Chinese sample lesson 1 - tones

[awkwardk28]

I simply MUST say that this is THE MOST helpful video illustrating the tones of mandarin!

Too many other uploaders pronounce the tones too slowly and far apart. The most helpful thing for me is the you pronounced them ALL TOGETHER at the end, because it the listener some context for how the tones sound next to each other! :)

[awkwardk28]

@awkwardk28 ( *because it **gives** the listener * )

[AnnieD131281]

This is an excellent explanation! I would very much like to learn to speak Mandarin, perhaps this will inspire me to try to learn more!

[VVhiteMagicianGirl]

I have so much trouble with the mandarin tones :/

[chavohawk]

FREAKIN' AWESOME & easy to understand!!!!!

[mgmarg]

Es genial!jajaja

[Dubbel06]

This video was really helpful in understanding the tones. I particularly had a difficulty distinguishing the 2nd tone from 1 and 3. This makes it much clearer. Thank you!

[wscastello]

Excelent video!

[Carlaukkd]

This woman rocks.

[Andrewishis]

Wow, excellent! I can understand well. Next month my chinese mandarin class starts, so your video is so useful. Thank you!!

[lesleyburt]

This is the first lesson video I've watched that doesn't make the 2nd and 3rd tones sound the same to me. Great video, very helpful! :-D

[MiSSloveish]

I have an extreeemely hard time pronouncing the third tone. It doesnt sound right =/ .

[MrBastilleCreole]

XD You're amazing, I never thought someone could explain this that easily! I'm amazed, now I understand this. =) Salutations de France =)

[jodal38]

Nobody explained the four tones better than you. Congratulations. Greetings from Brazil.

[yanghaiying]

@jodal38 Origada.

[pervertful]

love it.

[KillerSmith]

Do you have more lessons?

[yanghaiying]

@KillerSmith Yes, I do if you care to call them lessons. Mostly something like this, not meant for teaching but just sharing some thoughts.

[rybekworld]

That's great lesson!! Thank you very much.

[1nelg]

Great information...thanks heaps!

[entw1ned]

thank u very much.. this helped a lot

[pilatita]

xiéxie laoshi! great lesson! it made undrestand clearly the different tones! keep up with the good work!

[pilatita]

i love this video! you helped me a LOT!!!

[torasclaat]

Thank you very much yanghaiying shi! This was most helpful.

[torasclaat]

Thank you so much yanghaiying shi! This was most helpful

[MrCurryFan]

you're great!!!! funny and very very clear :)

[reishaneenah]

this is great..it's a great help! xie xie

[NegaSado]

Thanks, very clear.

[QuiteRiQuite]

thank you so much

[yalilar2820]

high, these 4 tones are great,but according to some other lady there are 5 tones instead of 4.

[yanghaiying]

@yalilar2820 There is another light tone. If that is counted, there are 5 tones.

[yalilar2820]

@yanghaiying ohh, ok because i was getting confused. i would like to learn chinese . but i don't learn as fast as i would like to, acoording to you what would be the best way or strategy to learn this lenguage?

[yanghaiying]

@yalilar2820 Practice. Try to listen and speak as much as possible.

[3salinas]

@yanghaiying What should i start learning first, phrases, tones, alphabet??? please help (i learn by the internet because no one i know speaks chinese)

[yanghaiying]

@3salinas why do you learn chineseN if for talking with people; learn tone; phrase. if for reading, learn characters.

[3salinas]

@yanghaiying oh its because i really like chinese TV and it annoying because i have to read the subtitles every time so i reallllllllyyyyy want to be able to understand things better:) Thank you for ur help!

[mediabench]

I love studying language. :D

[iRNatsoFatso]

I got it until you went fast... then I could hardly hear it, haha.

Also, I can't get my throat to sound like the third tone when spoken fast, you make the sound from deeper in the throat than I'm used to, but I'll keep practicing.

[kickingmule]

xié xie

Urban

[MrSmileyface92]

wow i totally get it =)

[ArielloTV]

you are a very good teacher!!

