Re: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
QuoteSimon Pettersson Mandarin is a completely different language.I agree with you, but I think these "Mandarin crusaders" would beg to differ.QuoteSimon Pettersson At any rate, I'm against using...
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QuoteSimon PetterssonOn the other hand, people who don't make the distinction would have to memorize which words have which initial. I've met a lot of people who don't use pinyin input when writing...
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If you want prescriptivism in harmony with descriptivism, you might want to choose a better example than "will" vs. "shall". To quote Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage:QuoteOur conclusion...
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I've heard old people (70+) years of age say 你 as lei5. Most people here say it, whether old or young, so that means that it's been around for a long time, it's definitely not new.However, you must...
View ArticleRe: To preserve canto please send this to TVB
A lot of people in Hong Kong criticize the quality of TVB dramas, even those which use Cantonese actors and which are filmed in Cantonese. In fact, I don't think that most people in Hong Kong...
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Quotebeardan In Australia, 'Journey to the West' was called 'Monkey Magic'. It was great. There was Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and the monk was Tripitaka. At that point i had no idea the show was from...
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[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]On the character page, the only reading 板 is given is baan2, so I suspect there is a typo in this entry.
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you could be right. I really dont know. This is a clip of the great show...[www.youtube.com]
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Quotebeardan At that point i had no idea the show was from China, we knew it was dubbed into English. But my brothers, sister and I loved the show.I dont like watching things dubbed into any language....
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OP, It would be nice if you could leave the original query in place so that when people (like me) who come along later on can still have a look, and maybe learn something.
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Re: N/l merging... Is it that new... or has it been around for a century?
Ther very first statement of how you totally decided to ignore what I said about "any more" makes me not want to discuss this with you because you can just ignore what I say again and again (on other...
View ArticleBrand new learner advice - immersion
I've noticed over the past few months that the same topic has come up a few times in different ways. It's always this same question - 'I'm starting to learn Cantonese, but how do I get better?' Every...
View Article俳句 paai4 gau1
Cantodict has 俳句 paai4 gau1However, 句 only has pronouciations of geui3 and ngau1.Should we add gau1 to it?
View ArticleRe: Why English and Cantonese are virtually the same language
The book I got the tones from is from 'Interesting Cantonese 2' by Suzanna Ng. It has nan3 not naan4 but the rest of the tones are the same except im using the Yale system.
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QuoteChanggiIt used to be one when it was first introduced, yes. So you're just going to call English Romanization and not English writing, or whatever? It is not one any more because it is not some...
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I completely agree that listening to Cantonese is a great way to improve your fluency. Even listening to stuff you only half understand is helpful, but the helpfulness comes from the bits you do...
View ArticleRe: Why English and Cantonese are virtually the same language
Quotebeardan The book I got the tones from is from 'Interesting Cantonese 2' by Suzanna Ng. It has nan3 not naan4 but the rest of the tones are the same except im using the Yale system. naan4 is...
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