My native language is also tonal, so I can hear Chinese tones clearly. Whenever it doesn’t match what it’s supposed to be in Pinyin, I would get so confused. This makes it so much more clear. Thank you 🙏
All of them to me, but just in different orders. Chinese Neutral 1 2 3 4 To thai is Neutral 3 4 1 2 The only thing is the Chinese 3rd tone goes down and up, and I feel like in Thai, it doesn’t kick back up at the end.
Oh my goodness, 4:20 I've been searching for days now for why the Ni in Ni Hao sounds like it's using the second tone and now I know 😭 Thank you I was so confused and now it makes so much sense. Studing Mandarin alone can be so tough haha
@@GraceMandarinChinese I wonder if 1) these tone rules applies for any other character with the same tone or not?, 2) if there are more rules for the other tones too?
Tip for remembering what tone to use with 一 My trick was to think of this character as a "bully", always picking on the other tones because for me the 4th tone sounds a bit more aggressive. So, just like bullies in general, 一 is aggressive until it runs into someone who fights back, a character with its own 4th (aggressive) tone. Then it starts questioning itself (2nd tone, a rising tone). And a bonus twist, while alone at home, in the dictionary, 一 stays calm and has the 1st tone. Hope this helps someone like it helped me! 加油！加油！
There are various Mandarin courses on RUclips, but non seems to be as clearly and concisely explained as yours. Could you please make a video guiding us on how to pronounce the tones correctly?
I just started learning Chinese and have a few questions regarding tonal languages: 1.I like to sing and when I learn English singing has been the best way to acquire pronunciation. However, since Chinese is a tonal language I imagine that when you sing a Chinese song those 4tones might be lost. Do they actually understand the meaning of the song by just listening to it? 2.For the same reason as 1, 4 tones might be lost when you whisper words in Chinese without using your vocal cord. Can people ever whisper in Chinese and communicate with each other? Not that I expect an answer here but they just came to my mind while watching this.
It's a good question! When you sing in a tonal language, at least with Chinese, we usually don't place as much importance on tones. It can make it hard to understand a song without subtitles but we actually subtitle a lot of things. Most tones are subdued or end up flat so you just need to have a good understanding of vocabulary and context.
@@teddyhsiung what if there are 5 words in 3 tone?If you follow 1212 the last third tone word would be in 2 tone even that word after it has first tone...?Like here wo ke yi qing ni tiao. What to do then?
@@lukulusd7 If like what you said “wo ke yi qing ni tiao” (我可以請你挑 I guess). The tone of this sentence should be 333331 -> 3 23 23 1 and the tone of the final word doesn’t matter though (And I think you meant following 2323?)
Great video! Loved the way you drew the lines under the text to follow how the tones should be for each word, made it easy to follow. Saving this in a playlist and will definetely be rewatching this, to follow you in pronunciation!
Hello These rules are easy when writing words but it is difficult In lesson for the words . In real life when you speaking how will you know the tone of the next words. I think it need months to do that. Thank you.
Normally, when you're fluent in a language, you already have the whole phrase in your head before you start speaking, so you know how it'll be and your muscular memory do the job.
Jonathan Bates If there are more than 2 third tones, it depends on the context. I remember there is a video talking about that topic on RUclips. You can search “Many third tones together” and you will find it!
it all sounds the same to me. when speaking any language with words all have tones depending on what you are stressing . so if you say stop the tone is different depending on the gravity of what you want to say
All your videos are so helpful, thank you ☺️ I have a question, where do you get the clips from videos from? Like is there a website where you type in a word and it shows you a video with the word in it because that would be great
Zach Hi Zach! I use this website: soutaici.x-algo.cn/subtitle_web/ But the thing is that there are also many American dramas there, so you need to spend some time on selecting a suitable one. Hope this helps! 💛
Hello Grace, thank you for you helpful lesson. Can i ask you that in 3:08: We still keep the word "Bù" in writiing or texting and only change the tone right?
