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Fearful of being forced into marriage against your will? Concerned your prospective husband may be murderous scum and your family putting political allegiances above your health and longevity? Our advanced Cantonese lesson today is a listening test offering practical advice to the modern woman. If you've already been learning Cantonese for a while listen in and see how much you understand. Note: o...

Learning Cantonese? In our advanced show for today we unleash Nicole and the rest of our team in a podcast filled-to-the-brim with our non-expert and possibly-dangerous opinions about your relationship problems. Don't have relationship problems you say? Then prepare to pass judgment on others' problems, because in this episode we delve into the perennial question of who should pay for what in a Ho...

You might be a fan of Steven Chow. Or maybe you've never heard of the man and in that case we feel sort of appalled that you've made it this far into Cantonese. But in either case, if you've spent time in Hong Kong we're betting you recognize this scene: in a bustling street market, a young butcher slaughters a pig with turn of his machete before lifting a cigarette to his mouth and taking a sip f...

The internship program was one of the most prestigious in all Washington State. And while Susan had expected running it to be a challenge, she had not expected the largest hurdles to come from the company's own upper management, which soon began exerting pressure to find space for the sons and daughters of those connected to the board. And so much so that what used to be a program attracting the s...

What was it about the New York professional set when it came to punctuality and romance? This was Susan's third date in mid-town Manhattan and the third time she'd been kept waiting over half an hour. In most situations you try to be a little flexible, sure, but thirty minutes? On a first date? It was as if this section of the city existed in a private bubble where the normal rules of social court...

你個衰仔！ nei5 go3 seoi1zai2 ！ You're a bad boy! 你真係好唔聽話啊！ nei5 zan1hai6 hou2 m4 teng1waa6 aa3 ！ You really don't listen! 係你妹妹嘅玩具，還返俾佢！ hai6 nei5 mui4mui2 ge3 wun6geoi6 ， waan4 faan1 bei2 keoi5 ！ It's your younger sister's toy. Give it back to her! 你太壞喇！你妹妹乖，你唔乖！ nei5 taai3 waai6 laa3 ！ nei5 mui4mui2 gwaai1 ， nei5 m4 gwaai1！ You're too bad! Your sister's...

1. Listen to the following six characters and count how many have a glottal sound? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 2. Ask someone if they want to eat something by saying 食唔食. What are the tones? a) tone 6, 4, 6 b) tone 3, 4, 3 c) tone 2, 3, 2 d) tone 6, 3, 6 3. What is this sentence about? a) planning a trip b) asking for direction c) checking in d) ordering from menu 4. Coffee is 咖啡. What are the tons o...

食嘢 to eat something 食咗嘢 to have eaten 你食咗嘢未？ Have you eaten yet? 我食咗 I ate 未 no 俾 to give 俾啤酒我 give me a beer 俾水我 give me water 可唔可以俾啤酒我 Can you give me a beer 俾咗 gave

鍾意 to like 我鍾意你 I like you 我鍾意呢個 I like this 你鍾意咩? What do you like? 要 to want 我要呢個 I want this one 你要嗰個 You want that one 唔要 not to want 你要唔要啤酒? Do you want beer? 你要咩？ What do you want? 覺得 g to feel 我覺得凍 I feel cold 佢覺得熱 He feels hot 你覺得點？ What do you feel? 你覺唔覺得攰？ Do you feel tired？

學 to learn 我學廣東話 I learn Cantonese 緊 suffix for the present progressive tense 我學緊廣東話 I'm learning Cantonese 你係唔係學緊廣東話？ Are you learning Cantonese? 講 to speak, to say 我講廣東話 I speak Cantonese 我學緊講廣東話 I'm learning to speak Cantonese 識 to know 我唔識講廣東話 I don't (know how to) speak Cantonese 我識講廣東話 I (know how to) speak Cantonese 你識唔識講英文？ Do you (...

係 to be 我係Brendan I'm Brendan 你係Nicole You're Nicole 你係唔係David re you David? 我唔係David I'm not David 我係美國⼈ I'm American 佢係英國⼈ She's British 你係唔係日本⼈？ Are you Japanese? 有 to have 我有 I have 我有錢 I have money 冇 not to have 你有冇錢 Do you have money? 你有冇水 Do you have water? 你有冇Wifi Do you have Wifi? Questions: 1. Listen to the sentence, and pick the correct tr...

1. What is the tone on the word for tired / 攰? a) tone 1 b) tone 2 c) tone 3 d) tone 6 2. Ask someone if they're hungry by saying 餓唔餓. What are the tones? a) tone 1, 4, 1 b) tone 3, 4, 3 c) tone 6, 3, 6 d) tone 6, 4, 6 3. What is this sentence about? 我要⼀支啤酒 a) ordering a drink b) buying dinner c) greeting someone d) making smalltalk 4. The phrase “American” is 美國⼈. What are the tones...

酒店 hotel 酒店喺邊 Where's the hotel? 餐廳 restaurant 日本餐廳 Japanese restaurant 越南餐廳 Vietnamese restaurant 餐廳喺邊 Where's the restaurant? 唔好意思，邊間餐廳好啲 Excuse me, which restaurant is better? 呢間餐廳好好 This restaurant is very good 洗手間 washroom 洗手間喺邊 Where's the washroom? 呢度有冇洗手間 Is there a washroom here? 超級市場 supermarket 超級市場喺邊 Where's the supermarket?...

機場 airport 機場喺邊 Where's the airport? 飛機 airplane 地鐵 subway 地鐵站 subway station 唔好意思，地鐵站喺邊 Excuse me, where's the subway station 巴⼠ bus 巴⼠站 bus stop 巴⼠站喺邊？ Where's the bus station? 的⼠ taxi 的⼠司機 taxi driver

中國 China 我愛中國 I love China 你鍾唔鍾意中國？ Do you like China? 香港 Hong Kong 美國 America 我嚟自美國 I come from America 我愛美國 I love America 英國 Britain 澳洲 Australia 加拿⼤ Canada 中國⼈ Chinese person 我係中國⼈ I'm Chinese 你係香港⼈ You're a Hong Konger 佢係美國⼈ He is American 我哋係廣東⼈ We are Cantonese 中文 the Chinese language 你可以講中文 You can speak Chinese 你可以講廣東...

我 I 我係David I'm David 我好好 I'm very well 我哋 we; us 我哋好好 We're very well 我哋唔明白 We don't understand 你 you 你好嗎 How are you 你叫咩名 What's your name 你哋 you all 你哋好嗎？ How are you guys? 你哋點啊？ How are you guys doing? 佢 he, she, it 佢叫David He's called David 佢哋 they; them 佢哋點啊？ How are they doing? 佢哋攰唔攰？ Are they tired? Learn this vocabulary