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Welcome to Introduction to Chinese.
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Let's begin with unit 1.
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In this unit, we have three lessons.
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Each will teach you a different function.
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In lesson 1, we'll learn greetings, and in lesson 2, we'll learn how to say goodbye, and in lesson 3, we'll learn how to call out to people and how to respond.
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Now, let's begin with the first lesson.
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Hello, I'm He Mei.
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In this lesson, you will learn how to greet someone in Chinese.
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By the end of this lesson, you should be able to recognize and understand basic Chinese greetings and self-introductions.
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Specifically, you will learn the greeting 你好, and the structure for self-introductions like 我是.
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This lesson includes three dialogues.
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For each dialogue, you will learn the necessary vocabulary to understand it.
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In addition, for dialogue 1, we'll cover a Chinese phonetic phenomenon known as tones, and for dialogues 2 and 3, we'll look at a sentence structure for each.
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There will be some pronunciation tips throughout the course, and finally, we'll finish off with a recap and a quiz.
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Now, let's start with dialogue 1.
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On the right, we see a young woman named Qi Ming Yue.
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She's one of the main characters in the show.
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Before we look at the dialogue, here's a quick culture note about Chinese names.
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Unlike English names, Chinese names start with a surname, followed by their given name.
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For example, in these names, Lu and Qi are the surnames.
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And Jianyang and Mingyue are their given names.
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Now let's take a look at the dialogue.
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This is taken from episode 18.
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In this scene, Qi Minyue's mother sets her up for a blind date without her knowledge, which makes the meeting rather awkward.
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Let's take a look.
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Let's listen one more time.
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Great.
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Now let's take a look at what they're actually saying.
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First, Lu Jianyang says, 你好, which means hello.
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And note that throughout the course, we'll show you English translations above the slides.
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So you can see here, 你好 means hello.
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And literally, it means you be well.
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Here, 你 means you.
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你, 你.
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And 好 means good, well, or okay.
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好 So when combined, 你好 literally means you be well 你好 你好 That means hello
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Notice that there are some accent marks across the vowels.
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Those are known as tone marks This brings us to our first pronunciation tip,
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which is about Mandarin tones In Chinese every syllable has one of four tones flat,
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rising, dipping, or falling, as well as a neutral tone.
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Changing the tone changes the meaning of the word.
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Now I'll read out these syllables and listen to how they sound.
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However, since
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this is a beginner's course, you don't need to memorize the tones, and you won't be quizzed on them, but from time to time, I'll mention the tones just for your own reference.
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You can learn more about tones in our free Fanatics with Chinese Characteristics course under lesson 1.1.
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So to wrap up, Lu Jianyang says, Ni Hao, which means hello.
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And Qi Mingyue replies the same back, Ni Hao.
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Let's watch the clip again.
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Ni Hao.
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Ni Hao.
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Great, so that was Dialog 1, which was pretty simple.
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Next, let's move on to Dialog 2.
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This dialogue is taken from episode 29.
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Here the girl on the right is Li Jianjian.
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You've watched episode 1 where she was only a little girl.
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Now she's all grown up and she's a working adult.
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In this scene, she meets an older woman named Zhang Hongying.
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Pay attention to how Li Jianjian greets her as an older woman.
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Hello, hello.
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Let's listen again.
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Hello, hello.
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Great, now let's analyze what they just said.
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Here Li Jianjian greets her with Zhang Ayi Hao.
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Let's break that down.
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First Zhang is a very common Chinese surname.
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Zhang, Zhang.
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By the way, the consonant spelled ZH is read as J as in jam.
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So Z-H-A-N-G is read as Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Ayi Hao.
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Now let's take a look at the next word, Ayi, Ayi.
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Ayi literally means aunt, specifically your mother's sister.
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However, in Chinese culture, Ayi can also be used to address any older woman respectfully.
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So here, Zhang Ayi can be translated as Auntie Zhang, or I guess in English you can say Miss or Mrs. Zhang.
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And recall that Hao means good or well.
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Here, Hao serves as a greeting.
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So Zhang Ayi Hao is just Hello, Auntie Zhang.
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Zhang Ayi Hao.
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Zhang Ayi Hao.
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Now let's examine our first grammatical structure.
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This structure is person's name plus hao.
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We can use this structure to greet someone by name.
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For example, Zhang Ayi hao means hello, Auntie Zhang.
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Qi Mingyue hao means hello, Qi Mingyue.
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Li Jian Jian Hao means hello, Li Jian Jian.
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And Lu Jian Yang hao means hello, Lu Jian Yang, etc. etc. Great, going back to the dialogue, Li Jian Jian greets her with Zhang Ayi hao,
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hello Auntie Zhang, and Zhang Hongying responds with ni hao, which means hello, ni hao, ni hao.
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Great, let's listen to the clip again, listen to how Li Jian Jian greets her with hello Zhang Ayi, Zhang Ayi hao.
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Zhang Ayi hao, ni hao.
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Ni hao is her reply.
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Let's listen to it one more time
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Great now let's move on to dialogue 3 This is a dialogue from episode 1
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which you should have already watched before watching this lesson in
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This scene as you might recall Li Jianjian's father Li Haichao
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who is standing on the right is Going on a blind
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date with a woman named He Mei who is standing on the left
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Let's watch pay attention to how they introduce themselves themselves.
