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Learn Cantonese - This, That, These, Those
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 เม.ย. 2018
- Hi there,
Do you know how to say and use "this, that, these" and "those" in Cantonese?
You will after this video!
You'll also learn how you don't have to worry about verb conjugations or plural forms of nouns...
...and you'll learn some useful vocabulary along the way!
This is one of the videos in the "Let's Learn Cantonese" playlist, so if you like it, be sure to watch the other videos in the playlist (and my other videos on the Cantonese Corner playlist).
As usual, feel free to comment below with any questions or comments; subscribe to my channel, and like my videos (if you do :).
You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram @cantonesecorner.
And I have my own teaching website: www.cantolingo.com.
Thanks again for watching, liking and subscribing.
Happy learning!!
Sue Marguerite
PS. Follow me on IG and FB: @cantonesecorner
PPS. Learn more Cantonese with me and open new windows into Cantonese culture by taking my Traditional Characters in Cantonese Pronunciation courses over at www.cantolingo.com.
Learn traditional Standard Written Chinese characters, their Cantonese equivalent (if any), the radicals, proper stroke order, and much more! Classes are on-going and combine online self-study with Zoom sessions. This is a university-level course based on materials from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is effective and fun!
As a native Chinese Cantonese speaker (I grew up in Hong Kong) I am impressed by your Cantonese. You speak no different than a native speaker. Wonderful.
Wow, your Cantonese is much better than mine, even though i m a native speaker of Cantonese.
People's Republic of Bananas香蕉人民共和國 (I like your TH-cam name 😂 )
I seriously doubt that! But I do love the language - love how simple it can be, how direct it can be, and how quirky it can be!
Cantonese Corner thanks for your reply. Keep up with the great work.
Cantonese Corner Hi, I have a question, I’m just starting but I don’t understand why when I put the word “this” into the translator it only says “ni”? But when I put “these” it says it completely, it says “nidi”
@@samuelm9799 Hi there! Sorry for such a late reply. I'm thinking it is because the "go" is just your classifier for people and mainly round-object things. So you could have "nī jek" or "nī tiu" ... so that's probably why. Although "nī go" is the most common, I'd say when you're talking in general, but if talking about a specific thing that uses a different classifier, then I can see why the dictionary would only give you the "nī".
Same here:)
Outstanding, accent perfect too.
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate your taking the time to reply!
It’s so calming to listen to you explaining Cantonese!
Wow your Cantonese is really good I'm Chinese and I speak Cantonese Chinese your Cantonese sounds fluent 👍😊❤
Thanks so much, Angel! I really appreciate your taking the time to leave such a nice comment!! :)
I would say, no native speaker can do better than this. Sue you are a talent.
I'm happy to discover your channel, you teach so clear and easy. I also teach cantonese for latin people because there are a big cantonese community this latinamerica. Please don't give up with your channel, cantonese is a beautiful language and need much support to continue alive.
I thought I answered you, but can't see my reply - I'm sorry it passed me by! I'm so happy to read your comment and to know a fellow Cantonese teacher! I'm going now to visit your channel and subscribe! Thanks so much for watching and commenting and for the nice compliment!
Such a good teacher! I want to learn so I can speak Cantonese during my wedding vows so that my husbands family will understand me! Thank you for being a great resource.
Thank you! That is soooo sweet! I love it! I'm so glad my videos can help, and if there's any questions you have, please feel free to ask (although I'm sure your husband can help with that :) Happy engagement and happy learning!!
I did the same thing in HK. Gave a simple speech at our wedding. 😄 I could hardly talk over the excited reactions.
Wow, very good method to teach Cantonese, I like it, hope we can learn from each other.
The European origin priests from my old school in Hong Kong all spoke accent free cantonese since the 1920's !
Hello dear! I just discovered your channel and I love every bit of it! Thank you for teaching Cantonese! As a native speaker, I never really looked into the grammar and I don’t think I will ever be able to teach it! You explain it so well! I will watch and like all your videos and can’t wait to see your channel grow!
Thanks so much!! It's so true - sometimes the native speaker never thinks about why they say things the way they do, and I learn quite a lot about English from my friends who have learned it as a second language. It's so much fun sharing what I know of Cantonese, and I'm so glad you like it!
