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my name is orna.
i am speaking chinese without the tones because i don't know which tone is attached to each word.
is there an eficient method to learn this?
thanks
travelinguist says:
There are plenty of resources about learning the Chinese tones.
It's really important to get some audio tools and work on understanding and speaking using the correct tones.
Audio of Chinese Tones
http://mandarin.about.com/od/pronunciation/tp/audio_clips.htm
Eplanation of Chinese Tones
http://chinesepod.com/tools/pronunciation/section/17
Chinese Wikibook on Tones
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese_%28Mandarin%29/Using_Tones
Learn Mandarin Chinese Tones resources on Free Language.