[marith002]

^_^ very helpful.. thanks

[palhaful]

puxa que legal! gostaria de ver esse video seu em portugues ! voce é otima! to começando a aprende mandarim agora ,e achava que fosse chato de aprender por ser muito diferente do portugues, mas com sua exlpicaçao ta sendo otimo suas aulas me dao animo! parabens !

[palhaful]

que demais voce! parabéns pela iniciativa !

[yanghaiying]

Please write me in Portuguese. I used to live in Brazil. But I will reply in English.

[palhaful]

kkkk im brasilian and i think very funny your explication is very good ! there is" explication " in the vocabulary english? if don´t i mean your lesson! ok muito obrigado e ate maIS !  :)

[yanghaiying]

Bon dia. Obrigada.

[adiamondonwings]

very helpful thank you for making sense of tones for me! i have been trying to understand this for a long time and you have helped me quite a bit

[Salt7kum]

very professional.

Thank you Thank you

[plumflowerblossom]

How about a part 2 and then some ! I am picking up mandarin by watching subtitles on my kung fu movies and then watching what they are saying at the time.

[yanghaiying]

Thank you for your interest, but there are tons of professional videos out there. Is there a need for me to do that?

[plumflowerblossom]

Can you make a suggestion of a good one to choose for learning mandarin?

[light487]

I don't know about video learning, though this company do have some videos, but they do have great audio: ChinesePOD is where I learned my Chinese from mainly.. but as yanghaiying has said, it's all about practising. I do between 1 and 2 hours of book study per day plus speak with Chinese people about 1 hour per day.. everyday of the week! :)

[plumflowerblossom]

@light487 Hi i checked out that place....thanks.

[jhuankki]

Muchas Gracias.

Muy productivo!

[Catherinearmant]

Literally eye opening and equally ear opening ! Thank you.

[maomaoize]

Xièxie!

This was awesome! Very good!

Zàijiàn

[deaddyz]

Great video 谢谢

[misterjones2000]

Fantastic! The best lesson I hve collected on Mandarin tones on YOUTUBE. Xie xie ni, wo ai ni, zaijian.

[nadia59]

good teacher. you make it so easy.

[3rdegreeburnz]

this is an amazing video!

I speak french fluently and am learning mandarin at the moment. This cleared up all doubt i had concerning tones.

Merci beaucoup!

[yanghaiying]

Bon soir et merci mille fois.

[orochiblood97]

Your method of learning chinese is less complicated. I've tried other programs, and they don't teach you very good. Thanks for posting this video ^-^

[marlon0626]

Great video!

[HerraKuolema]

Fantastic and truly helpfull video...

the best explanation i ve ever seen!!!

[el1407]

you are truly brilliant! so many videos and books and I cant grasp chinese tones, and then finally I find you and your video!! I want to kiss you!

xiexie!

[MyWate]

thank you,very explained!!!

[354860468]

best explanation ever!!!

thank you ^.^

[Marg555]

Thankfully my native language also posesses tones ( just two - the first and the fourth) so that`s easily understandable, but hearing fast chinese speech, actually it`s harder to distinguish tones, they even change - noone seems to pronounce three characters in a row, each in a third tone, in that third tone. The first - is 3rd, and then... well enough said :)

[nattoxbotox]

xie xie ni!! =)

[yanghaiying]

avec plaisir

[jancarloc]

The best tones explanation that i have ever heard thanks a lot from Mexico :)

[ito9insk]

It really helped me, you're an amazing teacher. Thanks a lottttttt

From Brazil

[koreanarab]

excellent excellent <<< perfect teacher Allah bless you

[digbick1978]

excellent video and as a Mandarin learner, I learned a few things thanks again :)

[moorparkgirl]

Thank you for sharing this video about Chinese.I have been wanting to learn Chinese for a long time.

[hombredeplasma]

Estoy aprendiendo el chino en forma autodidacta y con esta lección he comprendido lo básico acerca de los tonos. Felicidades.

[8394147]

Do they not have plurals in Chinese or other Asian languages? One thing I notice in native-Asian speakers who speak English is they very often, if they haven't completely mastered the language, neglect the S at the end of words or attempt to differentiate it as plural.

