Month: July 2008
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Lesson 5:I want to go to Beijing in Cantonese
Hi, everyone, ???? In our last lesson, we learned how to say where you are from. In Today’s lesson, we are going to learn to say the places you want to go. Now sentence patterns: 1)I want to go to (Beijing…) ???(??) 2)He needs to go to (Hong Kong…) ???(??) 3)My wife has been to…
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Podcast Lesson This Week: delayed
Hi, Everyone, For those expecting Lesson Five, sorry that we have to delay till next week due to our beta issue and changes on our sites (we are trying to make it a better learning environment to help you.) Yes, we need more contributors, so if you are interested in helping, please let us know.…
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Standard Cantonese ???(???)
What is Standard Cantonese? The language spoken by the people in Canton? Canton is now officially called Guangzhou ??, which is the capital of Guangdong Province in Southern China. It is generally agreed that Standard Cantonese is the dialect spoken natively in and around the cities of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau in Southern China.…
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Lesson 4: Where are you from?
Lesson 4 Where Are You From? [display_podcast] English: Where are you from? Cantonese: nei5 hai2 bin1dou6 lai4 ? ? ?? ? nei5: you hai2 (Cant.) to be located at; here means from bin1dou6: where lai4: come English: I’m from the US. Cantonese: ngo5 hai2 mei5gwok3 lai4 ?????? English: I’m American Chinese. Cantonese:ngo5 hai6 mei5zik6 waa4jan4…
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How to say:days of the week in Cantonese?
It should be easier to remember the names for the days of the week in Cantonese if you’ve already know how to count from 1 to 7: [display_podcast] sing1kei4yat1 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? sing1 = star/planet kei4 = period jat1 = one Another way to say the days of the week is…
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How to say: will you marry me in Cantonese ?1?
How can a man say “will you marry me?” in Cantonese? nei5 jyun6ji3 gaa3 bei2 ngo5 maa3 ???????? nei5 = you jyun6ji3 = be willing to gaa3 bei2 = marry to (a man) ngo5 = me/I/my So “ngo5 jyun6ji3 gaa3 bei2 nei5” = (the girl said:) I am willing to marry you. Some still asked…
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How to say: I miss you in Cantonese
So how to say I miss you in Cantonese? Here we go: [display_podcast] ngo5 hou2 gwaa3zyu6 nei5 ? ? ?? ? = I miss you very much hou2 = very, good. Used here for stree. gwaa3zyu6 = miss (someone) Can’t find what you want to say? Bookmark us and come back here in a couple…
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How to say:My Cantonese Is Not Good in Cantonese
ngo5 ge3 gwong2 dung1 waa2 m4 hou2 ???????? = My Cantonese is not good. ?????????? ngo5 = my ge3 = of; someone’s ngo5 ge3 = my/mine nei5ge3 = your/yours gwong2dung1waa2 = Cantonese; the dialect of Guangdong province. m4 = not hou2 = good ?????????? = My Cantonese is not very good. (Note: that in the…
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Lesson 3: Please tell me what you are doing
Here’s our podcast Cantonese lesson three . Thur. or Friday is the time for our weekly update for a new lesson. I’d like to give thanks to all the good feedback to encourage us to do more and better. We haven’t got any “bad” feedback yet, but any feedback is welcome. Your suggestion for improvement…
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Ho Kwok Wing – Speaking Cantonese – ???
Scripts: ?????. ????????. ngo5 hai6 ho4 gwok3 wing3. ngo5 hai6 jat1 go3 ou3 zau1 gwai2 lou2. ngo5 = I/me; hai6 = am/is/are/to be; ho4 = river?surname here) gwok3 = country; wing3 = glory; jat1 go3 = one (person); ou3 zau1 = Australia; gwai2 lou2 = a humorous way to call “foreigner(s)”, it does not really…