What if there are four third tones in a row? For example, er(4) lou(2)you(3) nu(3) xi(3) shou(3)jian(1). I read somewhere that each except the last is pronounced as second tone. Is that right?
what about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd tone when they are at the very end of a sentence? especially in the case of the 2nd and 3rd, I feel like they often sound like a neutral tone I'm everyday speech
Thanks so much, it was very explanatory. By the way, how do i pronounce three or more third tones in line, like in我很好？ I've seen somewhere as wó hén hâo, or in others like wô hén hâo. 谢谢
Beginner here! I'm confused on whether the third tone rule applies across different words, similar to vowel elision in French? Or is it just when the same word contains two syllables? Or both? Ahh, please help
Hi there, Grace. Your videos are always a joy to watch and of course, very informative. I've been studying Chinese Mandarin for about four months and the third tone is still the most tricky for me when it comes to tone changes. I've recently come across a sentence that had five characters in a row with the 3rd tone. Is there a rule for when we have more than two characters with the third tone? I hope you get to see this question ^^ 再见
I would love a video explaning how to make a half third tone using ipa, because when you guys make it, it sounds so cute but no matter how hard I try I can't make it the same way.
what if there are 5 words in 3 tone?If you follow 1212 tha last third tone word would be in 2 tone even that word after it has first tone...?Like here: wo ke yi qing ni tiao. Last ni would be left in second tone even that tiao is in first tone?
Please someone answer. Is it just 一 不 that change their tones when followed by other certain tones or is it any character with the first and 4th tone that can have tone changes too.
question! I am a bit confused about this one thing. Does this change rule only apply to whole words or words beside it each other too. for example I know that nǐhǎo is really pronounced níhǎo but what a about pronouncing when its seperate words like nǐ shì or wǒ hěn hǎo. How are those ones pronounced? Can anyone help me Thank you very much! Xìexie
im so confused right now. You explain that once a third tone is followed with another the first tone (!) changes into the second. However, my teacher says the second tone changes into the second. F.e. Lǎojiě becomes lǎojié. But then why is is it Níhǎo? not Nǐháo
Hi Grace! I have a question about _tone marks_ . I don't know on which finals (or letters) I should note the tone mark. For example: 想 *xiang3* if I'll see it in this form, I won't able to note the mark correctly. I mean: xĭang or xiăng?? I don't know 😯 Please help me with this problem)
The tone should be marked on the one that is pronounced with the mouth more wide-open, so the sequence is "a, o, e, i , u, ü", in descending order. For example, 国家 guójiā, 好吃 hǎochī, 手表 shǒubiǎo. I am not a native speaker but I'm studying chinese, and I hope this can be helpful to you.
if I'm correct, all these tonal rules are only applied in spoken Chinese right? But the original tone remains the same in the written? Pls correct me if I'm wrong! 😭
Wait hold on so if you don't change it, it's also fine... Right? I don't want to kill myself learning these tones when just learning vocab and all takes me so long to do
My native language is also tonal, so I can hear Chinese tones clearly. Whenever it doesn’t match what it’s supposed to be in Pinyin, I would get so confused. This makes it so much more clear. Thank you 🙏
Where are you from
Thailand. We also have 5 tones.
Oh okay interesting
Which one are in common with Chinese
All of them to me, but just in different orders.
Chinese Neutral 1 2 3 4
To thai is Neutral 3 4 1 2
The only thing is the Chinese 3rd tone goes down and up, and I feel like in Thai, it doesn’t kick back up at the end.
This lesson seemed so much clearer than in my college days...谢谢！
nah, bro. The right way to learna language is to study useless grammar and vocabulary that literalyl no one uses
@@lucasfigueiredogerosa3284 😥 really
Oh my goodness, 4:20 I've been searching for days now for why the Ni in Ni Hao sounds like it's using the second tone and now I know 😭 Thank you I was so confused and now it makes so much sense. Studing Mandarin alone can be so tough haha
加油💪💪
Did you not try looking up "why does the ni in nihao sound like second tone"?
@@GraceMandarinChinese I wonder if 1) these tone rules applies for any other character with the same tone or not?, 2) if there are more rules for the other tones too?
Tip for remembering what tone to use with 一
My trick was to think of this character as a "bully", always picking on the other tones because for me the 4th tone sounds a bit more aggressive. So, just like bullies in general, 一 is aggressive until it runs into someone who fights back, a character with its own 4th (aggressive) tone. Then it starts questioning itself (2nd tone, a rising tone).
And a bonus twist, while alone at home, in the dictionary, 一 stays calm and has the 1st tone.
Hope this helps someone like it helped me!
加油！加油！
Dang, that’s such a whack way of thinking about it lol, but it might actually help me remember. Thanks
There are various Mandarin courses on RUclips, but non seems to be as clearly and concisely explained as yours. Could you please make a video guiding us on how to pronounce the tones correctly?
Thank you. This came right on time because we’re learning this rule in class. I’m a total beginner. I appreciate all your effort.
