Our first lesson is tones and your first greeting, 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 your pronunciation starts correctly from the beginning.

Student Request

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

Teacher Response

Our first lesson is tones and your first greeting, 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 your pronunciation starts correctly from the beginning.