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QuoteScottie_BoiI have two more phrases.嗦晒氣 and 講下笑啫嗦 (Gasping)嗦氣 (Gasping air)嗦晒氣 (Totally gasping air = completely out of breath)講笑 ( joking )講下笑 ( joking around)講下笑啫 (just joking around)下 is a...
View ArticleRe: Seeking Tips on Learning Colloquial Cantonese
I went to HMV yesterday and yes indeed some disney movies have cantonese subtitles. It is indeed a good resource but i found two issues1. Even though subtitles are cantonese they dont always match the...
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> I would respect you more if you can admit you too, can make mistakes like the rest of us.Ha ha, these are strong words. But whether I have your respect or not, I have already presented the case...
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> The original sentence for those interested.You may have noticed that most manga don't have the best editing. Wrong words and inferior sound-alike words are used all the time. And, in some...
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Is there an ignore function on this forums? say I want posts from a certain person automatically hidden from my view?,
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QuoteTangIs there an ignore function on this forums? say I want posts from a certain person automatically hidden from my view?I don't think so.(Apologies for recreating this thread: I hit 'hide post'...
View Article第二/另外 (another) grammar question
Hi -- is 第二 or 另外 preferred in colloquial Cantonese as the word for "another"? I've seen examples for both.
View ArticleRe: Seeking Tips on Learning Colloquial Cantonese
Yeah that is true, in Tin Tin "snowy" the dog was called Milo in the audio and written 雪雪 in the subtitles. However they are pretty close, not exact, but still pretty useful. This sort of stuff...
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I'm not going to respond to pety bickering, I asked a question and got multiple answers. Which leads me to put more faith in 廣州話方言詞典's definition as "reason". I still trust that much of the historical...
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「第」act like a prefix that mean "next " or "some other"Examples:第次 ~ next time / some other time第時 ~ next time / some other time第個 ~ some other one第日 ~ some other day** 「第二」simply mean " the...
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QuoteScottie_Boi I'm not going to respond to pety bickering, I asked a question and got multiple answers. Which leads me to put more faith in 廣州話方言詞典's definition as "reason". I still trust that much...
View ArticleRe: My Cantonese / Mandarin,,,for your English
hii need to improve my cantonese.do you want to exchange english/cantonese conversation over skype?i'm available only at midnight or early morning (8am) or possibly weekend evenings, hk time.i am in...
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> ... I am learning and will take on the definition that fits the situation best.Whatever makes sense for you. At the end of the day, that's what counts. Good luck with you study.
View ArticleAdvice on watching movies in foreign languages
Hey everyone,As some of you know I've been watching a lot of movies in Cantonese to help with my fluency. Yesterday I came across a link and I related a lot to what the author describes. I know we've...
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Couldnt agree more, I stopped watching movies a while ago because I found passively watching doesn't help me, unless I have someone to ask about what something means. However even if you have someone...
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Hey MayFatLong,I agree with your three points that you got from the article (though I just skimmed that a little). I've improved my Cantonese a lot as an American Born Chinese from doing all three of...
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All good points guys, I know both of you will keep improving just from your comments on this forums (I hope I get good too!).但係我唔知點解我睇好多好多好多香港戲 ... 如果我睇咗五百戲然後見到"魔精靈" 我就同你哋講!! (sorry if my grammar is...
View ArticleBest way to say 'I told you so!!' ??
Hey, over the past week I noticed that I can't really express myself that well in a situation where I want to remind someone I was right. I've been saying 我講咗 and 我話咗 but I can tell from native...
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