Re: FSI Cantonese course
I have created some interactive parallel texts for the conversations in the FSI lessons. I have gathered the transcription work done in this thread, and also added the missing ones (lessons 3, 4, 7,...
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My opinion;If you don't learn mandarin then that makes it harder. Because standard written chinese is pretty much mandarin. Go learn at least the basics of standard mandarin then come back.If you do...
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would you consider doing the german fsi courses as well?
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8. I have a list of sentences today (they are in standard mandarin) please put them into spoken (and written...
View ArticleRe: Mandarin&Cantonese for English
I'm up for this. I will also make your accent go away in English if you will make my Mandarin and Cantonese ones go away.
View ArticleRe: Synchronized audio-text reader for Cantonese learners
Depends on how ready the materials are. Do you have the transcripts and translations?
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你吃。 / 你食。他笑。 / 佢笑。我读。 / 我读。我去。 / 我去。你看。 / 你睇。你滚 ! / 你扯 !你说。 / 你讲。孩子哭。 / 细路喊。谁要学？ / 边个要学？谁想做？ / 边个想做？我吃肉。 / 我食肉。你喝汤。 / 你饮汤。我去学校。 / 我去学校。他说中文。 / 佢讲中文。我们要买电脑。 / 我哋要买电脑。我想吃中国菜。 / 我想食中国菜。我喜欢那个小孩子。 /...
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8. I have a list of sentences today (they are in standard mandarin) please put them into spoken (and written cantonese)** Cantonese write in Standard Chinese, the same as Mandarin,...
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QuoteTang 你滚! 你躝！ 你滾！ Seems to be disagreement on 你滚C Chiu has 你扯
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『珍惜』曲：許冠傑 詞：許冠傑告別此際不勝感慨，巳是跟君你相識廿載。難求是知音，幸獲你來臨，無窮熱愛，替我一生更改帶來神采。歲月匆匆，天真不再，慶幸今天你忠心未改。從來未走開， 共渡過滄海仍然伴我，奮勇闖出這樂壇障礙賽。雷聲般喝采，似熱流為我心鎖打開。濃情目光 令我溫馨滿載， 歡欣滿面...
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Quoteyuetwoh QuoteTang 你滚! 你躝！ 你滾！ Seems to be disagreement on 你滚C Chiu has 你扯「躝」 as in 「躝屍趷路」( "get lost! " )「扯」as in 「返扯」( go back / depart)Both can...
View ArticleRe: Written vs Spoken Cantonese
Yes, I'll learn Mandarin grammar and vocabulary for writing to begin with, and I'll learn how to pronounce the sentences with Cantonese grammar and vocabulary.
View ArticleRe: Introduction + 2 Anki flashcard decks
Hi Peekaboo!Thank you SO SO much for creating those decks! I've been using the Canto characters one for almost a month now and it has made a huuggee difference. I am also in the same situation as you...
View ArticleRe: Synchronized audio-text reader for Cantonese learners
I can get you them next week.
View ArticleRe: Cantonese proverbs in one picture
I wonder if anyone noticed the number on the building 3721 isn't a random number but the Cantonese phrase "三七廿一".
View ArticleLife in Hong Kong After 1997?
Hey guys!New guy here, sorry if this is the wrong place for this but I was wondering about life in Hong Kong after the handover in 1997, but first quick introduction!My name is Jay and I am a US born...
View ArticleRe: Life in Hong Kong After 1997?
Cantonese only became popular because a lot of Hong Kong people immigrated to the States and Canada and therefore popularized that dialect of Chinese. But they are the minority when compared with the...
View ArticleRe: Written vs Spoken Cantonese
I'd also advise you to learn Mandarin pronunciation. It's going to be difficult to understand a lot of stuff if you only know the Cantonese pronunciation of the characters, since most phonetic...
View ArticleRe: Life in Hong Kong After 1997?
QuotemilgenceCantonese and Mandarin only refer to the pronounciation of the language. The written language is the same for the whole of China.Not quite true. Cantonese and Mandarin have different...
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Quotefunkmistah_jThe more I study Cantonese the more I am intrigued by its history, culture and roots towards Chinese history. I understand that Cantonese is one of the oldest Chinese dialects and...
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