5 Things To Know Before You Start Learning CANTONESE
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Hopefully I've redeemed myself from my old video 5 years ago about 'pretending' to speak Cantonese... now I've been learning since Feb 2018 on my own using a combination of apps and trying it out with people I know! It's a fun language and definitely a great way to get into Chinese if you haven't already started :)
This is part of season two of my vlog channel, where I'll be making videos of all kinds of random things. If you want to see what I do normally, check out my main channel above.
★ PROGRAMS I USE TO LEARN CANTONESE ★
Nemo Cantonese (old app but great for flashcard work when you're on the bus or driving. I used this to learn 1000 common words and phrases): apps.apple.com/us/app/cantone...
CantoneseClass101 (podcast-style app with real world dialogues, supplementary texts and materials included. Like a less serious Rosetta Stone, and this is the only one I've found where the speakers are legit. I used this to learn grammar and real-world usage): www.cantoneseclass101.com/
★ TIMESTAMPS ★
0:00 Introduction
0:37 How long have I learned Cantonese for?
1:17 1. Difference between Cantonese, Mandarin and other dialects
4:05 2. Difference between Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters
6:07 3. Difference between Spoken and Written Cantonese
7:45 4. Get to know Jyutping - the easiest system of romanisation
10:24 5. Practice your tones... a lot
12:19 Final words
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@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
UPDATE: I have a new video with 10 Cantonese words for beginners to start with! You can check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it6ch5eG16-WpIE.html You can also check my new video on how to COUNT from 0 to 1,000,000 in Cantonese: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7OVbJR0kpjRqGg.html Welcome back to another vlog! This time it's about language and my recent 2-year+ journey of self learning Cantonese. It's been fun picking up a new language and I'm hoping that this will help anyone who's looking to try a new language, or to get better at Cantonese pronunciation (although mine isn't 100% either hahaha). Use the timestamps above to skip to certain sections if you'd like. Thanks for watching and have a great week! #AdamTanVlogs
@tzarinavictoria3531 3 жыл бұрын
How about doing a video on mandarin of today and pre mao days, good and bad elements , points of interest etc etc
@evermorevictorious2742 3 жыл бұрын
Your two diagrams on 10:50 & 11:30 are totally contradictory over the tone contours of the two rising tones (tones 2 & 5) and the falling tone (tone 4). Please correct them.
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
@@evermorevictorious2742 how is it contradictory? Seems right to me haha
@evermorevictorious2742 3 жыл бұрын
@@iDreamDance @Adam Tan Vlogs Diagram at 10:50-- tone contour for tone 2 is 35; tone contour for tone 5 is 13. Diagram at 11:30-- tone contour for tone 2 is 25; tone contour for tone 5 is 23. Please correct them!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
@@evermorevictorious2742 the coloured lines are supposed to indicate the shape of the tone and how it relates in pitch to the others. For example, 2 (yellow) is a rising tone but it's steeper in its rise than 5 (green). I'm not sure what you mean by 35/13 and 25/23, so you might be misreading the chart. Also they're the same image in both instances, so the fact that you're pointing out something different between them makes no sense haha. And I didn't make it, it's from an official Cantonese learning website.
@cbrtdgh4210 3 жыл бұрын
"You cant use some simplified and some traditional" Japanese: "Hold my Asahi"
@christianmarionespenilla2690 3 жыл бұрын
Kanji readings are a pain in the ass...
