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There are 16 nasal finals in Pinyin. These are syllables that end with a nasal sound, either n (front nasal) or ng (back nasal).

The nasal final an is the first one you learn. It's made of a vowel a plus a nasal ending.

To pronounce an, start with the short vowel a, then lightly close the airflow with your tongue touching behind your top teeth to make the n sound. Your lips should stay relaxed and slightly open. This is a front nasal final because the tongue tip makes the nasal sound in the front of the mouth.

When an is combined with the initials, it can form syllables like ban, pan, man, dan, lan, shan, and ran.

To pronounce the syllable ban, begin with the sound of the initial b by pressing your lips together and releasing the sound softly. Then immediately move into the final an.

This same pattern applies to all syllables ending with an. Only the initial consonant changes at the beginning of the syllable. The key is to connect the initial sound smoothly to the final an without pausing.

Let's practice pronouncing an and the syllables, and then use fan in different tones as an example.

Pinyin	Character
`fān`	`帆`
`fán`	`烦`
`fǎn`	`反`
`fàn`	`饭`

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I've listened to the audio and practiced pronouncing the nasal final and syllables.

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Task 2

--description--

--assignment--

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