I just started learning Chinese and have a few questions regarding tonal languages:
1.I like to sing and when I learn English singing has been the best way to acquire pronunciation. However, since Chinese is a tonal language I imagine that when you sing a Chinese song those 4tones might be lost. Do they actually understand the meaning of the song by just listening to it?
2.For the same reason as 1, 4 tones might be lost when you whisper words in Chinese without using your vocal cord. Can people ever whisper in Chinese and communicate with each other?
Not that I expect an answer here but they just came to my mind while watching this.
It's a good question! When you sing in a tonal language, at least with Chinese, we usually don't place as much importance on tones. It can make it hard to understand a song without subtitles but we actually subtitle a lot of things. Most tones are subdued or end up flat so you just need to have a good understanding of vocabulary and context.
Your Channel is really underrated.
What do you do when you have several third tones?
e.g. 我想讲你...。wo3 xiang3 jiang3 ni3 ...
3333 -> 2323 or 3333 -> 2223?
Thank you for your effort!
2323 I’m a native speaker😬 I think it is because we see 我想 as a group and 講你 belongs to another group.
@@teddyhsiung what if there are 5 words in 3 tone?If you follow 1212 the last third tone word would be in 2 tone even that word after it has first tone...?Like here wo ke yi qing ni tiao. What to do then?
@@lukulusd7 If like what you said “wo ke yi qing ni tiao” (我可以請你挑 I guess). The tone of this sentence should be 333331 -> 3 23 23 1 and the tone of the final word doesn’t matter though
(And I think you meant following 2323?)
I think is 2323
It feels so much easy to do a third tone instead of the 2nd tone on the first two rules you mentioned D:
Great video!
Loved the way you drew the lines under the text to follow how the tones should be for each word, made it easy to follow.
Saving this in a playlist and will definetely be rewatching this, to follow you in pronunciation!
How do you ALWAYS read my mind 😍
This is the video I am looking for ❤️
Thanks 😘
V Hamsini Hi 💕 I’m so happy to know this! Thanks for always being so supportive 😚
@@GraceMandarinChinese No problem 👍✨❤️
Thank you very much ! This's so helpful with me to learn Mandarin.
From Vietnam.
Tuấn Mai Quốc Hello! You’re very welcome :D I’m glad to help!
i love how love 020 r most of the examples bc i’m still watching that cdrama and seen most scenes here
我有朋友想學中文，可是大部分影片都是中國人在教。。很開心妳能做這些影片！！有努力看完廣告 支持妳！希望妳能多出一些基礎的影片！
謝謝你！我會繼續努力的💪 再麻煩你多多分享囉！
@@GraceMandarinChinese ok! 會分享給身邊想學中文的朋友。。。雖然不多😅 (from Australia )
exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so muchhh!!!!! 谢谢你姐姐
你也很漂亮啊💜😀
As a linguistic student, I really like your video. Very clear and helpful! Thank you Grace!
In karbi if we add prefix in common noun then it will chang the tone eg,for man 'mònit' when it is with prefix we say'àmonìt'.
I like how she uses Dramas as examples
I have a question... Why does some words change like yŭ săn ? ( 4:38 ) they are written differently
Hello
These rules are easy when writing words but it is difficult In lesson for the words
. In real life when you speaking how will you know the tone of the next words.
I think it need months to do that.
Thank you.
Khaled Qutub You’re very welcome! 加油加油！💪
Normally, when you're fluent in a language, you already have the whole phrase in your head before you start speaking, so you know how it'll be and your muscular memory do the job.
In my mind I think of the two characters together as a single compound word, so the pronunciation of that compound word never varies.
Great video! What if there are 3 or 4 third tone words? Does the same second tone rule also apply?
Jonathan Bates If there are more than 2 third tones, it depends on the context. I remember there is a video talking about that topic on RUclips. You can search “Many third tones together” and you will find it!
it all sounds the same to me. when speaking any language with words all have tones depending on what you are stressing . so if you say stop the tone is different depending on the gravity of what you want to say
Love you and great lesson!
All your videos are so helpful, thank you ☺️
I have a question, where do you get the clips from videos from? Like is there a website where you type in a word and it shows you a video with the word in it because that would be great
Don't know about Grace, but I find youglish.com is great to find videos on RUclips.
Zach Hi Zach! I use this website: soutaici.x-algo.cn/subtitle_web/ But the thing is that there are also many American dramas there, so you need to spend some time on selecting a suitable one. Hope this helps! 💛
Thank you for this video!