廣東話好好 好感動有外國人能夠講正宗廣東話 連中國人都未必識講 多謝你
Good Cantonese I’m very surprised that you speak Cantonese like a native speaker even Chinese people can’t speak it well thank you for your this video
Hi Sam! Thank you for such kind words and support!! I love being able to speak ...and to share what I know ... as you know, it’s such a cool language. 😎
Thank you so much!! Your lessons are really helpful for me! The way you explain and take the time to pronunciation the words is really helpful too. I'm Canadian born Chinese...but I feel really overwhelmed and scared trying to learn more Cantonese but your lessons are so straightforward and you make me feel relaxed. So it feeld very motivating 😊
You're so welcome! You have no idea how happy it makes me to know I'm helping you feel less scared and overwhelmed. Little by little ... baby steps and you'll be making big leaps and bounds before you know it! Happy learning and all the best :)
Thank you Margaret for your instructive videos to learn Cantones. I appreciate all the 'TH-camrs' who are making videos to help people like me learn Cantones ,but I find that yours are the most well thought out!
Thank you so much, John! I don't know how I missed your comment, but I really appreciate you letting me know. It's been awhile since I've posted a video, but hope to soon. Hope you're taking care and still learning Cantonese!
I've been wanting to learn Cantonese for the longest time. And finally I've found the best instructional video ever for learning Cantonese. By the way, Madam you look like the late Karen Carpenter and Celine Dion combined. 👌😅
SpaceAudio thank you so much!!! Wow! I’m so glad my videos can help and I hope to have some more up soon. What’s your reason for wanting to learn? 🤔
And wow! To even be mentioned in the same sentence as Karen Carpenter and Celine is so amazing to me - thanks for making my day! 🤩🤗😍
Wow. Your intonation is spot on !
Thank you! :)
LOLL as a native speaker I can learn Cantonese all over again from watching your video… haha I think a lot while watching it🤣🤣
You are wonderful!
This is the best lesson I’ve ever watched on TH-cam. Great style.
Better than most people in Guangzhou & Hong kong.
I'm not sure about that, but I really appreciate the compliment! :) Thanks so much!!
I’m actually from Hong Kong you speak it very nicely 😄😄
your videos have been so helpful and comforting during quarantine lol
Xander R I’m so glad!! Hang in there and happy learning! 💪🙌🙏
Wow! Truly impressed!
Amy Loc Thanks so much! 🙏💞
@@CantoneseCorner I am so happy I found your channel. I used to be fluent when I was younger but now my Cantonese is terrible lol ☹. You're an awesome teacher and you make it easy to learn! Thank you! 😊
I’ve actually just learnt so much about my native language it is scary 😂
That is awesome!! Your comment made me smile, and I guess I'm glad I could help shed some light :D Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
You teach very good I am very surprised!
Thank you! It surprises me too 😅☺️
I'm really grateful for your hard work on this video.
Thanks for commenting to let me know and sorry for my delayed reply! Playing catch up on the comments today :)
嘩！廣東話發音好正！
只聽聲音的話，絕對以為妳是廣東人👍👍👍
多謝!! Thank you so much! :)
I'm a Cantonese speaker. I am amazed at your accent. How can I learn English from you please？
O my goodness, your Cantonese is fabulous.
Thank you so much! 🙏💞
Your Cantonese accent is perfect. lol I am actually working on my English with your videos. I like the way you speak English, and I am working on my Standard American English. Anyway, it’s encouraging to see one’s accent can be gotten rid of as I have doubts from time to time.
Thank you! I’m so glad to know that I can help you with your English!Thanks for commenting to let me know - happy learning! 🎉
Learned a lot from this video. Clear and concise. Thank you
You're welcome! I'm so glad it helped :)
Madam, your tutorials are very helpful! Although I am a HK born and raised citizen but i must say you are doing a great job! keep helping people and thanks again!
Ricky S thanks so much for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!! I’ll keep doing my best! 💪💪😁
I appreciate you showing the positioning of the nouns in english vs cantonese. makes it very intuitive! thx
You're welcome! :)
I’m very impressed. Im also learning a lot. 😊
Hi ! Long time no see(好耐冇見） ! Your Cantonese is very good ,You can open a Cantonese school in the UK ! I hope that more and more British people will learn Cantonese, because the United Kingdom will cooperate with Li Ka-shing to build a Hong Kong city. Many Hong Kong people will immigrate to the UK by then.
