Beginner Mandarin Foundations — Audio & Video

Lesson 1 — 你好！ Nǐ hǎo! Hello!

1.01 Vocabulary

Transcript: Each item repeated three times:
你 nǐ — you · 好 hǎo — good · 你好 nǐ hǎo — hello · 我 wǒ — I; me · 叫 jiào — to be called · 什么 shénme — what · 名字 míngzi — name

1.02 你好 Nǐ hǎo — Hello

Transcript: 你好 Nǐ hǎo. 你好 Ní hǎo. Hello. Listen and repeat: 你好 Ní hǎo.

1.03 Four tones and neutral - using "ma"

Transcript: mā, má, mǎ, mà, ma

1.04 First Tone practice

Transcript: mā, bō, nī, lā, hū, gē

1.05 Second Tone practice

Transcript: má, bó, ní, lá, hú, gé

1.06 Third Tone practice

Transcript: mǎ, bǒ, nǐ, lǎ, hǔ, gě

1.07 Fourth Tone practice

Transcript: mà, bò, nì, là, hù, gè

1.08 My name is Anna

Transcript: Each item repeated three times: 我 wǒ, 叫 jiào, 我叫 wǒ jiào, 我叫 Anna. Wǒ jiào Anna.

1.09 Name Substitution Practice

Transcript: 我叫 Charlie. Wǒ jiào Charlie; 我叫 Samantha. Wǒ jiào Samantha; 我叫 Timmy. Wǒ jiào Timmy.

1.10 What's your name?

Transcript: 你叫什么名字？Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?　What’s your name?　

1.11 What are you called?

Transcript: 你叫什么? Nǐ jiào shénme? What are you called?

1.12 Ask and Answer Names

Transcript: Four question-and-answer exchanges using 你叫什么名字？ Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? and 你叫什么？ Nǐ jiào shénme?, with the names Richard, Samantha, David, and Maria.

1.13 Goodbye

1.14 Anna and Xiaoming — First Conversation

Transcript: 再见 Zàijiàn. Goodbye. (Spoken by five different speakers.)