@aStoopidHuman 2 жыл бұрын
Yea, especially 义 and 義. Both of them in simplified and traditional, the simplified in traditional is fork. (ik it's confusing I don't have grammaaaaar)
@romanr.301 2 жыл бұрын
I actually once wrote a story about a fictional megacity where Chinese is one of the five official languages, and rather than choosing either simplified or traditional, I opted to make it that the city adopted a hybrid Chinese script, where Traditional and Simplified are mixed, in a manner very similar to Japanese, though where discrepancies exist, Traditional still usually takes precedent. This was one of the MRT announcements that I came up with for flu season: English: "Dear passengers, we ask that all passengers above the age of two wear a surgical face mask when riding public transportation. Please wear the mask properly, both in the train and in the station, and avoid boarding train cars where it is difficult to maintain social distancing, to ensure the health and well-being of our community. The MRT thanks you for your cooperation." NMC Chinese: 尊敬乘客您好，由於最近疾病突発的関係，敬請搭乘大衆運輸時，両歳以上乗客均配戴医用口罩。請在車内及站内全程正確配戴口罩，並避免乘坐難以保持社交距離的車廂，以維護我們社区的健康与福利。MRT謝謝您的合作。 Full Traditional: 尊敬乘客您好，由於最近疾病突發的關係，敬請搭乘大眾運輸時，兩歲以上乘客均佩戴醫用口罩。請在車內及站內全程正確佩戴口罩，並避免乘坐難以保持社交距離的車廂，以維護我們社區的健康與福利。MRT謝謝您的合作。 Full Simplified 尊敬乘客您好，由于最近疾病突发的关系，敬请搭乘大众运输时，两岁以上乘客均配戴医用口罩。请在车内及站内全程正确配戴口罩，并避免乘坐难以保持社交距离的车厢，以维护我们社区的健康与福利。MRT谢谢您的合作。
@story_mode Жыл бұрын
@@aStoopidHuman just to clarify, fork in Traditional is 叉, 义
@annie5247 3 жыл бұрын
lol the "da bao" got me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@handybanana2274 3 жыл бұрын
Lol dabao
@cynhwon 3 жыл бұрын
It‘s a forbidden expression in my family coz (as I recalled) it implies something along the line of death🧐😂
@cyruschan9660 3 жыл бұрын
I flippin spat my drank out😂😂😂
@johnnyloolchoo9600 3 жыл бұрын
@Stxrs_Fxrever bag
@angiee7706 3 жыл бұрын
SAME LMFAOOA
@camiheartzacnskating 3 жыл бұрын
I am from Hong Kong. I am so happy to see someone is trying to learn Cantonese! And I think we generally are all very glad to know that someone is learning it! So there's no need to feel nervous practicing your Cantonese with a native speaker. Just FYI: 1. in 死性不改, 性actually means 性格/性情 (character/personalities) so it means stubbornness (people who won't change their personalities even if they have to die.) 2. 長 is not a common last name. It means 'long' when pronounced as "coeng1" On the other hand, 張 is a common last name. The 2 words are pronounced differently. 3. Personally, I learned traditional Chinese growing up. I think it's easier for me to read simplified Chinese. Maybe something to think about if you are just starting to learn it.
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!! And yes I kick myself every time I think of the 性 and 長 problems haha, wish I had checked the video more carefully... I appreciate you saying that you don't mind us learners practicing too :)
@camiheartzacnskating 3 жыл бұрын
@@iDreamDance Don’t worry! Mistakes are a part of progress! I have so much watching your videos! 加油呀！
@quebueno8822 2 жыл бұрын
A dude from a predominantly Mongolian region of Russia (namely Buryatia) here, I’m quite interested in Cantonese. There are learners in the most unlikely places
@missachin5054 2 жыл бұрын
Yh i know, I’m a Chinese Jamaican and have always wanted to learn my native language. Any places or recommendations on how to learn Cantonese ?
@woohn295 2 жыл бұрын
Ma'am, should I l learn mandarin first in order to learn Cantonese?😭 Or does it matter?
@amytran1178 3 жыл бұрын
When you also speak canto and you have no Chinese canto friends so you search up Cantonese to feel less lonely
@vivianton 3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if you can speak Vietnamese as well
@handybanana2274 3 жыл бұрын
I always feel lonely until I had you in my life.
