Many overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia , US and Cananda can speak mandarin and chinese dialects such as cantonese, teochew, hokkien and hakka.
@honghuynh93225 жыл бұрын
Dear Sifu, Every time I watch your videos with my family, I have to translate to Cantonese and Vietnamese for them. My family has been inspired by your story and so on. Therefore, they are always asking me to translate even though I am really busy. :) Would you mind adding Chinese subtitle in your future videos? I think it would be helpful to the Chinese especially to those who is not really good at English but really want to learn from you. Your huge fan.
@marczurcher26265 жыл бұрын
Great video Dan, I was just 6 days in Hong Kong, interesting city and I had great experiences there.I was always fascinated by The Chinese and the 2 different languages, Cantonese and Mandarin, I am very keen to pick up a few phrases. I worked with Chinese too, learned a couple of words, some swear words I don't use, LOL. Thank you for sharing, great video.
@deepat74686 жыл бұрын
You should start a Mandarin course for business people!
@jlina7 жыл бұрын
Really interesting! Thanks. I found the same thing in Mexico speaking Spanish....100% true about gaining trust and relationships.
@kiljabae6 жыл бұрын
Hi Dan, I love your videos and content. I just started to learn Cantonese, as my husbands family is originally from HongKong :) One day I hope to have fluent conversations with them. Hope you have some good learning recommendations for me. Have a great day! Keep up doing this great job on "teaching" people!
@DanLok6 жыл бұрын
As you continue to apply it daily, your Cantonese will get better.
@cheungjack76965 жыл бұрын
I am a Cantonses learning English, if you dont mind we learn together, plz contact me ^ ^
@ReplayActionSports6 жыл бұрын
We speak fluent French and Spanish and never even considered "learning/speaking" Chinese BUT.... now we see a way to BLEND/SELL our existing languages into Cultural Development and eventually business with the Chinese - Thanks Dan and Ladies for the great content.
@dnb1276 жыл бұрын
Im a Caucasian learning Mandarin for a few years now. Definitely making progress as I study daily. It feels good to be reassured it is worth learning in a business sense. But it also helps that I enjoy listening to it even while I am sleeping.
@neverloosehope42337 жыл бұрын
Thank You Dan & Co. for the openness.
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
Keep watching. Keep learning.
@anitat57817 жыл бұрын
i'm an ABC (american born cantonese-chinese) haha i would like to learn mandarin. I can't read the characters but can comprehend.Learn my cantonese phrases from TVB lol. I watch Taiwanese dramas over the years and it did help me a bit when I went to Taiwan this past August :-)
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
Continue to immerse yourself in the language. Repetition is the mother of all skill. keep it up
@MrAbsinator6 жыл бұрын
I'll be buying/attending a course on Cantonese (most of my friends speak it) very soon and then plan to learn Mandarin so thanks for uploading this video. Serves as a good starting point in my education .
@RichardHema7 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you Guys.
@misskitty21876 жыл бұрын
有趣的视频谢谢 Yǒuqù de shìpín xièxiè ( interesting video thank you ) By the way I googled this
@lauraanncohn39526 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. We lived in Temple City, CA for a few years and the Chinese there are always so nice to us. Our dentist is Chinese. He is the best. I don't know much about the culture. I love the idea of learning some Mandarin. You mentioned in some of the replies below to Google search the top Mandarin language learning software. Do you have one you recommend?
@DrDarp7 жыл бұрын
Yes certainly interested in learning Mandarin
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
Maybe I will talk more about this in a future video aside from this one. Keep learning
@littlefish21247 жыл бұрын
Very information thank you
@AlexC5955 жыл бұрын
In Taiwan and Fujian, they speak Hokkien too.
@user-cd7bf5np7f2 жыл бұрын
I dream have books in chinese and english same you ok
@Coughtry7 жыл бұрын
HI Dan. thank you for your efforts and your informative videos. My Wife is Thai and I'm American. I have a difficulty listening to the tones lick in the Chinese language. How would someone who grew up with lazy ears developed the skills to listen to tone and identify them as different meanings and words?