[yanghaiying]

We have plural form by adding the character "men". Different language has different grammar which is not easy to compare directly. Please check the featured video on my site. Thank you.

[ChibiQT]

wow. this helped so much. I am currently learning chinese, and i have been having a hard time pronouncing some of the words because of the tones. lol but this defintely helped ALOT! 谢谢！~

[Michaelapostolicman]

Thank you so much...i have tried numerous online videos about tones and none really distinguish between the second and the third..but u did!! Thanks again this was so much help ..i finally get it now!!!

[lightningatdusk]

I've been learning Chinese for a while now, and I've been doing fine with writing, but speaking was pretty difficult for me. This video definitely helped me so much! 谢谢你！

[yanghaiying]

Do you have a teacher, attending school? How many character can you read? I am curious. Thank you for passing by.

[lightningatdusk]

I was going to take it at my school, but somehow it wouldn't fit into my schedule. So I decided to just learn it on my own. I've been using books and the internet mostly. Thanks!

[Drealoth]

Awesome explanation. Thanks!

[itsmekayzhie]

wow this is cool! thank you very much!

[dizCreTDIZ]

Finally! out of all the other lesson on site ur site is the most understanding and less complicating, the way you teach ur language made me get it!!! Xie ni! in my language we say "Kia ora" (key all ra!) means other than HEllo, also means THAnK U!!! Zai jian.

[yanghaiying]

Kia ora. Of course you are from New Zealand. Remember, Chinese is less scary than bungy jumping, you can do it.

[dizCreTDIZ]

Kia Ora & Ni hao, Kwl 2 know dat u aware of where in da world i am!!!LOL!!! and yea, bungy jumping is less scary so dat help 2 know. Otherwise ive been pracisting (the basics) and self teaching myself through the net after all it is FREE so

i load myself up with homeWork!!! and yeS i will Get it, i even surpise myself!! now thats gotta b GooD!!! Hei konei ra!!!

[marsplanet0]

thank you so much! a great explanation:)

[hmskerman]

I love you! This is brilliant!

[Sindyr1974]

Best explanation of Mandarin tones I have seen. Thank you kindly!

[dvsnotdevious]

You are the best teacher ever. You defined the 4 tones so simple and coherent.

Thank you very very much.

[kazuyoshi22]

Thank you very much! What an excellent explanation of Mandarin tones. You have made it easy to remember :)

[sheena92]

thx u so mux !!! i have chinese test tmr and this helps me alot ... sincerely thx ^^

[KoumoriGaikotsu]

Thank you very much for this extremely helpful information. You have literally drilled the Mandarin tones into my head so I can not forget them! You are a very wonderful and kind lady! Xie xie ni! Zai jian! >:)

[edlovergirl]

Oh wow, this was so much help! I'd had trouble with the tones and this really made it so much clearer. xiexie

[chenny7777]

well instructed.

[Spiculum2008]

One of the best lessons about the 4 tones I've ever seen! Really great!

[mokong214]

Wow! you really are a good teacher.I went to a Chinese school here in the Philippines. But, its my first time to finally understood those tones. thanks!

[mattbox2008]

Yes , I am so well impressed as well. Thank you for being a great teacher and for willing to share your expertise. I was encouraged to write my first ever youtube comment because I truly appreciate your effort and talent. Xie xie ni!

[yanghaiying]

Thnak you, I enjoy.

[mafurock33]

Wow! I am so impressed!  That was so easy to understand!!

[mooncakemary]

i think this is the best explanation i've seen for the 4 tones! i'm currently teaching myself some mandarin in my spare time (my fiance is chinese :)

and i agree, there is something about 'speaking in pictures' that is helpful to many people, especially to other artists. thank you for making these videos!

[conibear45]

ooohhh you are sooo good!!! you are very clear and speak in pictures!! we all can pick up on that!!! thank you!!!

[shimashu]

This helps me alot!

[rawkstarr89]

Thank you for the pronunciations!! Your examples in English were very helpful!!

[yanghaiying]

We develop our knowledge from known to unknown. I try to use my pain and experience in learning foreign languages (French and Portugese) to reason what my students might experience.