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I am a native Chinese speaker. By merely the first few sentences u have said in this video, i can tell that u have a perfect mandarin pronunciation. Great job! Only those who have learned a second language know the effort u have made to reach this level. 🎉
Wow great summary of Mandarin individual syllables👍 It's so interesting that British may find it easier to pronounce the Chinese sounds than Americans, although they all are English native speakers!
There are so many people teaching Chinese, but what you are doing is making some almost impossible things to do, enjoyable Thank you so much, best teacher ever 💙
Wow, your video is the best on the Chinese pronunciation in the Internet! Your explanations are very clear and interesting. And I must admit your English: at present, it is rare to hear such perfect and clear British pronunciation, so even I, a non-native English speaker, can easily understand everything you say. Thank you very much!
Most welcome! If you are looking for more resources to help with your studies , you should check out our free community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
45:28 As a Swede, we don't use the umlaut ü. We have å, ä and ö, but ü is strictly German. Some dialects may use it, but not in stand Swedish nor in writing. However, this does not take away from the incredible video! :D
Thank you for this outstanding, clear, and comprehensive video! I have purchased your pronunciation course and look forward to going into this in even more detail.
I hope you see this! I’m absolutely dying to become a member of Mandarin Blueprint-you lot are incredible. The content you provide is top-notch and totally worth it. Before this session, I was just pronouncing random words or forming sentences on Google Translate to see if it could understand me (spoiler: it couldn’t 😅). But when I practised along with you, I finally nailed the pronunciation I’d been craving! Now that bloody thing can actually understand me, and I feel like a proper native speaker. You’ve honestly earned my highest respect-no bluffing, just pure quality. Huge thanks and admiration to all of you! 🙇🏻♀🙇🏻♀❤❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re feeling more confident with your Mandarin pronunciation . Keep up the great work, and we’re excited to continue helping you on your learning journey! 🙌 See you in the course !
Most welcome! If you are looking for more resources to help with your studies , you should check out our free community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
You're very welcome! If you're looking for more resources to help with your studies , Our MB lite community would be the perfect place for you . Here's the link : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about . P.s the community is free!
Off to a good start re the Pinyin! Even in China most locals seemed to think if you can read Pinyin you should be able to pronounce Mandarin - you can read it you can say it and they don't know why it's hard for us. But once you realize that's not how Pinyin works and start learning the real sounds you're over the first big hump.
This is the best Pinyin explanation that I have ever found anywhere. It is better than how Native Chinese speakers can explain! Now, I have no reservation in pronouncing all those damn problematic finals... jqx, zcs, and zh ch sh r. Showing the position of the tongue is THE KEY! You are amazing.....!
Nice video as always Luke. I grabbed your black Friday deal and in the last week or so I've already seen a difference in my Mandarin level. I've done the PM course but this long video is great to have on while doing other stuff at the same time.
I just started learnring Chinese 2 days ago! Watching your videos has helped understand my courses' whole first week modules in a few minutes. I perfectly understand and hear the pronounciations now and feel like I'm already super ahead. Hope I can start reading in a month or two!~ Keep up the great work man!
Will do!! Also if you are looking for more resources like this , you should check out our MB lite community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about . P.s it's free
I always think of 在 as a special "is/are/am" that's only used for locations. As in where is it, you are there, I am here. Some other Asian languages have exactly the same thing, such as อยู่ in Thai and ở in Vietnamese. Maybe I should say it's like a combination of is/are and a general location preposition like at/in/on where either part of the combination may be left out depending on the rest of the sentence. "Located" seems to be the standard way Chinese teaching materials translate it these days and I wonder if it's Chinese native speakers that think of it that way rather than English native speakers.
The "physics null symbol" is actually the math symbol for empty set! Haha But of course this does not affect learning from this awesome video :) Thanks for that, by the way!
I have watched all the video… You put a lot of work in this. I will document my progress, I found this idea very great. I am french by the way, learning Chinese through English courses 😅. But for some pronunciations it’s easier for french.