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
If you want to improve in any language definitely do a Google search for top Mandarin Chinese software that will help you correct your pronunciation and more
@anitra77477 жыл бұрын
My son is learning mandarin language as well as the culture for his vocation. I tried to learn a little but it's very complex and my resource is not so good maybe. I try to speak Mandarin to local restaurant owners and they look at me like "wha?!!!" I confirmed they speak Mandarin. I need more personal lesson like my son. Maybe someday he can teach me when he is home.
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
Good personal story shared. Google search top Mandarin language learning software
@Revhead887 жыл бұрын
Try Memrise Anitra its a great free app for learning both spoken and written mandarin.
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
Practice and immersion are also key
@anitra77477 жыл бұрын
Virtue-Signalling Man, thank you for the kind suggestion, I truly appreciate it! I have been using the Memrise app but I find that sometimes I'm getting my inflections wrong. I get very nervous to speak, but the people I talk to are very patient with me. In truth I don't have a great deal of time to devote to this but I am looking forward to when I will. It would be wonderful to be able to speak to my son in Mandarin! I bet he will aspire to learn Cantonese as well. When my son was little we loved watching Chinese films together. We never watched them in dubbed form because you lose so much that way! I remember my son would have a notebook and pencil to make notes so he could try to learn the language! Now that he is almost finished with his Mandarin language course, he watches the movies and sees the discrepancies in the translation! Our love for learning other cultures has always been a way for us to bond.
@stillstanding13356 жыл бұрын
I want to learn Cantonese or Mandarin to eventually expand my coaching practice for people with anxiety. Would you lean more toward Cantonese or Mandarin if you had my goal?
@shicaitangfengshui59096 жыл бұрын
I want to learn more English to upgrade myself to talk to westerners fluently.
@cheungjack76965 жыл бұрын
Hey I am good at both Can and Mandarin, would you mind communicate with me ?
@LUCAS-go7jl7 жыл бұрын
Everytime I go to a chinese grocery store, I feel like they're planning to take over the world or something because I don't understand a single word of what they're saying to each other and they also talk too fast.
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
Haha. Your perception will change as you learn more from language and culture study. Keep growing
@shicaitangfengshui59096 жыл бұрын
I think they are not planning to take over the world. Greeting Chinese in western countries, make Chinese feel warm only.
@boitumelomosoeu91876 жыл бұрын
How and where do I start learning? I'm desperate
@joshuahumes55487 жыл бұрын
Even though I'm of Gaelic ancestry I never cared for European or even Western Society but ever since I was a little kid and watched my first Bruce Lee movie I fell in love with Asiatic societies especially Chinese
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
+Joshua Humes good story shared. Keep it up
@Revhead887 жыл бұрын
Totally Agreed (and in the same boat) Josh. There's something about Asiatic customs (particularly those found in chinese culture) that has a sense of honour about it that is severely lacking in western society. Particularly when focusing on familial structure, respect i.e "face", and personal accountability.
@Revhead887 жыл бұрын
Sifu, I only just found your channel yesterday and am already a huge fan I really appreciate your combination of education(This video and the financial education ones also) and training videos (JKD and Wing Chun). Though I am only about to grade for Blue belt (Wing Chun) this Friday I feel your videos regarding the straight blast punch and effective use of biu sau eye strike combined with the Jut Tek are going to give me an edge for my random attacker gauntlet so I just wanted to say thank you very much for that and I look forward to your next video.
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
In regards to culture one must remember- the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page
@Alvinladen6 жыл бұрын
Im part chinese and my biggest regret is not studying chinese language. Worse, I studied in a chinese school. Shame on me.
@balamanu84985 жыл бұрын
Hello
@kylemaccloud85653 жыл бұрын
Shayshay
@DanielDeyette7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'd be curious about learning Mandarin... Is that the most dominant one? I can't remember from the video which one is the most common business language in China.
@DanLok7 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Deyette Mandarin is the official language of China. So a lot of people start with that