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你好,我是贺美。 你好,别吓吵。 Let's listen again.
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你好,我是贺美。 你好,别吓吵。 First,贺美 says, 你好,我是贺美。 你好,我是贺美。 Which means, hello, I'm贺美.
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Let's break this down.
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First, she starts with 你好, which means hello.
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Then she says 我, which means I or me.
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The pronunciation of this word is a little bit tricky.
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The letter O here sounds more like a W as in water.
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So it's not 我, it's 我, the vowel spreads out a little bit.
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Then she says 是, which means to be.
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You might have noticed that the letter I here doesn't sound like what you would expect.
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It's actually pronounced more like a 识 in the word massage.
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So to pronounce 识, first say 识 as in massage.
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Then we add 识 in front of it.
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In this course, we won't be asking you to speak.
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However, it's important to understand how Chinese is pronounced so that you'll be able to understand it when you hear it, right?
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So when there's a mismatch between the printed letters, the pinyin alphabet, and what you actually hear,
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it might be a misunderstanding of the pronunciation rules, and that's why we're explaining that right now.
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These pronunciation tips are not technically accurate.
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They're just rules of thumbs designed for beginners.
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For a more accurate technical description, please see our pronunciation course for free.
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And especially for the pronunciations of 诗, you can find that in lesson 3.3.
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Great.
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Going back to Hèmei's line, she said, 你好,我是 Hèmei.
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Here, Hèmei is her full name.
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Hèmei.
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Hèmei.
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And here's yet another pronunciation tip.
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The first letter E here is not pronounced like E or E.
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This is not he or he.
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The letter E here is actually more like a E.
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So it's pronounced hë, hë, hëmei, hëmei.
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However, the second E here, the E in mei, is pronounced as you would expect in English.
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Hëmei, hëmei.
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So altogether, 你好,我是赫美, just means hello, I am赫美
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Now let's extract that as a pattern
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我是赫美 means I am赫美 So we can extract that into a structure 我是 plus your name,
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which can be used to introduce yourself For example,
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我是李健健 means I am李健健 我是陆健阳 means I am陆健阳 and 我是 奇明月 means I am 奇明月
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and 我是 李海潮 means I am 李海潮 For more details on the 我是 structure,
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check out our HSK 1 course under Grammar 1.3.2 Going back to the dialogue,
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李海潮 responds 你好 我是 李海潮 你好 我是 李海潮 你好 李海潮 So we can see that in casual situations,
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we can just say our names as a kind of introduction.
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Now let's watch the clip one last time.
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Notice how He Mei introduces herself with 我是贺美。 你好,李海超。 That's what he said.
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He just said his name as a self-intro.
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Very brief, very simple.
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Let's listen one more time.
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你好,我是贺美。 你好,李海超。 Great, that wraps up this lesson.
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You've learned six expressions and two grammatical structures.
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You'll learn that 阿姨 means aunt or auntie, 好 means good or well,
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你 means you, 我 means I or me, 是 means to be, and 你好 means hello.
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You also learn how to use person plus 好 to greet a person by name.
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and how to use wǒ shì plus your name to introduce yourself
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and finally we've also covered a pronunciation note on Mandarin tones
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please make sure to review the material well and then complete a quiz after the lesson
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when you're done you can watch the second episode of the drama with English subtitles this way you better understand the storyline,
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get to know the characters and also get some listening practice If you found this lesson helpful, make sure to hit the like button so that you can easily find this video again in your like history.
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Also, subscribe to our channel so that YouTube will keep recommending you content like this to keep you learning.
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And make sure to engage with us in the comments and answer each other's questions.
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The more you talk about it, the more you remember what you have learned.
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And once you're done, you can move on to lesson two where we'll learn how to say goodbye.
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Okay, thank you and see you in lesson two.
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Bye bye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A1 se basa en el vídeo “"Greeting and Self-Introduction!" Introduction to Chinese - Lesson 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: hao, Zhang, lesson, Ayi, mei. Este vídeo tiene 157 frases y 1582 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 13:11. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 120 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 76 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| dialogue sustantivo | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | diálogo, conversación |
| tone sustantivo | /ˈtəʊn/ | tono |
| greet verbo | /ɡɹiːt/ | saludar |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| introduce verbo | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | presentar |
| litter sustantivo | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | cama, lecho |
| quiz sustantivo | /kwɪz/ | prueba, cuestionario |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | adiós, hasta luego |
| wrap verbo | /ɹæp/ | envolver, fajar |
| aunt sustantivo | /ɑːnt/ | tía |
| extract sustantivo | /ˈɛkstɹækt/ | extracto |
| massage sustantivo | /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/ | masaje |
| greeting sustantivo | /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ | saludo, salutación |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| wrap up verbo | envolver, arrebujar |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| grow up verbo | crecer |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Let's listen one more time.
- Let's watch the clip again.
- Great, now let's analyze what they just said.
- Ayi literally means aunt, specifically your mother's sister.
- You've learned six expressions and two grammatical structures.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is taken · are known · won't be quizzed |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | You've watched · You've learned · we've also covered |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | knowledge, which makes · Hao, which means |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might recall · might have · might be |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we'll, I'll, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spell /spɛl/, slide /ˈslaɪ̯d/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, vowel /ˈvaʊ.əl/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: quiz /kwɪz/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como lesson, dialogue, tone.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.