Learn How to introduce yourself in Chinese _ Beginner Conversational Chinese _ Yoyo Chinese.

nǐ hǎo, in this lesson we are going to learn how to introduce yourself. First, let me introduce myself. nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì yāngyāng. Let me say it again. nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì yāngyāng. Ok, you probably have already heard me say this a million times, but this is how you say hello in Chinese. nǐ hǎo. It literally means you, good. nǐ is you, and hǎo is good. nǐ hǎo, nǐ hǎo. To answer this greeting, you simply say nǐ hǎo. Well, both nǐ, you, and hǎo, good, are third tones. Remember third tone signs. It sounds very clumsy, right? In Chinese, there is a rule called the 3-3 becomes 2-3 rule. The rule says when you have two third tones back to back, the first third tone changes to a second tone. In this case, instead of saying nǐ hǎo, you change nǐ, third tone, to nǐ, second tone. So nǐ hǎo, 3-3 becomes nǐ hǎo, 2-3, when you say it, but it's still written 3-3. When Chinese people greet each other, they seldom ask how are you. This how are you greeting thing is a very western thing. In China, if you ask someone how he or she is doing, you usually know that person and care about what the answer is. It's not quite true in the US, I have to say. I remember the first year when I was in the States, whenever people here asked me how I was doing, I always took the question very very seriously and started telling this really long story about my life, but gradually I realized that nobody really cared, they were like half a mile away already when I was talking. Well now when in Rome, do as the Romans do, my answer to the question how are you has been significantly shortened to awesome. Well, what I'm trying to say here is that to greet someone in Chinese, a simple nǐ hǎo is enough. Ok, let's move on and learn how to say I am so and so. In Chinese, I and me are the same word. Now please point to yourself, ok, and say wǒ, third tone, wǒ. In Chinese, m is our verb was, as long as it is the verb to be, it is all shì, shì. Also please pay attention to your tone here when you say to be is the fourth tone, a dropping tone, like when you say no, shì, shì. Alright, do you still remember how to say number ten? Yes, number ten is shí, shí. It's supposed to be a second tone, a rising tone like when you say what, shí, shí. Now say the verb to be, shì, shì. Now say ten, shí. Now first say to be and then to say number ten, shì, shí. Again, shì, shí. Alright, now let's say I am, wǒ shì, wǒ shì. Nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì yāngyāng. Hello, I am yāngyāng. Do you still remember how to say you in Chinese? You is nǐ, as in hello, nǐ hǎo, remember? So how do you say you are? Nǐ shì, nǐ shì. Say I am, wǒ shì, wǒ shì. Now add your own name and you are able to introduce yourself. Say I am Zhang, you are Mary. That would be, wǒ shì Zhang, nǐ shì Mary. Again, wǒ shì Zhang, nǐ shì Mary. Yay, good job! In our next lesson, you are going to learn how to introduce your nationality. Zài jiàn. Click here to download the audio practice mp3 for free on our website. Click here to go to the next lesson and click down below to subscribe to our awesome channel. We have new videos coming out every week. OK, xià cì jiàn, jiā yóu!