Mandarin Lessons

For six weeks this term the year 8's in Rimu House are learning either Mandarin (Chinese)  or Sign Language. We are doing this for inquiry. I am learning Mandarin with Miss Campbell. So far in one lesson I have learnt numbers.

No.     pinyin   sounds like

 One    yī         eee

 Two    èr         are

 Three  sān       sarn

*Four   sì          sil

  Five   wu        woo(l)

Goodbye: Zaì Jian 

Their are *four tones in Mandarin ā á ǎ à

                                    1 2 3 4