Category: Cantonese
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Lesson 9: you are who or what?
Lesson 9: What do you do? ( I’m a doctor. You are …) How to say that in Cantonese? Hi, ????Welcome to another Cantonese mp3 lesson at CantonesePod.com. We’ll come back to basics this time. Simple sentence pattern: pronoun + ?(hai6 = to be) + noun The pronoun can be I, we, you, they, she,…
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Lesson 8: “I’m going to …” in Cantonese
Hi, ???? Today, we are going to learn how to say what you plan to do (are going to do). ???? gam1yat3 geoi3jing3 Today’s sentence pattern: I’m going to + verbs ( In English it really means “I plan to do something.” or “I will do something.”) so the Cantonese for that is: ???+verb or…
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Cantonese Idiom: Cook the phone…(mp3 updated)
Although Cantonese use almost the same Chinese characters in their newspaper, most of Mandarin-speaking readers cannot really understand what they are talking about. Why? Because they use Cantonese idioms, which have made the language so colorful. Today, we’ll try to start to cover some of those interesting Cantonese idioms as some of our visitors have…
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Lesson 7: I don’t have time.
Hi, ??????????I’m Paul) Welcome to CantonesePod.com! ???????? Today’s sentence pattern: I have … ?? I don’t have … ?? … mou2 ?: (Cantonese Chinese character) do not have/have none/there is none. ?????????????? I have a lot of money, but, I don’t have time. ???????????????? I have a lot of things to do, but I have…
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Lesson6: How to say this in Cantonese?
Lesson 6 How do you say this in Cantonese? Hi, ???? Welcome to CantonesePod.com! ??????????? What! What did I say? ?? glad meet ( glad to meet you = welcome) ?? big family (= everyone) ?? come to ?? Guangdong language (=Cantonese) ? = broadcast ? =guest ?? = podcast ( derives from ?? for…
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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…