@stanvicton4652 3 жыл бұрын
same
@peakitchen 3 жыл бұрын
@Kwong Koo my dad's favourite phrase 🙄🙄🙄
@eliesroom4535 3 жыл бұрын
i need fren who can teach me cantonese ... i already can speak Mandarin :p
@fay33e 3 жыл бұрын
Me sitting here being Chinese and knows how to speak cantonese but still watches it cuz is in my recommendation
@silverstream233 3 жыл бұрын
lmao same
@ryo_.8 3 жыл бұрын
Yes but idk how to write it lol
@Handbaglvoer 3 жыл бұрын
Lol me too
@dumplingboi3019 3 жыл бұрын
Same LMAO
@SRPhantoms 2 жыл бұрын
My dad speaks it and never spoke it to me growing up so I’m kinda mad he didn’t :/
@aeexosee 3 жыл бұрын
i’m chinese and my home language is cantonese but i’m embarrassed to say it so i just respond to my family members in english. this was on my recommendation so i guess this is a sign to learn it
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, if I can self learn canto without any of my family speaking it I'm sure you'll learn even faster 😶
@tamakero6735 3 жыл бұрын
Omg I'm on the same boat XD, currently I am trying to fit Cantonese into my conversations more often and eventually maybe at work too
@CHRF-55457 Ай бұрын
One day, maybe you'll surprise your family by speaking fluently in Cantonese XD
@junethanoschurchill6750 3 жыл бұрын
As an American born chinese who has slowly lost a lot of my Cantonese over the years, watching more Cantonese videos from you would be great! Especially in addition to all the helpful percussion stuff you already do!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh I'm glad it helps! Definitely know those first-gen feels very well :|
@takirasharde2318 3 жыл бұрын
@Stxrs_Fxrever If you haven't found one yet, Mango is an app that charges $20 /month but I use my local library to access for free, while I'm home. See if its available to you
@ryo_.8 3 жыл бұрын
Oml same
@waltrmitty 2 жыл бұрын
much of my Cantonese (2nd gen in USA) is from Ip Man et al movies haha
@K150arts 2 жыл бұрын
I feel you, except the fact that i forgot cantonese when i was 5 lol
@Kianglekable 3 жыл бұрын
Traditional Chinese Characters, though seemingly complicated, is actually easier and more logical to learn Plus, it's handsome 😏
@Andrew-yl7lm 3 жыл бұрын
Could not disagree more lol
@kristopheraleman 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. It’s more logical, so the meanings are more visible. The only argument for simplified is if your writing it, but if you type, you can spot them.
@kristopheraleman 3 жыл бұрын
@@rickli84 People don't handwrite as much with the internet, smart phones, etc. I think most people write to take notes. 樂 and 乐 is an example of how simplified characters make it difficult to decifer meanings.
@erturtemirbaev5207 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@rffg781 3 жыл бұрын
Yea.. With the advent of computer typing it takes the same time to type in traditional or simplified. So some mainland Chinese can also use traditional now. And on other hand if u need to take notes quickly HK/Taiwan can use the simplified characters.
@dontsaymynameoutloudgurlpanda 3 жыл бұрын
I’m just going to learn Cantonese cause I go to Hong Kong at least once a year and sometimes thrice a year. My mom’s half Chinese and can speak Cantonese
@emilywithers6441 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Imma move there to live with my dad and step fam and he doesn't speak cantonese so i am gonna be ahead of him hopefully
@LOL-np9ep 3 жыл бұрын
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@cynhwon 3 жыл бұрын
It‘s fascinating how natives don’t learn the Cantonese tones at school like English speakers learn A-Z, but non-native Cantonese learners dive into tones as part of the learning. And also everyone has their own variation of written Cantonese. It is such an interesting language.
@mirnamisevic1993 2 жыл бұрын
I am musician, and I fell in love with this Cantonese language. Sounds like singing!
@DjentleDjiant 3 жыл бұрын
More Canto vids pls!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha you're already good at it though!
@miatoth1935 Жыл бұрын
My mom is Chinese so her and her siblings grew up speaking the language but all the kids like myself never learned so it’s frustrating that I don’t know how but I find it so interesting and want to learn
@the-birbo 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's best to learn traditional if you want to learn more than just Mandarin, because it opens a path to learning Hanja, Kanji, Han Nom, and many other writing systems because all of those systems were developed from the same characters and then later simplified in their own ways which are often very clear and obvious. If you just learn simplified characters at first, you're basically choosing to only use it for Mandarin because it's often not very obvious what the characters were simplified from.
@greyboxmanor 3 жыл бұрын
Lifelong Cantonese learner here :) This was a good basics overview view but definitely would like to request more Cantonese videos for the future!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
For sure will do!