Hi Felix ... yes, hóu nòih móuh gin 好耐冇見 long time no see and apologies that it’s been even longer this time!! Hope all has been well with you. I have never heard of this idea for a “Hong Kong city” before but support it 100%! Would be so cool if that does happen ... it is soooo sad to see the HK mentality and culture under siege. Those in power should be celebrating and preserving its uniqueness, but all they want to do is create this huge, homogenised, horrible GBA 😓 I know things change and we can’t stay the same, but it could have been managed so much better ... by all sides. I would love to live in the UK - so much history and culture. I’ve only been there once but have a lot of friends from there. Can’t wait to be able to travel again once Covid is under control (or managed). Take care! 🤗
@@CantoneseCorner Thang you very much!😊😊
I remember during the early 1970's one of the Hong Kong TV reporter interviewed a dragon boat race British participant in English and he was totally shocked that the answers were in perfect accent free cantonese with immense detail on the water conditions at the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter.
You speak Cantonese very well !
Thumb up 👍🏻
Thank you!!
I think I'm in love. Your Cantonese is just beautiful.
Wow! Thanks so much ... that's so nice of you to say!!
WOW!!! her pronunciation is so accurate!! so rare
Thanks a ton for the compliment -- I appreciate it! :)
for the gógo I use different tones because of my "village accent"
Your teaching ways is the best I’ve ever seen,the easy way and absolutely clear to a beginner like me,😍 Thank you so much hope your channel help me more improve ❣️❣️
Hi and thank you!! Sorry for the huge delay in replying to your comment - playing comment catch up today :) I'll be uploading more videos soon!
:O your cantonese is so good better then mine lol and am Cantonese :( very good
I always order the lemon iced teas when I eat at Hong Kong cafes. There’s a few out here in San Gabriel valley. Good and cheap too!
Very helpful for fresh cantonese learn..✌✌
I'm glad you think so! Thanks for commenting! :)
Im learning from the Complete Cantonese book, which Im finding very well structured and has a lot of different activities to learn every aspect of the language. tThe book progresses quite quickly though and I've found it's great to watch your videos and get another point of reference, you simplify it way better than the books.
Hi there! Thanks for commenting and for such a nice compliment. I'm so glad you find my videos useful! I haven't seen the Complete Cantonese book, but I'm interested to take a look since I've been looking for more books to draw from for the lessons I do and for some more formal lessons I'm planning. Thanks again!
You sounds a lot sweeter than most native cantonese speaking ladies !
I just found you! Very impressive! Did you grow up in Hong Kong?
Helen Fong I’m so glad you did! 😁 🎉 I guess in one way I “grew up” in HK since I’ve now spent more than half my life there, but age-wise, no, since I only arrived after uni so was already in my early 20s. 😊
This is the first video from your channel I have watched, and I think you explain things very well, 多謝。I subscribed.
Thank you for subscribing! :)
Hi Sue , I am glad you could speak such fluent Cantonese. I am a polyglot and I wish to expand my horizon in language. How long do you think it is realistically going to take for a person with a reasonable learning curve to learn Cantonese ., especially an English speaking person . Thanks for your help . I have subscribed and I will definitely follow and your lessons are encouraging. Thank you/
Hi there and so sorry for the delay in my reply! Hmmm.... there are so many factors to consider, it's almost impossible to say. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful, but hope that now that it's been a month or so you have a better idea of the answer for yourself. I'm going to check out your channel now - thanks for commenting!
Love this and you.
Thank you! That's really kind of you to say. So sorry it's taken me ages to see and reply. Hope you're doing well and will have a video up again soon!
@@CantoneseCorner yes
your Cantonese is so good! I envy u😫
Love this channel. More content please :)
Thanks so much!! I really appreciate the compliment! Yup! I'm working on more and will have another video up soon. Stay tuned, thanks so much again, and happy learning!! :-)
Cool I'm happy I discovered this channel today. Time for me to return to cantonese studies. 萬歲Mahnseui!
Thanks for the video i like to learn cantose language
You're welcome! I'm glad you're learning :)
Thanks
You're welcome! :)
Very helpful. Thank you
Thanks, Maria! I'm so glad you found it useful. :)
your Cantonese really speaks like a hongkonger.👍
Thank you!! I appreciate your taking the time to comment ... to me, there’s no higher compliment! 🙏🥰
Really help me a lot 💗💗💗
Thank you for taking the time to let me know! I'm so glad they're useful and are helping you learn. :) Gā yáu!