Hello Grace, thank you for you helpful lesson. Can i ask you that in 3:08: We still keep the word "Bù" in writiing or texting and only change the tone right?
Yes the word is still written as "不", we just change the tone when pronouncing it. :)
你好Grace，我很喜欢你的视频，我很喜欢学中文（好吧，主要是喜欢看你哈哈哈
Third tone stay low and ends on lowest pitch in real life language? Awesome!
Great video 🙏
I pronounce a lot of 2nd tone words as 3rd a tone 😭 like 昨（昨天） 明（明天） 前（前边）
What if there are four third tones in a row? For example, er(4) lou(2)you(3) nu(3) xi(3) shou(3)jian(1). I read somewhere that each except the last is pronounced as second tone. Is that right?
I like the examples from the movies!
what about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd tone when they are at the very end of a sentence? especially in the case of the 2nd and 3rd, I feel like they often sound like a neutral tone I'm everyday speech
Thank you. Its easy and fun :)
Could you make a video about tone 1 and tone 4? When I listen fast I can't really tell the difference
What about when yi is followed by a neutral tone? E.g. yi ge ren2?
Then it remains unchanged, yi1 ge ren2.
Would you consider to make a tutorial video about how to pronounce tone properly?
What's the name of the TV Show at 2:17??
Thanks so much, it was very explanatory. By the way, how do i pronounce three or more third tones in line, like in我很好？ I've seen somewhere as wó hén hâo, or in others like wô hén hâo. 谢谢
do the 3 + 3 tone change carry over in to multiple 3rd tone combinations?
I knew all of this but still watch this video😌
Alex Jonathan Haha thank you for being so supportive! ☺️☺️
I am a native speaker but I still watch this video
Beginner here! I'm confused on whether the third tone rule applies across different words, similar to vowel elision in French? Or is it just when the same word contains two syllables? Or both? Ahh, please help
Hi there, Grace.
Your videos are always a joy to watch and of course, very informative. I've been studying Chinese Mandarin for about four months and the third tone is still the most tricky for me when it comes to tone changes.
I've recently come across a sentence that had five characters in a row with the 3rd tone. Is there a rule for when we have more than two characters with the third tone?
I hope you get to see this question ^^
再见
I would love a video explaning how to make a half third tone using ipa, because when you guys make it, it sounds so cute but no matter how hard I try I can't make it the same way.
I imagine it's just like the cantonese low falling tone, like ˨˩, but with a longer ˩ like ˨˩˩ (the characters don't want to combine here)
你好，Grace, 我喜欢你的影片，又你漂亮，我喜欢学中文， 谢谢
Ali En 不客氣！很高興你喜歡！（不客气！很高兴你喜欢！）
谢谢Grace老师！我希望我开始学习中文当天就能看到这个！因为有些不好的发音变成习惯了，很难改变。虽然我基本上说得还可以，但是还是觉得因为没有专门注意过这些， 我还是会发错的。你的「第三声」提示特别的有帮助。我在想整理到十几个例子，为了每天练习。
bu4 => b4
我不想啰嗦。
我不知道。
bu4 => b2
这我不会考虑。
你不要这个吗？
yi1 => yi2
冰淇淋要保持一定的温度。
我要一个。
yi1 => yi4
我觉得很一般的。
我们一起走吗？
我一直觉得很奇怪。
I still don’t get it. Does this work for *any* word with the tone of yī and bù or is it only for those two words in particular?
what if there are 5 words in 3 tone?If you follow 1212 tha last third tone word would be in 2 tone even that word after it has first tone...?Like here: wo ke yi qing ni tiao. Last ni would be left in second tone even that tiao is in first tone?
Hi, 你拍的影片非常有意思。你肯定知道還有很多詞：星期， 舒服， 等等 在大陸這些詞有不一樣的聲調。例如：星（第一聲）期（輕聲），舒(第一聲）服 （輕聲）。在台灣呢：星（第一聲）期（第二聲），舒(第一聲）服 （第二聲）。為什麼是這樣？
best idea 謝謝你 馬裡奧！😊😊 關於你的問題，這些詞在發音聲調上有些不同的原因在於政府在推行國語（普通話）時，因為考量到當時人們說話的習慣、語言的發展，因此對於標準音有不同的制定。
@@GraceMandarinChinese 😊🙏 是這樣！謝謝妳！看妳的YT頻道對學習中文很有幫助。我上週寫文章用過：不錯＋動詞 haha。在大學我的臺灣老師問我跟誰學習這個語法 ，然后呢我給她看看妳的影片。她也覺得很有意思。
best idea 哈哈！好有趣～～～很高興看到你真的把這些內容運用在你的生活中 😝
best idea 謝謝你跟我分享！😄💕
@@GraceMandarinChinese 因為九月份我會搬到臺灣（希望冠狀病毒都走了）所以呢我要學習臺灣的中文 哈哈 ，妳的yt頻道非常有用！很期待看新的影片。加油！
謝謝老師！
Are there more words like 一 and 不 that change tones or are they the only ones?