@gracielalowe8483 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much !! Your chinese is too rapid. I try to catch up with you~~you go too fast. Love you though. I am chinese- panamanian ! Keep up your good work !! 13:04 hough
@mikebishop5474 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam, I am a British long term (over forty years) citizen of Hong Kong, which I have long regarded as home. These days I speak "passable" Cantonese, rather than the somewhat higher standard I used to speak. Feeling somewhat guilty about this, I recently began upgrading my standard, in the course of which I found you and your website. You are easily the best Cantonese teacher I have ever come across (and I have had a few over the past decades). In short, you are a natural tutor, and a very all round on screen presenter. If you are not already in that medium, you should certainly think about it. Congratulations, and thank you for your time and skill.
@AK-ob3fp 3 жыл бұрын
Would love to see more Cantonese videos and see your progression! Already amazed at the progress since the dim sum video
@jdawg206A 9 ай бұрын
"Pitches are relative to each other and don't have to be exact" --> I wish I knew this before I was learning Canto as an English speaker. Makes so much more sense now. Also thanks for mentioning why Canto speakers need context for certain words. Many of my Canto speaker friends can't explain to my why they need context, you made it much more clearer now.
@viewercjg 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the encouragment! I started Mandarin 10 yrs back - daughter-in-law from China. Last year picked up Cantonese book in B&H store and book wouldn't let me put it back on shelf, so I began Cantonese in a vacuum. But it's fun so I'll keep up a little at a time.
@davidyeung1287 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I have much more experience with Mandarin, but most of my family speaks Cantonese. I love videos that cover learning Cantonese from a Mandarin speaker's perspective because that's how I always compare them in my head. And covering the "casual" type of words that are only spoken and not used in writing is really helpful.
@TannSharon 3 жыл бұрын
It’s so weird because I can comprehend and understand Cantonese fully but I can’t speak it smoothly and my mind goes blank mid sentence 🥲
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
That was me when I first started! You can watch my new video to help you speak it smoother hehe kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it6ch5eG16-WpIE.html
@TannSharon 3 жыл бұрын
@@iDreamDance will do, thank you!! :)
@waltrmitty 2 жыл бұрын
i can converse, hesitantly, but have the deer in headlights look when the news on tv is presented in Cantonese
@belikestephanie Жыл бұрын
I’m from Toronto, Canada which has a very large Chinese community/multiple Chinatowns and will say Cantonese is extremely common. While a lot of people do speak Mandarin, but when it comes to day to day business Cantonese is the most commonly found. I can go anywhere anywhere and people will switch from Mandarin or other Chinese dialect to Cantonese.
@charizard13111989 3 жыл бұрын
Dammmm bro your video is pretty usefull for non-native cantonese speaker. My Cantonese is ok a decent 7 if i give myself a honest score. But for a native Canto speaker i really like your video and you explain it very well so keep going bro. I'm a HKer , i'm born in The Netherlands untill now and it's a relax country i must say compared to other asian country's
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks man, means a lot coming from a native speaker! Your 7 is probably a 10 to me haha!
@charizard13111989 3 жыл бұрын
@@iDreamDance Hahahaha nooo man i'm not lying my Canto is ok so yeahhh and that's why i give it myself as a 7 cause i still have a lot to learn in my opinion.
@Guresu 3 жыл бұрын
Omg, I remember watching your video a few years ago when I first started learning Cantonese, and now look at how far you’ve come! Even though I’ve been learning Cantonese for a while now, this video was still very fun to watch. I’m thinking of uploading a similar video to it on my KZfaq channel ^^
@timurermolenko2013 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you here! I'm subscribed to your channel🤠
@Guresu 2 жыл бұрын
@@timurermolenko2013 thank you!
@foreverhobbes 3 жыл бұрын
Great job breaking it down! Wish I had had a video like this when I started.
@user-jo5fy1vr5j 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Had fun watching!
@coolco1619 2 жыл бұрын
I admire anyone who tries to learn Cantonese. I often think its impossible especially if you're a foreigner. So very well done you have made it! Congratulations 👏 👏 👏
@bohomouse8890 2 жыл бұрын
Love your explanation. Thank you for making it clear
@juno3254 Жыл бұрын
哈囉！我想補充下喺6:22度：關於Spoken Cantonese同埋Written Cantonese嘅區別。雖然喺書寫中粵語母語者好多時候會用Standard Chinese（國語）嚟寫字。但係粵語其實有自己嘅書寫系統，就係粵文，亦叫粵語白話文（Vernacular Written Cantonese）。呢個先係真正嘅Written Cantonese。我而家打出嚟嘅文就係粵文。 不過好多謝你嘅影片介紹粵語！
@luzildefonso9203 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, and while I am listening to you, I am recalling my Cantonese when I studied at the Chinese University of HK too.