You're very welcome! We're so glad it's been helpful! If you're interested in more resources like this, be sure to check out our free community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
Most language rules are natural as you describe in the section on tone sandhi. People often perceive them as aritificial even in their own language. English speakers are often totally unaware of certain natural rules they follow that foreign learners struggle with but native speakers can also struggle some of the rules that are the less common artificial ones, or that don't seem natural any more due to language change. Spelling is probably the biggest area of artificial rules in English but there are some artificial grammar rules that were invented in the 19th century I believe due to a perception that Latin was an ideal model of language.
hi . i am a mandarin blueprint member and find this program to be fantastic. quick question in this video at minute 1:04 luke says that there is a link to download a pdf of this video's material . i am unable to find this link . can someone please help with this . thanks
Sure this can be found in our resource library under the "classroom" tab in our MB lite community , You can sign up here : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
Always when I see all these particles at the phrase endings conveying different emotions, I realize that one of the less-mentioned Chinese inventions is that they actually invented emoticons hundreds of years before the internet.
@@Nataliequinn0119 No. I'm conversational in Spanish and can handle myself with tourist stuff in a few other languages but can't have a conversation. I don't consider myself fluent in anything other than English.
Hello, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am a total beginner, and this video is very helpful to me. Can you, please, tell me if the pdf files you mention are still available? - I thought there will be a link in the description, but I only find the 2 links to " learn basic Chinese in 30 days" and "learn fluent Chinese". Thank you, Dana
Sure you can find this in our resource library under the classroom tab in our MB lite community . Here's the link: www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
@@ChinaDrivers I'm not fluent enough to read chinese characters yet so I have to put that in characters to Pinyin and to my surprise I understood all of that except for the word "believe"! Thank you! Xièxiè!
This video is a crash course but the Pronunciation Mastery course goes much deeper, breaking down pronunciation step by step for a more thorough understanding. We have made updates over the years
Thanks for this! It's nice to have all the basics summarized in a single video. I'm not sure I would have ever understood any of it very well without your Pronunciation Mastery class - most of the textbooks I consulted were not helpful at all!
Happy to know that we were able to make the difference . If you are looking to fully master pronunciation, you should check out our course : www.mandarinblueprint.com/get-pronunciation-mastery/
Go here to learn basic Chinese in 30 days (free): go.mandarinblueprint.com/yt=9ljutpssn8c
Go here to learn fluent Chinese: go.mandarinblueprint.com/ytp=9ljutpssn8c
I am a native Chinese speaker. By merely the first few sentences u have said in this video, i can tell that u have a perfect mandarin pronunciation. Great job! Only those who have learned a second language know the effort u have made to reach this level. 🎉
Thank you :)
Wow great summary of Mandarin individual syllables👍 It's so interesting that British may find it easier to pronounce the Chinese sounds than Americans, although they all are English native speakers!
There are so many people teaching Chinese, but what you are doing is making some almost impossible things to do, enjoyable
Thank you so much, best teacher ever 💙
Thank you for your kind words :)
46:21 "this odd spelling thing" is the most beautiful combination of words that I've ever heard from someone trying to teach you a language
Wow, your video is the best on the Chinese pronunciation in the Internet! Your explanations are very clear and interesting. And I must admit your English: at present, it is rare to hear such perfect and clear British pronunciation, so even I, a non-native English speaker, can easily understand everything you say. Thank you very much!
We're really happy you're finding our videos to be so helpful!
the number of times you caught me doing jokes with the pronunciation despite not knowing what I'm doing speaks volumes of your teaching experience
Thanks to you, I am starting to acquire this language. I can't express how grateful I am. Your videos help so much. Thank you.
Most welcome! If you are looking for more resources to help with your studies , you should check out our free community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
45:28 As a Swede, we don't use the umlaut ü. We have å, ä and ö, but ü is strictly German. Some dialects may use it, but not in stand Swedish nor in writing. However, this does not take away from the incredible video! :D
Thank you for this outstanding, clear, and comprehensive video! I have purchased your pronunciation course and look forward to going into this in even more detail.
We're happy to have you onboard!
back at it again with the best chinese learning videos, keep up the great work!
Thanks for your support! Glad you're finding the videos helpful.
super helpful. i love when this channel updates because i shift into mandarin mode lol. you guys are great at explaining things!
We're happy you enjoy the content!
Great!! Not only an amazing pronunciation mastery, but also a lot of tips and curiosities. Thank you!
