Wow!  This was so much fun!  

Do you remember any of the words and sentences that we learned?  We will keep practising and building our vocabulary every class. I can’t wait until next Monday!

 

＊Yikes!  I spotted a mistake on one of these cards! On the middle card in the third row from the bottom, the second word should be xiàlai, with a x (which is pronounced like sh in English). 

Here is a quick breakdown of how to pronounce « pinyin », i.e. Mandarin written with English letters:

Consonants:
c = English ts (as in « hats »)
q = English ch (as in « cheat »)
r = something between American r and French j)
x = English sh (as in « sheet »)
z = English ds (as in « fads »)
zh = English j (as in « Joe »; not like French j!)

Vowels:
i after h or r = English r (as in « grr »)
i after s, c, z = English z (as in « bzzzz »)
i elsewhere = English ee (as in « beet »)
ian or yan = English yen (as in ¥)
ui = English way (as in « lost his way »)
u after q, j, x, or y = French u or German ü (Arrange your lips to say oo as in “goo” and then try to say ee as in “see.”)
u elsewhere = English oo (as in « pooh »)
ü or yu = French u or German ü (place your lips to say oo and try to say ee)