Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Tone changes





1.     Tone sandhi [3] [3] ⇒ [2] [3]
1)    语法yǔfǎ (grammar)
2)    雨伞yǔsǎn (umbrella)
3)    保养Bǎoyǎng (maintenance)
4)    洗脸xǐliǎn (wash face)
5)    广场guǎngchǎng (public square)
6)    老鼠lǎoshǔ (mouse)
7)    老虎lǎohǔ (tiger)
8)    勇敢yǒnggǎn (brave)


2.     yī 一(one)

The word yī 一 (one)is 1st tone when used as part of a number.
  
 E.g. yī 一 (one), èr 二 (two), sān 三 (three)…

•       But yī 一 (one) is pronounced with 4th tone when preceding 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tones.

    E.g. Yī tiān is pronounced yì tiān 一天 (one day)

    Drills:
                                    yì zhī jī
一只鸡
a chicken

            yì  jiā rén 
一家人
a family  

yì  jiān jiàoshì 
一间教室
a classroom   

yì  bāo yān         
一包烟     
a package of cigarettes           

 

yì  jié kè
一节课
a lesson

yì  píng jiǔ   
一瓶酒    
a bottle of wine  

yì  tiáo hé    
一条河   
a river      

yì  tóu niú  
一头牛
a cow                                

         

 yì  kǒu rén
 一口人
a person in a household

yì  wǎn fàn
一碗饭  
a bowl of rice

yì  suǒ xuéxiào
一所学校        
a school

yì  zhǒng yǔyán
一种语言
a kind of language



•       Yī is pronounced with 2nd tone when preceding a 4th tone.
     
E.g. Yīcì is pronounced yícì 一次 (one time, once)
     
Drills:
                                     yí wèi lǎoshī
 一位老师
  a teacher

yí gè gēge   
一个哥哥   
an older brother

yí zuò dàlóu 
一座大楼    
a big building

yí kuài xiàngpí     
一块橡皮       
an eraser

3.     bù 不

The word bù 不(no) has the 4th tone, but when it is followed by another 4th tone, it becomes 2nd tone.
    
E.g. bù shì 不是 (is not) is pronounced búshì
   
Practices:
bù duō  
不多
not a lot

bù'ān
不安   
unease
   
bù zhīdào
不知道
do not know



bùnéng
不能  
can not

bùxíng
不行 
no/ it does not work. (colloquial)

bùchéng
不成 
no/ it does not work. (dialect)

bù míngbái
不明白      
do not understand clearly



bù hǎo  
不好 
not good

bù xǐhuān 
不喜欢 
do not like

bù kěyǐ    
不可以 
can not
(to be not allowed to do something)

bù dǒng  
不懂
do not understand


búshì 
不是  
to be not

búhuì    
不会 
can not (do not know how to do something)

búqù      
不去
do not go

búpà
不怕   

not afraid

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