Glad you liked it! You are most welcome
Thank you I just finished your hour long video on pronunciation, this is exactly the follow up I needed
You're welcome! Keep practicing and you'll be well on your way to sounding like a native.
I hope you see this! I’m absolutely dying to become a member of Mandarin Blueprint-you lot are incredible. The content you provide is top-notch and totally worth it. Before this session, I was just pronouncing random words or forming sentences on Google Translate to see if it could understand me (spoiler: it couldn’t 😅). But when I practised along with you, I finally nailed the pronunciation I’d been craving!
Now that bloody thing can actually understand me, and I feel like a proper native speaker. You’ve honestly earned my highest respect-no bluffing, just pure quality. Huge thanks and admiration to all of you! 🙇🏻♀🙇🏻♀❤❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re feeling more confident with your Mandarin pronunciation . Keep up the great work, and we’re excited to continue helping you on your learning journey! 🙌 See you in the course !
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Thank you for all these free tips on RUclips, they’ve been a huge help
I will be purchasing the course soon!
We're glad you're finding them useful! We're here to help you every step of the way!
Just perfect timing to start learning Mandarin. Thank a lot for the vid
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Who knew Channing Tatum could speak perfect Mandarin, great video!
Thanks! 😃
Lolllll can't unsee it now
I just decided to get back into Mandarin and this pops up in my recommended! Thank you for this amazing lesson!
You're very welcome! If you're looking for more resources to help with your studies , Our MB lite community would be the perfect place for you . Here's the link : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about . P.s the community is free!
Here goes the v2 of the most successful MB pronunciation guide.
Glad to see that 🙂
Thanks! 😃
Off to a good start re the Pinyin! Even in China most locals seemed to think if you can read Pinyin you should be able to pronounce Mandarin - you can read it you can say it and they don't know why it's hard for us. But once you realize that's not how Pinyin works and start learning the real sounds you're over the first big hump.
This is a work of art. Thank you for this! It helped me clarify a few things as an intermediate learner. 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
This is the best Pinyin explanation that I have ever found anywhere. It is better than how Native Chinese speakers can explain! Now, I have no reservation in pronouncing all those damn problematic finals... jqx, zcs, and zh ch sh r. Showing the position of the tongue is THE KEY! You are amazing.....!
We're so glad you found the explanation helpful!
It is very kind of you to provide free materials that are so valuable!🙇🏻♀謝謝您, 老師
Always happy to help
Nice video as always Luke. I grabbed your black Friday deal and in the last week or so I've already seen a difference in my Mandarin level. I've done the PM course but this long video is great to have on while doing other stuff at the same time.
Glad to hear it's paying off! We are cheering you every step of the way
I'm a Chinese, I have to say you are peofessional in Chinese language!
This is excellent and timely, thanks so much!
Our Pleasure :)
I'll be train saying 这件事情 thank you Luke.😊
It sounds like "jur jam sur ching"
Thank you for listening to our feedback and making this video 🌟
Our pleasure!
Thank you you're a good teacher 🙏🏻❤❤❤❤❤
We're happy you're enjoying the videos!
This vedio is really important for me ,❤ thank you
We're happy you liked the video!
I just started learnring Chinese 2 days ago! Watching your videos has helped understand my courses' whole first week modules in a few minutes. I perfectly understand and hear the pronounciations now and feel like I'm already super ahead. Hope I can start reading in a month or two!~ Keep up the great work man!
Will do!! Also if you are looking for more resources like this , you should check out our MB lite community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about . P.s it's free
I always think of 在 as a special "is/are/am" that's only used for locations. As in where is it, you are there, I am here. Some other Asian languages have exactly the same thing, such as อยู่ in Thai and ở in Vietnamese. Maybe I should say it's like a combination of is/are and a general location preposition like at/in/on where either part of the combination may be left out depending on the rest of the sentence.
"Located" seems to be the standard way Chinese teaching materials translate it these days and I wonder if it's Chinese native speakers that think of it that way rather than English native speakers.
I think the 几's at 1:44:07 of the video should be shown as third tone in the pinyin but onscreen it shows with the first tone marker 😊
The "physics null symbol" is actually the math symbol for empty set! Haha
But of course this does not affect learning from this awesome video :)
Thanks for that, by the way!
