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Happy Mother’s Day in Cantonese with sound

Kaibo — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:18:25 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day in Cantonese

Here’s quick and short lesson:

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How to say:days of the week in Cantonese?

Kaibo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:34:42 +0000

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:

sing1kei4yat1
星期一星期二星期三星期四星期五星期六星期日
sing1 = star/planet
kei4 = period
jat1 = one

Another way to say the days of the week is

礼拜一礼拜二礼拜三礼拜四礼拜五礼拜六礼拜（日）
lai5bai3 (礼拜 ) means worship so we just use lai5bai3 for Sunday.
And Monday is the first day after Sunday (lai5bai3)

How to say: will you marry me in Cantonese （1）

Kaibo — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:40:40 +0000

How can a man say “will you marry me?” in Cantonese？

nei5 jyun6ji3 gaa3 bei2 ngo5 maa3
你愿意嫁畀我吗？
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 me how to say “how are you?” in Cantonese:
Now that you know how to pronounce “nei5″ “hou2″ “maa3″, you already know how to say it
“nei5 hou2 maa3 你好吗？” = How are you?

How to say “will you marry me” by a girl to man? Let’s learn it next time.

How to say: I miss you in Cantonese

Kaibo — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:26:46 +0000

So how to say I miss you in Cantonese?

Here we go:

ngo5 hou2 gwaa3zyu6 nei5
我好挂住你 = I miss you very much
hou2 = very, good. Used here for stree.
gwaa3zyu6 = miss (someone)

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How to say:My Cantonese Is Not Good in Cantonese

Kaibo — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:24:18 +0000

ngo5 ge3 gwong2 dung1 waa2 m4 hou2
我嘅广东话唔好。 = My Cantonese is not good.
（我嘅廣東話唔好。）

ngo5 = my
ge3 = of; someone’s
ngo5 ge3 = my/mine
nei5ge3 = your/yours
gwong2dung1waa2 = Cantonese; the dialect of Guangdong province.
m4 = not
hou2 = good

我嘅广东话唔系好好。 = My Cantonese is not very good.
(Note: that in the above link there is a mistake for the word 广, which should be pronounced gwong2 instead of jim)
m4 hai6 = is not (be not)
hou2 hou2 = very good ( the first hou2 is an adverb, meaning very. The 2nd means good.)

Have a nice weekend.

How to say “you are (so) handsome” in Cantonese?

Kaibo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:30:09 +0000

In Cantonese, how do you say “you are (so) handsome”?

你好靓仔
nei5 hou2 leng3 zai2 = you are so handsome
leng3 actually means “good-looking”
zai2 = boy

How to say “you are pretty” in Cantonese

Kaibo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:24:44 +0000

How do you say “you are pretty”?

nei5 leng3
你靓
but we usually say it with the “hou3 (very)”:

nei5 hou3 leng3
你好靓 = you are (so) pretty.
you very pretty

How do you say “you are (so) handsome”? Check for our next article.

How to say “sorry” in Cantonese(2)

Kaibo — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:54:14 +0000

Let’s talk about the 2nd way to say “sorry”:

2. m4 hou2 ji3 si3
唔好意思
not good meaning（intension) = feeling embarrassed
Let’s try your listening in this Youtube video

Pay attention from 0:43 of this 10 min video.

How to say “sorry” in Cantonese(1)

Kaibo — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:24:18 +0000

There are two ways to say “Sorry” in Cantonese, at least:

1. deoi3 m4 zyu6
对唔住 = Sorry (deoi3 = face, m4 = not, zyu6 = hold/up … I cannot face you or hold my head up to you… because I feel sorry..)

2. We will talk about the 2nd way in our next post. (《== click here )

How to say “I like (it/you)” in Cantonese

Kaibo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:13:54 +0000

How to say “I like it” (before you really fall in love with it ?

ngo5 = I, me
zung1 = center, central, in the middle of
ji3 = thought, idea

ngo5 zung1 ji3 = I like (it/you/him …)