Here we provide a guide on how to pronounce the pinyin ‘a’ final in Mandarin Chinese. This page acts as a support for our recent YouTube video featuring a guide to how to pronounce ‘a’ based on a video series provided by the Chinese Department for Education. See below the video, and below that a vocabulary guide and transcript for the various sections of the video.
Sentence 1 Vocabulary Guide
Below we provide the transcripts and supporting vocabulary guide that will help you to understand the first couple of sentences in out video about the pronunciation of the Chinese final （单韵母）a.
At the very beginning of the class the teacher says the pinyin letter a three times. She then asks if you could see clarly. Did you notice anything about the way she pronounces it, including the shape of her mouth? Is there anything that you notice in the shape of her mouth as she pronounces the pinyin letter a?
Teacher: a, a, a.
Teacher:
| Chinese | pinyin | English |
| 我们 | wǒmén | we |
| 先 | xiān | first |
| 学习 | xué xí | study |
| 第一个 | dì yī gè | the first |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter |
| 你们 | nǐ mén | you |
| 看 | kàn | see |
| 清楚 | qīng chǔ | clearly |
| 吗 | má | question particle |
Responses
| 我 | wǒ | I |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | noticed |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | Teacher |