Please someone answer. Is it just 一 不 that change their tones when followed by other certain tones or is it any character with the first and 4th tone that can have tone changes too.
thank you teacher
question! I am a bit confused about this one thing.
Does this change rule only apply to whole words or words beside it each other too. for example I know that
nǐhǎo is really pronounced níhǎo but what a about pronouncing when its seperate words like nǐ shì or wǒ hěn hǎo. How are those ones pronounced?
Can anyone help me
Thank you very much!
Xìexie
Hi, how is it pronounced when there are three 3rd tones, for example in 谢谢你?
Thanks.
Grace Laoshi why is it that when the third tone appears twice it changes but when you write it down it doesn’t change but for other tones it does?
omg i will die learning this
I always tried to pronounce nî hâo with 3rd tone on both and it was so hard, now I know why, haha
Useful tips
im so confused right now. You explain that once a third tone is followed with another the first tone (!) changes into the second. However, my teacher says the second tone changes into the second. F.e. Lǎojiě becomes lǎojié. But then why is is it Níhǎo? not Nǐháo
Are these going to be written out or I have to convert
Grace. Could you tell me the name of first video you used? Which movie is it?
That is a drama called: "Love O2O (微微一笑很傾城)" you can find it on RUclips! :)
Read Zhuan Falun! from Li Hongzhi, Thanks!
Hi Grace! I have a question about _tone marks_ . I don't know on which finals (or letters) I should note the tone mark. For example: 想 *xiang3* if I'll see it in this form, I won't able to note the mark correctly. I mean: xĭang or xiăng?? I don't know 😯 Please help me with this problem)
The tone should be marked on the one that is pronounced with the mouth more wide-open, so the sequence is "a, o, e, i , u, ü", in descending order. For example, 国家 guójiā, 好吃 hǎochī, 手表 shǒubiǎo.
I am not a native speaker but I'm studying chinese, and I hope this can be helpful to you.
@@belendiaz3103 thank you very much
what about the other character with 1st tone??
3:35
How about in 成語？ do the tones change as well?
What about 3 third tones in a row? 我也想
if I'm correct, all these tonal rules are only applied in spoken Chinese right? But the original tone remains the same in the written? Pls correct me if I'm wrong! 😭
你最好了 😉
I ❤ you
👌👌👌
Lukas 熊猫 😄😄
🐼
Wait, would 一不要 be pronounced yì bú yào?
That pattern doesn't make sense
我是新加坡人，不知为何我在一调之前说”一“和“不”会念二调：
一支 yi2zhi1
不知 bu2zhi1
也不觉得有什么不对
grace guo wo ai de laoshi yinwei zhongqing nide
please what is the name of the video with the cute photographer girl
谢了♥️
this is heavy ....but i will stay focused 🙏
How will i remember all this,😭😭
I love you from Egypt
Why am I so bad at learning and remembering tones
Wait hold on so if you don't change it, it's also fine... Right? I don't want to kill myself learning these tones when just learning vocab and all takes me so long to do
What drama is that?
Love o2o
老師你有開補習班嗎?
Hi dear, thank you so much. Just one thing: you pronounce “the first” and “the fourth” alike. Work on your “-s(t)” and “-th”.
Haha I always find "th" really hard to pronounce :P I will practice more for sure, thanks! :)
Grace Mandarin Chinese love you
4O4
[feedback] Whenever you say 'tone', it sounds like /tʌŋ/ or /toŋ/.
Yeah no fucking way in hell am I going to be able to learn chinese. First 3 minutes was like trying to process how to make a rocketship from scratch.
我教了30多年但一直觉得没有必要分析的那么纤细。 总之大部分讲中文人（包括我）恐怕只掌握两个声调(
（抱歉） 但是得记得同时讲两个三生是完全不可能的！重音也好难老讲