how to pronounce these vowels,until u can master it... Oh ya,if there's any question for me,just leave a comment or put a msg in the cbox...
Stay tuned for seeing preview for next lesson...Next lesson we shall discuss about the consonants in han yu pin yin...really troublesome to conduct a class,but thanx for reading it...
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