Pinyin a o e finals pronunciation review, including tones

This page is a review of the pronunciation of the pinyin (汉语拼音） finals a, o, and e. It is the ideal starting place for anyone learning to speak Mandarin Chinese correctly. The video playlist series a complete guide to pinyin is the ideal place for those of you looking for a comprehensive guide to pinyin including tones.

00.04: 00.05 - 同学们大家好. 我是首都师范大学实验小学的 Jia 老师 - (tóng xué mén dà jiā hǎo . wǒ shì shǒu dū shī fàn dà xué shí yàn xiǎo xué de Jia lǎo shī ). Hello students, my name is teacher Jia from Experimental Normal Primary school attached to Beijing Normal University.

00.10 - 这节课我们继续学习汉语拼音第一课： a, o, e. 上节课我们在拼音王国里认识了三个拼音朋友. 你们还记得他们吗？
zhè jié kè wǒmén jìxù xuéxí hànyǔ pīnyīn dì yī kè ： a, o, e. shàng jié kè wǒmén zài pīnyīn wángguó lǐ rènshí lesān gè pīnyīn péngyǒu . nǐmén hai jì dé tā mén má ？
In this class we will continue learning the pinyin letters a, o and e. In the last class we visited the pinyin kingdom and met three pinyin friends, Can you remember them?

00.27 - 让我们读去他们的名字吧。 a, o, e 这三个单韵母在发音的时候要注意什么？注意口型不变,声音长而响。

ràng wǒ mén dú qù tā mén de míng zì bā 。 a, o, e zhè sān gè dān yùnmǔ zài fāyīn de shí hòu yào zhùyì shénme ？ zhùyì kǒuxíng bù biàn , shēngyīn cháng ér xiǎng.

Can we read the names of these pinyin finals? a, o, e, when we pronounce these finals what do we need to remember? Remember to keep the mouth fixed， the sound long and clear.

00.46: 这个单韵母你们还会吗？要把嘴拢的圆圆的。请跟老师一起读：‘o'.
zhè gè dānyùnmǔ nǐmén hai huì má ？ yào bǎ zuǐ lǒng de yuányuán de 。 qǐng gēn lǎoshī yī qǐ dú ：‘o'.
Are you still able (to pronounce) this simple final? Make a circle with your mouth. Read it with the teacher: 'o'.

01.01: 上节课我们用我们用顺口溜的方法来记住了这三个单韵母。 同学们自己读一读, 我们一起来说一说, 天一天。
shàng jié kè wǒ mén yòng wǒ mén yòng shùn kǒu liū de fāng fǎ lái jì zhù liǎo zhè sān gè dān yùn mǔ 。 Tóng xué mén zì jǐ dú yī dú, wǒ mén yī qǐ lái shuō yī shuō, tiān yī tiān。

In our last class we used rhyme form to memorise the three simple finals (a, o and e). Students read it on your own, and we will say it together every day：

圆圆脸蛋扎小辫, 张大嘴巴 … a , a, a

yuán yuán liǎn dàn zā xiǎo biàn, zhāng dà zuǐ bā… a , a, a

A round face with a pigtail, mouth open wide.. a, a, a

太阳出来公鸡叫嘴巴圆圆, o, o, o

tài yáng chū lái gōng jī jiào zuǐ bā yuán yuán o, o, o

As the sun comes out the rooster calls.. o, o, o

清清小河一只鹅嘴巴扁扁 e, e, e

qīng qīng xiǎo hé yī zhī é zuǐ bā biǎn biǎn e, e, e

A clear river with a swan, a flat mouth e, e, e.

1.45：你们都天对了吗？

Nǐmén dou tiān duì le má ？

Did you pronounce it all correctly?

1.48: 上节课我们还认识了拼音的字声调。他们在读的时候要注意什么？

Shàng jié kè wǒmén hai rènshí le pīnyīn de zì shēngdiào 。 tā mén zài dú de shíhòu yào zhùyì shén me ？
In our last class we looked at pinyin tones. When we are reading pinyin tones, what do we need to bear in mind?

2.00： 注意：一声平，二声扬，三声拐弯，四声降。
zhù yì ： yī shēng píng ， èr shēng yáng ， sān shēng guǎi wān ， sì shēng jiàng
Remember: first tone flat, second tone rising, third tone, falling and rising, fourth tone falling.