@monityim8058 3 жыл бұрын
u explained most common questions for non-Chinese Cantonese learner! gd job Adam!
@lauramoy9940 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was from Taishan & I've always wondered about learning cantonese.
@roseha86 3 жыл бұрын
Wow really well-made video. I just began to learn Cantonese and your video is super useful! 多謝!
@takirasharde2318 3 жыл бұрын
Your editing lol. This was clear cut and included info I had to chase around the internet to conclude, in one video.
@paulinedn1627 4 ай бұрын
Your video is exactly what I needed!! I want to surprise my boyfriend by speaking cantonese but I felt so lost trying to find content and ressources to learn. Your video is a great introduction to cantonese, thank you so much!
@eyeball102 Жыл бұрын
It’s interesting watching your video putting Cantonese in such systematic way. I love Cantonese more since I moved to Japan last year. Cantonese got its special vibe I. Expressing feeling 👍🏻thank you for loving Cantonese
@TheSwan116 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video, its super helpful 😁
@haleya9510 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, all very clear and well explained!
@jmeslau 3 жыл бұрын
Ty for dividing up the video into sections, you king 👑
@alexanderkofoed9786 4 ай бұрын
Brilliant video, very insightful. I've been learning Mandarin for 4 years and have started to consider learning cantonese
@yangtanw 3 жыл бұрын
Learning traditional is easier to transition to simplified. But it's not the other way around. There are lots of stroke combinations that has meaning which makes it easier to remember or even guess the meaning of a word in traditional. so much wisdom :)
@goodbyeg7032 3 жыл бұрын
You look really chill I subscribed thanks for the video
@istherelifeon 3 жыл бұрын
this is a great summary~ thanks!
@juliannacannato4787 3 жыл бұрын
My mom came to America from Hong Kong with her family, but my parents moved away from them before I was born and I never learned Cantonese. I really want to be able to finally speak with my family, so thank you for this informational video!
@charlespalmerdrawing 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video!
@yongewok 2 жыл бұрын
the da bao video had me in stitches
@JacobPernell 3 жыл бұрын
This was super helpful, thank you!
@percarell6550 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Adam for sharing! I have found out that oe or eo is quite easy for me to pronounce since a lot of the Scandinavian countries use the letter "Ö" that is similar to oe or eo.
@antchovey5154 3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching your dim sum guide a long time ago to prep myself before I went to a restaurant. Now I've also been self-learning Cantonese for about two years as well! It's definitely a unique struggle lol 加油, man!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha that's awesome man! 你都加油啊！
@solarflarecj1067 5 ай бұрын
This is a good video for Chinese learners who are interested in Cantonese! Thanks dude!
@silverstar501 3 жыл бұрын
Native cantonese speaker, still learn something new from your video :) Never really realize Passport and pepper sound similar!!!lol
@keithkatane4854 Жыл бұрын
Excellent music; excellent presentation.
@essennagerry 3 жыл бұрын
Super interested in more videos about Cantonese, will check out more of your videos.
@cannolivibraphone 3 жыл бұрын
vlog channel gang
@yupitsregina 3 жыл бұрын
Wait I stumbled upon your videos randomly but I also played the marimba for a super long time!! So just thought that was super cool hahaha
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh that's awesome! I'm glad you got to experience our wonderful instrument at some point haha
@beardan76 3 жыл бұрын
Great advice Adam! I prefer the Yale system but dont mind jyutping as well.
@stefanietrivino 3 жыл бұрын
Please do more Cantonese videos!! I've been with my HK bf for over two years as well, and I'm amazed by your progress! Hopefully I can be as fluent one day (^^)
@janicaperez4004 Ай бұрын
thank YOU for sharing this
@fatearthworm 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! you explain it well!!!!!!!
