Speak Cantonese

since I grew up speaking it. It’s not that great because I just learned from speaking to my parents and family. And watching Cantonese-speaking movies when I was young. :D

I think my Cantonese has gotten worse as I have less contact with the language. sigh I hope to improve it so people stop laughing at my atrocious grammar. I’m good enough to get by with basic conversation (I’m better than basic but I can’t have good conversations). I wish I was more confident, though.

can someone help me learn the cantonese language

I’ve done canto for a few years now (Official Classes and Self Study) I’m just about to enter year 3 of the classes and I can confirm that Cantonese is the best language I’ve encountered.

It just sounds way cool! Especially if your a non-chinese like me! Chinese people just don’t expect it!

I think mastering this language will take a lifetime… so bring it on!

i think cantonese is the most funky language in the universe!!! it sounds nice and funky.

i can speak what i would call, broken cantonese. lol
well it’s not that bad, at least i can get through a decent conversation. woohoo

English is a language to love. But Cantonese is a language to marvel. So rich and layered, so colorful and deep. Plus, it sounds loud and rude—so fun. Hong Kong slang is a gas. And English cuss words pale in comparison with Cantonese cuss words. So satisfyingly crude and creative. If Cantonese were served as a dish, it would overwhelm your palate.

I thought this was a low priority compared to the other languages I want to learn, but I’ve been making friends who speak Cantonese so I might reprioritize. I’m studying Mandarin at the moment and plan to study it in China. Afterwards I might just stay a bit longer and move to the southern part of the country to learn Cantonese. I know it’s very different from Mandarin, but has enough similarities that knowing Mandarin will be an advantage in learning Cantonese. I guess I’ll have to research some more to figure out just how advantageous it is to see if I can spare the time for it.

Cantonese is a funny dialect. If I pretend not to understand it and just simply “listen” to the tone, Cantonese to me sounds like Vietnamese. I hope I will not lose my mother-tongue because I have been living in Bangkok for so long!

I think it’s really cool how people from so many colourful backgrounds form interesting relationships with each other. But at the same time, I think we do need to make sure that we preserve our cultural backgrounds as we become increasingly monocultured. I would like to learn to speak cantonese, and maybe even be able to read some chinese books so I can get more in touch with my roots. My grandma only spoke cantonese and she seemed like such a neat person. It would have been really cool to get to know her =). I think I’ll take some lessons after I graduate and start working.

I’ve now sampled the teach yourself Cantonese tape onto my computer, ready for MP3ing and subsequent transfer onto my mobile for daily revision.

Oh and I’ve got a deadline. I’ve booked a holiday to see my brother in Hong Kong at the end of March. So I’ve got 2 months to learn something. I want to string a sentence or two together, and actually be understood. I think another test will be to understand at least a sentence or two spoken by a local!