welcome back to chinese zero to hero this is jon
today i'm just gonna go over another mispronunciation that i do hear in a lot of your recordings
and that is pronouncing the third tone incorrectly
pronouncing it as a rising tone let's take a look
first let's watch the clip again
right so the problem word here is 响头
a lot of you are pronouncing it like xiángtóu instead of saying dǎdá you're saying dádá
i think the reason is because a lot of you have been told that the third tone
is fall and the rise right a lot of you are told that the third tone needs to rise at the end
but that is not the case
the third tone is a low flat tone
it's always low and always flat
so it's ah
it does not rise
the only time it does rise a little bit is when it's at the end of the sentence before a long pause right at the end of a phrase
like for example before a comma before a question mark or before a semicolon for example
only before those long pauses do third tones have a little rise at the end
but most of the time they are just low and flat
let's do another word that also has this issue and that is the word for guts or courage 胆子
please repeat after me
let's first do some da da das
which tune does it remind you of da da da da da
let's do some variations let's add another word in front of 胆子
but different words with different tones
okay so 真没小 and 大
let's add those in front of 胆子 and practice
please repeat
with dadadas first
真胆子
third one is da da da
it's actually the same because when you have two third tones the first one becomes the second tone right
so xiǎo dǎnzi becomes xiáo dǎnzi
so really the second and third tones in this case are the same so
and the final one is dadada... 大胆子
do you hear a difference in your pronunciation after this training
well if you don't it might take some time and take some imitation along with the drama to perfect your pronunciation
that's why i created this course so if you haven't joined already this is a free pronunciation
correction program it actually allows you to record your voice and have me personally
hear it and give you some comments so if you have problems i'll tell you i'll tell you okay
this tone is off or that tone is off or you know the you're pronouncing this word incorrectly
etc so uh give it a try and if you don't know how to join if you're having problems uh signing up
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hit that link above and watch my other video that
goes through the entire process of signing up with dakaya and get into my course and complete your
your assignments so that's it and uh thanks for watching and i'll see you in the next video bye