@zephyr84 3 жыл бұрын
Great video - simple but the aesthetics are on point! Heritage wise what is your own dialect group, and do you speak it? (I'm going to guess Teochew simply based on your surname haha)
@eneidalebron5122 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the lesson
@xanderp3325 3 күн бұрын
Very helpful. thank you.
@percarell6550 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Adam, much appreciated! Trying to learn Cantonese as a third language!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome man, what are the other two?
@percarell6550 3 жыл бұрын
@@iDreamDance 我係瑞典人! 我識講英文!
@micheleholmes7815 2 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation I would love to learn more
@georgeinjapan6583 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@justinsummerill8231 3 жыл бұрын
I may not have warrant to say this, but as an Australian studying Cantonese as a second language, I have definitely always thought that Mandarin and Cantonese are two different languages, NOT dialects. Mandarin and Cantonese have actually been classed as 'Mutually Unintelligible' because they are different languages.
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
That's also correct! But both are still spoken forms of the written Chinese language, and they still use the same characters and syntax in written forms, so although mutually unintelligible in spoken context it's still under the Chinese language umbrella. I think it can therefore be referred to as either language or dialect 😁 (Also awesome that you're Australian studying canto also!)
@terancekwwong7878 3 жыл бұрын
"We write down exactly what we speak" "白話文運動"。It is a revolution on written Chinese in 1920. It means Madarin speaker write down what they speak. Cantonese speaker write down what they speak. Why that happened? It was because people were using a standard formate of old Chinese as written Chinese. However there was simply no one would like to talk to each other in this old formate. At that time, the Cantonese written formate is more closer than the old standard written formate but far away from the Mandarin written formate. That proves what you said Cantonese amd Mandarin are two different languages. Nowadays, the old standard formate of written Chinese was replaced by Mandarin written formate. That gives a wrong impression that Cantonese and Mandarin are Dialects.
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
@@terancekwwong7878 Interesting take Terance! I still think that because both Mandarin and Cantonese when written appear the same with the same written Chinese syntax (in the present day), it would be easy to say that Chinese is still the overarching language that Cantonese and Mandarin have evolved from. But each to their own, I'm not too fussed as long as we agree that they are different :)
@user-kz9cd8wo8t 9 ай бұрын
Part 3. is the craziest part
@rffg781 3 жыл бұрын
Your Cantonese is great! Interesting observation that Mandarin has similar grammar to English
@johnnywong8982 3 жыл бұрын
Good job!
@x_jaydn 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid, Adam! My journey through Cantonese mirrored yours quite a lot - similar resources, similar obstacles, similar realizations, similar starting times. However, conversely, I started with Canto first, so Mando is more difficult one for me. There's still a lot of vocabulary I've yet to learn in either of the two, but Canto seems to flow much easier for me whereas I sound like a robot when speaking Mando 😂 Do you have any other Canto resources you'd recommend? I've followed the Cantolounge curriculum for quite a while but am really wanting some fresh material!
@augustinep6193 2 ай бұрын
Good video. Thanks.
@hauyung1210 3 жыл бұрын
你講得好好呀!! 💪🏻
@letsgowalk 8 ай бұрын
I already know Cantonese. I just want to talk Australian like this guy!
@jaymixo607 3 жыл бұрын
funny thing is that in official academic exams here in hong kong, although everything is in traditional chinese, you're allowed to write simplified chinese but only if they're in a completed 詞語 (vocab?). so for example for "international" you can write either 國際化 or 国际化, but you get marks deducted if you put 國际 or 国際, bc both characters have to be in the same system
@xxorsayxx 3 жыл бұрын
@@thegloriousmorious9755 The public exam allows it right?
@TheGwaiLouShow 3 жыл бұрын
Nice job!!
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Love your channel name haha
@Braveplantt 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for preserving cantonese! it's been a pleasure for me to also preserve cantonese as a hong konger. 加油！ and also, cantonese is from Canton/Guangzhou , as suggest by the word itself.
