Hi 1, When a 3rd tone is immediately followed by another 3rd tone, the former is pronounced as the 2nd tone. Example: nǐ hǎo → ní hǎo nǐ hǎo měihǎo wǔ bǎi běihǎi gěi nǐ yǔfǎ kěyǐ fǔdǎo 2, Modulation of “不”— bù bù before 4rd tone, change to 2nd tone 不去 bù qù --- bú qù 不会bù huì --- bú huì 不累bù lèi --- bú lèi 3, Modulation of “一”— yī "yī" before 4rd tone, change to 2nd tone 一切yī qiè --- yí qiè 一件yī jiàn--- yí jiàn 一共yī gòng--- yí gòng "yī" before 1rd tone, 2nd tone , 3nd tone , change to 4nd tone 一杯yībēi---yì bēi 一天yītiān--- yìtiān 一直yīzhí---yìzhí 一条yītiáo---yìtiáo 一碗yī wǎn---yì wǎn 一起yīqǐ---yìqǐ

Hey Jarell. There are three main rules about tone changes. 1) 不. This is pronounced bù. It means "not", and is used to negate verbs: 他不吃 He doesn't eat (it) 他不想去美國旅遊 He doesn't want to go on holiday to the US 明天他不來 He isn't going to come tomorrow But when it comes before a word that is fourth tone, it changes to second tone: 我不去 I don't go / I am not going 希望明天不要太熱 I hope it isn't going to be too hot tomorrow 我不是中國人 I am not Chinese. This tone change is common as a lot of verbs are fourth tone. This is strange at first, but you will get used to it. 2) The character 一. When counting 一二三四 this is pronounced yī, but when it is expressing how much of sth there is, it changes tone. When the things is comes before is 1st, 2nd or 3rd tone, it changes to 4th tone, when the next thing is 4th tone, 一 changes to second tone: 我有一本書 I have a book yi4 ben3 shu1 here 我有一個朋友 I have a friend yi2ge4 here 3) 3rd tones. When you have two third tones next to each other, the first character changes to first tone: 你好 ni3hao3 changes to ni2hao3 提醒 to remind ti3xing3 changes to ti2xing3 想法 idea/opinion xiang3fa3 changes to xiang2fa3 講法 a say of saying sth jiang3fa3 changes to jiang2fa3 When there are lots of 3rd tones next to each other, you need to know to break up the sentences 我了解你 --> 我 // 了解你 - I understand you, it is broken as shown in brackets 你有想法嗎？--> 你有 // 想法 // 嗎？ Do you have any thoughts about this? 我也想給你寫信 --> 我也想 // 給你 // 寫信 OR 我 // 也想 // 給你 // 寫信 - I also write to write a letter to you This might seem complex, but basically you need to know how to break stuff up. There will be stuff on YouTube about this. Laurence

3+3=2+3

Tones are tricky! 3rd tone is the worst. Have a look here: https://www.yoyochinese.com/blog/learn-mandarin-chinese-third-tone-the-correct-way-to-pronounce-it