Slow speed Chinese

Slow Chinese gives your ear time to learn what makes the language special. You can hear the 4 tones clearly enough to tell mā, má, mǎ, and mà apart. At a slow speed, you also hear the small word Chinese uses when counting things, like one cat or one book. You can also hear the small words that show time: one for something already done, one for something you have done before, and one for something still happening. In English, we change the word to show this. In Chinese, small words show it instead. Videos made for people just starting, and slow Taiwan videos for parents and children, are good here. Words repeat, and people say every tone clearly. Listen once for the action word. Then listen again for the tone, and the small word for time at the end.