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Dl ĚR KĚ        Lesson   2
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Shěngcí    New Words

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2, 3, 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
fid
UWÍJ
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(it) (ft) (it) (it) (£) («) (45) OS) (£) (£)
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women
nímen
tarnen
tarnen
bäba
mäma
gěge
dldi
měimei
yéye
näinai



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Kěwén    Text
we, us
you (pi.)
they, them (male)
they, them (female)
father
mother
elder brother
younger brother
younger sister
paternal grandfather
paternal grandmother


■ Li Danian and Liu Tianhua greet their teacher Gao Kai.
:,: mm
ft: ÍMŘ#!

Li
: Nín häo! Liú
Göo: Nímen häo!

1. gp     The neutral tone
um*^m^¥^pffl(^tínj%ftmmx¥M-mjip),ů;mím,
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Some syllables are itonic (no matter in which tone is the character the syllable represents) and are pronounced soft and short. Such syllables are known as neutral-tone syllables . The pitch of a neutral-tone syllable is varied according to the pitch of the preceding syllable, as shown in the figure below:
e    __.__^_	ma	^-____________ __		
5		>	^	
4 3---------- 2----------		ma — «--------------------------		ye — «------------
1" +°        mäma        tarnen        gěge
2nd + '
yeye
3rd +'

4,hV
bába
nimen
women                                                             didi
näinai                                                               měimei
iťX. ^^ Zfe -±t" \
ÍŽF B V)
Note that in writing, a neutral-tone syllable is indicated with the absence of a tone-mark. (In the formulas for syllables in succession given in this book, the neutral tone is represented by a "°" . )
2.
—^ + 5Š.JŠ    The 3r tone + the neutral tone
WBJo
When followed by a neutral-tone syllable, a third-tone syllable is pronounced in the half-third tone. This means that only the initial falling is pronounced, not the rise. In such cases the half-third tone and the neutral tone combine to form a more or less complete third tone.  ( See also Phonetics, Lesson 3. )
ß-k %T\    Liänxí    Exercises
1. p3i$    Tones					
D n^ dě	F°\M     The four tones dé				
běn	bén	běn	běn		
täi	tá i	täi	täi		
měi	méi	mě	měi		
2) &P	The neutral	tone		•	
'    +	°    mama		tarnen	gége           Tí ba!	
'    +	°   yéye		lái ba		
v    +	0   women		nímen	näinai          Häo ma?	
v    +	0    baba		didi	měimei        Kán ma?	
2.j
Sound discrimination: g—k—h
7J\
is
D ga	ka	ha	ge	ke	he
gai	kai	hai	gei	kei	hei
gao	kao	hao	gen          ken		hen
2) gäoge	käiken	háohuá			
gängá	kěku	háohän			
3) gánku	kěgú	käihuä	háokě		
gůkě	kügäo	kehuä	huäkän		
3. išllfi    Phrases					
wö bába		wö näinai			
tä péngyou		tä yéye			
ní gége		ní didi			

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