The Road to Fluency - (Re)learning Cantonese
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- A first-generation Cantonese immigrant's journey to (re)learn Cantonese. I grew up speaking it and it's my first language, but it's no where close to fluency. I've always wanted to learn it formally and get better. Now, I finally am.
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Hey there! I'm Jacky. I make videos about learning Chinese, career stuff, and mindful living. I'm a first-generation Chinese American and first-generation college grad, trying to figure out what success means, how to live a good life, and how to not bring dishonor to my ancestors. I'm a Data Analyst / Strategist type at a tech firm, a recovering ex-consultant, and at heart, someone who just really loves learning :)
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Being someone who speaks canto at home and grew up learning mandarin, I can totally see how challenging this is! My brain is wired to think in Mandarin when I read characters. I cant even imagine the rewiring I would have to do in order to think in a different way! this is such an awesome challenge and makes me wanna go practice some chinese now :)
I feel that so much, it’s a weird new feeling to try and read in cantonese. Yes!! Time to 學習
I had no idea that the actual usage of words could be different in canto vs mando - i always knew that ping ying was different for a lot of words, and the inflections sounded different to my ear but wow thats a whole new level of complexity...
Yahh it’s a whole new world. Like even between my dialect and the standard Cantonese, there are tonal and spelling changes across the same word
I still get super nervous before my Mandarin lessons, despite the fact that my tutor is chill. I think it's because of how "out of my depth" I am when it comes to speaking/listening still.
I get that. Definitely gets better over time.
Hey, Jacky. I just stumbled across your channel. I think it's great you're wanting to (re)learn Cantonese, and are interested in your own heritage! That's awesome! Definitely don't get discouraged, and keep at it. The hard work will be worth it.
If you're looking for some cantonese youtube channels to watch, I've written some of the channel names below (I'm not sure if youtube allows me to link them, but you can just copy/paste them in the youtube search bar).
"港。實測Testhongkong" - street interviews for silly questions and random challenges. The subtitles for this one are in written cantonese as well.
"Kofgym" - more of exercising/weight lifting genre.
"Coffee林芊妤" - if you're into yoga.
"米紙" - food and culture around Hong Kong.
There's also a lot of vloggers I watch as well where they talk about random stuff in their lives. Obviously as you watch more Hong Kong videos, other channels will pop up in your TH-cam recommendations, and you can experiment with whatever channels you like watching that you come across in your YT feed.
Best of luck, work hard in your studies, and never give up. If you have any questions, let me know.
Thanks Jason this is awesome! Thanks so much for the encouragement and recommendations. Definitely will check some of these out, and totally agree. I'll give it a few weeks before my entire TH-cam feed transforms from NBA videos and productivity videos to random stuff in Cantonese haha
@@Jackyye 👍