🙌💪💪🙌
好勁! So great explanation
My feelings currently: *Celine Dion is teaching me some cantonese words* 😂
Looking forward for this lesson. I hope I'll improve my cantonese.
Love from Malaysia😘
Hi there! How sweet - thank you! You made my day! :) She is one of my favourite singers and people. I hope I can help you improve your Cantonese, too! Happy learning :)
@@CantoneseCorner 😘😘😘
I don't know why I like cantones more than Mandarin
Hi ma'am.. New subscriber here.. Just met u at the bus😊😊.. Such a wonderful lady. Im sure I'm gonna learn a lot from u☺️🙂
Hi Viola! So nice to meet you today ... a happy coincidence! 🎉🎉 Thanks so much for subscribing! 🙏 If there’s anything you’d like me to cover let me know! 😊 Have a good evening! ✨
Your Cantonese is very good👍
Thanks so much!!! 😁
I was so discouraged about learning Cantonese but I see some hope now. I want to learn it fast but don’t know where to start. Please help 😂
Yes, there is definitely hope!! If I can do it, anyone can! Where are you? I mean, do you live in a Cantonese-speaking place or have someone to talk with every day? :)
very helpful! thank you.
You're welcome! So glad you found it useful. :)
Thank you for your cantonese lessons. I am one of your subscribers. I hope you can teach us the basic questions and answers in applying in a company.
You’re welcome and thanks for being a subscriber! I’d be happy to ... do you have any specific questions and answers in mind? Or what type of company?
Cantonese Corner
what is your name?
How old are you?
How long have you been here in hongkong?
Marital status: single married etc
Do you have a siblings? How many siblings do you have?
Where are you residing here in hongkong?
How much is your expected salary or how much was your salary in your previous employer?
What are your working experiences? Thanks in advance..
These are all great questions! I'll try to get a video done just as soon as I can. :)
Cantonese Corner thank you.
omg your accent is immaculate!!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the compliment! :)
wow, I really have no excuse. I'm 31 and have been frustrated all my life not knowing exactly where to start or not keeping up with it really, but my mother's language is cantonese and I just can't seem to register to anything what so ever. I would love to be able to learn to finally communicate with my grandparents but I just get frustrated and give up. I really think it is inspiring to watch your lessons and just hearing how smooth and fluent your accent sounds when you speak it. I hope I too can learn it still at my age. Again, I really have no excuse. How long did it take before you realized you were carrying a conversation or understanding?
Hi Vanessa - thanks for sharing that! Being able to communicate with your grandparents in Cantonese would be like opening up a whole new world I would think! And oh my gosh, you definitely can learn it at your age!!! Ppl always say you have to be super young (like a child) to learn a language well, but I think it's more motivation and perseverance that makes the difference. I didn't grow up with it, and I can do it, so if I can, anyone can!
As far as carrying on a conversation and understanding...honestly really simple conversations (like "Where are we going?" "Do you like this/that?") were really quick -- after I suppose a couple of weeks and then it just grew from there...but I was in Hong Kong and surrounded by it, so that of course makes a big difference. I wish you luck and happy learning!!
Thank you for this lesson, this language sounds hard.
Terror Channel - thanks! Funny because I posted not long ago on my Instagram @cantonesecorner something about how Chinese is the hardest language to learn. 😂 but it is totally worth the effort! 💪💪🎉🎉😁😁
Thanks, it's very clear. I can let my girl friend watch and learn it.
You're welcome! I hope your gf will find it useful. Thanks for commenting!!
Nice video!
Thank you so much!!
Shitttt, your Cantonese is fucken perfect! The pronunciation is 好撚準!
Thank you! :)
Great videos!
Thanks so much!!
哈囉請問有冇收到IG 私訉同口訉。希望收到你回覆🙇🏻♂️謝謝🙏
very cool hairstyle
ho leng ah
Thank you? :) It changes with the seasons .... dry weather, (October-November) my hair is straight .... humidity? (rest of the year) crazy curly and frizzy haha :D
好勁，好準！
好多謝你！
厉害了😄
多謝! :)
Hi,Cantonese books are available here in Philippines?
Your accent is perfect wow! how many years it takes you to learn cantonese? thanks for the video.
You're welcome and thank you!! That's so nice of you to say!! Sorry it took me awhile to get back to you ... honestly, I feel like I'm still learning, and I don't really remember how long it took before I was able to get around quite well in daily life ... definitely a gradual process, though!
