Our first lesson is tones and your first useful phrase, 你好 (nǐ hǎo), “hello”; we’ll practice the four tones with mā má mǎ mà, then say nǐ hǎo and 我是 Henry (wǒ shì Henry) so you start with correct pronunciation and one real introduction.

Student Request

reply in one short spoken paragraph only: what is our first lesson?

Teacher Response

Our first lesson is tones and your first useful phrase, 你好 (nǐ hǎo), “hello”; we’ll practice the four tones with mā má mǎ mà, then say nǐ hǎo and 我是 Henry (wǒ shì Henry) so you start with correct pronunciation and one real introduction.