We're happy you found it helpful! You are welcome
I have watched all the video… You put a lot of work in this. I will document my progress, I found this idea very great. I am french by the way, learning Chinese through English courses 😅. But for some pronunciations it’s easier for french.
Glad it was helpful! Definitely check out our channel for more contents like this
Resume @6:00
Thank you very much. This is super helpful.
You're very welcome! We're so glad it's been helpful! If you're interested in more resources like this, be sure to check out our free community : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
Brilliant! Thanks
作为一个中国人，值得肯定的是这位老师的中文发音非常标准，教学也非常专业，细节非常到位
Most language rules are natural as you describe in the section on tone sandhi. People often perceive them as aritificial even in their own language. English speakers are often totally unaware of certain natural rules they follow that foreign learners struggle with but native speakers can also struggle some of the rules that are the less common artificial ones, or that don't seem natural any more due to language change. Spelling is probably the biggest area of artificial rules in English but there are some artificial grammar rules that were invented in the 19th century I believe due to a perception that Latin was an ideal model of language.
Thank you very much for your work!
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hi . i am a mandarin blueprint member and find this program to be fantastic.
quick question
in this video at minute 1:04 luke says that there is a link to download a pdf of this video's material . i am unable to find this link . can someone please help with this .
thanks
Sure this can be found in our resource library under the "classroom" tab in our MB lite community , You can sign up here : www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
Same question. At 12:30 he said there're audio files and PDF for practicing but I don't know where to find them.
Thanks so much 😻
We're so happy you liked it!
It’s a great video Luke! I kinda think to send my son to you to learn Chinese, I am father of Christopher 😂
We're happy you like the video! And Ofc , We'd love to have him Join the MB community
Always when I see all these particles at the phrase endings conveying different emotions, I realize that one of the less-mentioned Chinese inventions is that they actually invented emoticons hundreds of years before the internet.
I still struggle with ü in Mandarin even though I have no trouble with it at all in French and German. I still don't understand why.
Are you a polyglot?
Maybe this can help : ruclips.net/video/yYqfe4B81Ik/видео.html
@@Nataliequinn0119 No. I'm conversational in Spanish and can handle myself with tourist stuff in a few other languages but can't have a conversation. I don't consider myself fluent in anything other than English.
@@andrewdunbar828 oh ok
a - 14:00
e - 16:50
My “d” and “g” pronunciation sounds more of a “t” and “k”. Am I doing it wrong ? Watched your previous tone video
44:17 we have that in Vietnamese
44:16 we actually have that in Vietnamese
Even as an Aussie I find there's no "cat" sound in Mandarin. I'm actually surprised you find your British "cat" vowel the same as it.
we had a yellow lamp at home almost like this one when I was a little boy
Hello,
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am a total beginner, and this video is very helpful to me.
Can you, please, tell me if the pdf files you mention are still available? - I thought there will be a link in the description, but I only find the 2 links to " learn basic Chinese in 30 days" and "learn fluent Chinese".
Thank you,
Dana
Sure you can find this in our resource library under the classroom tab in our MB lite community . Here's the link: www.skool.com/mandarin-blueprint-free/about
@@MandarinBlueprint Thank you
My objective is to speak John Cena level chinese, if I can achieve that I'll consider myself accomplished.
相信你会成功的！
@@ChinaDrivers I'm not fluent enough to read chinese characters yet so I have to put that in characters to Pinyin and to my surprise I understood all of that except for the word "believe"! Thank you! Xièxiè!
Do you have any grammar video lessons ?
Yes, we do! Here it is: ruclips.net/video/Kgl6SRUQy-0/видео.html
Have you updated your original pronunciation course? I believe you sold the original product as all the learner would need to buy.
This video is a crash course but the Pronunciation Mastery course goes much deeper, breaking down pronunciation step by step for a more thorough understanding. We have made updates over the years
To u
zhōu and zhòu
how to pronounce
Xiè xiè.
Our Pleasure
Thanks for this! It's nice to have all the basics summarized in a single video. I'm not sure I would have ever understood any of it very well without your Pronunciation Mastery class - most of the textbooks I consulted were not helpful at all!
Happy to know that we were able to make the difference . If you are looking to fully master pronunciation, you should check out our course : www.mandarinblueprint.com/get-pronunciation-mastery/