你好有天份，廣東話係好難學的
Hello
Do you have any class in Hong Kong
What is the saltuation at the beginning - "nei ga hoi something"? I've heard it in other cantonese instruction content. Thanks!
Hi there! It's: "Hi! Daaih Gā Hóu" ... which literally means "Big Family Good" and translates to basically: "Hi everybody!" (The "daaih gā" meaning "everybody"). In characters, it would be: 大家好 !
You might also hear a variation on my other videos (or other people's) which is: "Néih deih hóu!" which is the same, but replaces the "Daaih Gā (大家)" with "Néih deih (你地)" which means "you all". (Note that the "deih" character should have the little mouth character in front of it since it's not a proper written character, but I couldn't get my computer to write it that way!)
Can you talk about the different accents/Cantonese dialects in the southern parts of China
Hi there - sorry for my late reply! I don't think I know enough about this, actually. But it is something I'd like to learn about myself. If I find someone willing to come on the channel and talk about it, I'll definitely do it! Thanks for the suggestion! :)
Awesome!!! Keep teaching through the vids. Greetings from Germany! 祝福。魏笑龟:)
Hi Martin! Thank you, and am getting another one ready soon! :)
太好了。再见，马丁
Does Cantonese use 呢種 and does this mean that
粵語太博大精深
一句同意思句子有多種說法
Wow. What the heck. You speak better than some locals.
😅 I'm not sure about that, but thanks for the compliment! I appreciate it! :)
The “ni” sounds like “yee” or “lee” to me. Can you clarify? Thanks!
You're right! The "n" and "l" in Cantonese are almost interchangable for so many of the words that are written in the ping yum as "n" -- néih sounds like léih almost always and the nī is pronounced as "lī" (those are just two examples) and yes, it does sound a lot like "yee" as well. All depends I guess on how slurred (or one might say "lazy" but that's not very PC, I know :) one wants to be!
I hope that helps and thanks for watching! :)
Cantonese Corner thanks! So “ni” would be the non-lazy pronunciation...
@@CantoneseCorner 廣州話有兩大種，西關口語，用“依”啲，東山口語用“呢”啲。
哇。你啲中文咁好嘅～
It is absolutely an awesome video!!
Thank you so much!! :)
Can you teach a topic that NO ONE teaches - the ending sounds that are so prevalent in Cantonese and have no direct meaning. Example, la, bor, gor, wor, gor bor, gair, gwa. Example: "mm hai gwa" which means "it is not". What is "gwa"??
To me, Cantonese sounds better than mandarin
yeah, as soon as I heard you speak I knew you were from Hong Kong :)
Thanks for commenting -- I'll take that as a compliment! :) :) :)
Hey people, I just realized that I say 伊個 for "this" instead of 呢個, although I do occasionally catch myself saying 呢個 in certain situations. Can someone tell me why i'm saying it that way? Am I wrong?
I'm curious ... in which situations do you use the nī go (呢個) and which do you say the yī go (伊個)? I don't think I've ever heard anyone use the yī in that way ... definitely the "lī" (L sound) though for sure! Looking forward to what others say/think. :)
@@CantoneseCorner 廣州話有两大系，西關口音，用“依”啲，東山囗音，用“呢”啲。西關及東山係廣州市中兩區。西關接近南诲，係從前有錢人聚居地，而東山係較多做官嘅人居住。我係土生香港，祖籍廣東南海西樵，移民美國多年，剛才發現你嘅 youtube，會繼續收睇。我哋自小講廣東話而唔係正正統統去學廣東話。
@@CantoneseCorner 你可以响youtube 尋找 “笑談廣州話”，其中一集講到西關口音及東山口音嘅分别。
好勁啊啊啊
多謝晒！😘😘😘
你讀音好準﹗
dō jeh saai! :)
哇 你d广东话好好喔！
謝謝您! :)
You a god your better than me.
Also do you know theirs a Cantonese accent and if you don’t Speak the accent then your speak the white accent.
Hi madam,
Why you are not uploading new lesson, guess that you are busy now a days. Please update your new one whenever you get free. Thank u
Hi there and you're right ... I've been super busy lately since we had to move unexpectedly and other things have gotten in the way. I hope to be back up and posting this weekend. Thanks so much for sending me a message ... I've been feeling bad about being away so long and am definitely looking forward to doing more lessons again!