{"id":192,"date":"2012-03-13T09:26:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/?p=192"},"modified":"2023-01-24T06:35:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:35:56","slug":"colloquial-cantonese3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/colloquial-cantonese3\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Cantonese(3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fWroJWvlCOA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let's learn how to say \"To be or not to be.\"<br \/>\n\u4fc2 hai6<\/p>\n<p>\u2606\u4fc2\u5514m4\u4fc2(\u662f\u4e0d\u662f) = is or not?<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5481gam2 (\u662f\u8fd9\u6837)= is like this<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5605ge3(\u662f\u7684) = It is.<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5587laa1(\u662f\u4e86) = so it is<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u561elaak3(\u5bf9\u4e86) = that is right.<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5643bo3(\u662f\u7684\u54e6) = Oh, it is.<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5416aa1(\u662f\u554a) = Yes,(I agree).<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5440aa1(\u662f\u554a) = Yes, (I agree).<br \/>\n\u2606\u54aa\u5c31\u4fc2\u56c9mai6zau6hai6 lo1 = That's right.(I agree to this obvious point.)<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5570(\u56c9)lo1(\u5c31\u662f\u561b) = a tone-down version of \u54aa\u5c31\u4fc2\u56c9.<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u5569gwaa3(\u53ef\u80fd\u662f\u5427)= perhaps it is<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u54aamai6(\u662f\u4e0d\u662f)= \u4fc2\u5514m4\u4fc2 is or not?<br \/>\n\u2606\u4fc2\u54a9me1(\u662f\u5417)= is that so?<\/p>\n<p>Please note that \u54aa here is taking 6th tone instead of the 1st tone(mistake in the video):&nbsp; mai6<\/p>\n<p>CantonesePod.com &amp; ChineseBay.com<\/p>\n<p>The Cantonese phrases and expressions we teach here are so colloquial that the Chinese characters used do not make sense at all in Mandarin. If you find them difficult, you need to practice more and try to learn them again and again from your own conversations with Cantonese speakers or find them in the Cantonese movies or TV programs. Don't give up and keep learning and you will find more fun in learning Cantonese.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s learn how to say &#8220;To be or not to be.&#8221; \u4fc2 hai6 \u2606\u4fc2\u5514m4\u4fc2(\u662f\u4e0d\u662f) = is or not? \u2606\u4fc2\u5481gam2 (\u662f\u8fd9\u6837)= is like this \u2606\u4fc2\u5605ge3(\u662f\u7684) = It is. \u2606\u4fc2\u5587laa1(\u662f\u4e86) = so it is \u2606\u4fc2\u561elaak3(\u5bf9\u4e86) = that is right. \u2606\u4fc2\u5643bo3(\u662f\u7684\u54e6) = Oh, it is. \u2606\u4fc2\u5416aa1(\u662f\u554a) = Yes,(I agree). \u2606\u4fc2\u5440aa1(\u662f\u554a) = Yes, (I agree). \u2606\u54aa\u5c31\u4fc2\u56c9mai6zau6hai6 lo1 = That&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,39],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colloquial Cantonese(3) - Learn Cantonese \u5b66\u7ca4\u8bed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/colloquial-cantonese3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colloquial Cantonese(3) - Learn Cantonese \u5b66\u7ca4\u8bed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let&#039;s learn how to say &quot;To be or not to be.&quot; \u4fc2 hai6 \u2606\u4fc2\u5514m4\u4fc2(\u662f\u4e0d\u662f) = is or not? 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