Switching to English

So...
I was thinking; why not blog in English, and therefore make this blog available to read for those who cannot speak Danish?
Besides, that gives me the chance to improve my English AND now there's no need for me to translate when using a dictionary or practicing with my Chinese learning book.


So, where was I?
Right. I wanted to learn you about pronouncing the Chinese language, which will (hopefully) make my entires more understandable.
Ok, so;
I told you before, that pinyin is a romanization-kind-of system. That means, if you cannot read Chinese letters/signs, pinyin will make everything a lot more easier to you.
Now, look at this:


The Chinese language has four "tones", as in high, rising, falling-rising and falling.


The 'high' will be written like this in pinyin: dā <- of course not always with the letter 'a', that was only an example. So if you're going to pronounce it, it would be high and kind of straight when pronouncing.


The 'rising' tone will be written like this: dá <- it starts in a medium tone, then rises to the top.


Then there's the hardest one - the falling-rising: dǎ <- it starts with a lower tone, then goes right down to the bottom and then rises again. Just like a roller coaster, aye?


And the last one, the falling tone. dà <- that starts at the top, then falls sharp and strong to the bottom.


I hope you learned something about the Chinese language~
Please come back later for more n_n