Hannah (year 9) challenged some famous Chinese tongue twisters. Try those terrifically tricky tongue twisters that totally practice your tongue!
Tongue twister no. 1
四是四。
十是十，
十四是十四，
四十是四十.
sì shì sì.
shí shì shí,
shí sì shì shí sì,
sì shí shì sì shí,
Four is four.
ten is ten,
fourteen is fourteen,
forty is forty,
Tongue twister no. 2
吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，
不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。
chī pú táo bù tǔ pú táo pí,
bù chī pú táo dào tǔ pú táo pí.
Eat the grapes but do not spit out the skins,
don’t eat the grapes but spit out the skins.
Tongue twister no. 3
知道就说知道，
不知道就说不知道，
不要知道说不知道，
也不要不知道说知道，
你知道不知道？
zhī dào jiù shuō zhī dào,
bù zhī dào jiù shuō bu zhī dào,
bù yào zhī dào shuō bu zhī dào,
yě bù yào bù zhī dào shuō zhī dào,
nǐ zhī dào bù zhī dào?
If you know, just say you know.
If you don’t know, just say you don’t know.
You shouldn’t know and say you don’t know.
And you shouldn’t not know and say you do know.
You know?