Cantonese lesson 1: pronouns (I, you, he/she 我你佢)
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I am Amanda from Hong Kong. I enjoy language learning. I speak cantonese, english, mandarin, Italian and German.
I guess whenever you tell the Cantonese speakers that you want to learn Cantonese. They will appreciate a lot, but the next minute they will tell you it's very difficult, almost like a mission impossible. So at the end you try to memorize few expressions by heart or simply give up.
I am not a professional teacher, but I am a professional student. I love to share how I learn language and try to use my own stupid way to teach you. I hope I can help you to make some simple sentences. Don't just try to surprise your cantonese friend with Cantonese foul language(I know it's the easiest way). But you know what I mean... 😂
I have another channel to teach Cantonese in italian. I put English subtitles there. Hope you enjoy.
As I mentioned, I am not a professional teacher. Please leave me comments if you have any.
Sorry, I have made a typing mistake of "to buy", 買 ，it should be "maai5" instead of "Maan"
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Italian version(my first video) :
• Cantonese Lezione 1: i...
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Dear Amanda, Normally, someone teaching Cantonese misses out the pronouns or concentrates on the tones and the learner is overwhelmed after a few minutes. The way you teach is excellent.
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Just tried today! Amanda you are an excellent teacher!!!!
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1:20 am = hai6 = to be (only one used)
1:30 I - ngo5
1:40 - you - nei 5 (sounds like L)
1:49 he/she (no genders) - cui5
2:25 to eat (sounds like sick) = sik6
2:45 to buy (sounds like mai) =
3:20 They (you , we, they - plural) nei5 dei6
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===NOTES====
「大家好，我係Amanda。收睇《五分鐘廣東話》」
大家好
歡迎
收睇
PRONOUNS: 我，你，佢
1:00 係
2:00 SENTENCES
「我係Amanda」
「你係Anna」
「佢係Sam」
「佢係April」
2:24 TWO VERBS：食，買
3:00 PLURAL FORMS: +哋
4:15 SENTENCES
「你哋食pizza」
「佢哋買pizza」
食lunch
「 你哋食lunch」
「我買pizza食」
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