@mirashin8400 10 ай бұрын
Thank you again 💓 💖
@alexx_93 2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Malaysia (Malay) ..my grandma used to speak Cantonese at home so that's why I'm interested to learn Cantonese..It's a beautiful language and my chinese friends also encourage me to learn it :))
@angelaraneta7075 2 жыл бұрын
Thank for your video this is interesting and really helpful too. coz I have a plan to work in hk so this is advantage to me to learn Cantonese language advance. 😁😍💖
@mirashin8400 10 ай бұрын
Thank you ahain 😊❤
@whoami50313 Жыл бұрын
Actually I see many Cantonese speakers who like to use the "Spoken" version when they are chatting on the internet. Therefore, I'm a traditional Chinese user, but I still don't know what they said.(I'm from Taiwan) And I feel confused, when I look keyword up with "粵語學習", and there're few tutorial. That's why I'm here when I'm using "Cantonese lesson"....😂
@maryjoycaniedo 3 жыл бұрын
I'm having head burst 😂😂 only your cuteness I got😬🤣✌️
@idealiz96 3 жыл бұрын
Great summary, very helpful 😇 got a few months to speak some basic canto before meeting the bf's parents! 😅
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Good luck!!! You're gonna be great :)))
@tamia.4035 2 жыл бұрын
Very informative for a beginner learner like myself. Trying to learn Mandarin or Cantonese as a 3rd language.
@patrick9150 2 жыл бұрын
What’s your second?
@matiassomoza8207 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam, thank you for making this video. I'm from the southest country in America. For sone reason there was not cantonese speakers inmigration, we have people from mainland China, from Taiwan... I was learning Mandarin with a Tawanese Teacher for a while. I lost some of my motivation because I couldn't find a way to talk to them, I mean, in social termns. The communities are quite closed, at least here, I don't know how it is in other places. Well, so I have no good reason for learning cantonese, except that I like it. I like how it sounds, i like the traditional way of writing hanzi, and I love Wong Kar Wai movies. I found it was not easy to find study material, I found some grammars and stuff, but nothing like, I don't know, the HSK programm of study, or the japanese JLPT international test (and all the literature that surrounds them). And yes, Yale sistem sucks, I don't get it. If you know where to find people that speaks cantonese and want tho share an online talk, o resources to learn. That would be great. And thak you again for your Cantonese videos; I really enjoyed them.
@user-we9kb4ez6m 11 ай бұрын
Thank you😘
@user-qb4ke6gm5b 3 жыл бұрын
Thank youuu
@yatta4059 3 жыл бұрын
Nemo Cantonese is great, but I also recommend Anki. Various sets of flashcards there, with stroke order and example sentences!
@pajscorp 2 жыл бұрын
Why you only have few? Your way of teaching is very helpful. Please upload more. :)
@nuuyatv2275 3 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@alfredcheng5739 3 жыл бұрын
The way you pronounce the word “簡體字” and “繁體字” basically why Cantonese is hard to learn😂
@iDreamDance 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha righttttt
@joao8145 3 жыл бұрын
I'm acquainted with tradicional characters because I can speak and read japanese and in Japan, most of characters are in the traditional version (despite the fact they also simplyfied some characters too).
@ar3yaa245 3 жыл бұрын
Hi? This is the 1st video I watched about Cantonese !! Do you have videos where is teaches creat sentences! How to start and how to end! Plus which words to add where such as grammar !
@SuccessforLifester 2 жыл бұрын
多謝你嘅解釋
@biancasii3146 2 жыл бұрын
new subscriber😻
@JulianMartinez-hy1kw Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍🙏
@bigrobbie1843 3 жыл бұрын
The reason there are so many Cantonese in Australia is shown like this: I knew a Singapore Chinese in the 1980's who got me to design / draft a _lot of chinese restaurants in regional town, using the ( as yet unknown ) self serve food bar. He then worked the business for 6 months when is was built, while the eventual owner worked under him and then took over.. By doing this he bought over many many Hong Kong families ahead of the British Hand-back of 1999. They in turn bought other family members of other trades and professions.
@ragemydream 3 жыл бұрын
Very impressed with the explanation and breakdown. Also glad that you are trying to teach and bring Cantonese to others.
@zipzapblipblap Жыл бұрын
At 9:23 that d in the Cantonese pinyin way is SO heavily there for me, but you seemed surprised by it, so in turn I was surprised by your surprise lmao and anyway sounds are wild, language is so cool 🥹
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