Cantonese Lesson 39: More about time(今日，聽日，上個星期)

[@RussellCatchpole]

Hi Amanda, thank you for another brilliant lesson. I am learning so much!

[@5minutecantonese]

You are so welcome!

[@5minutecantonese]

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[@danlsamp9013]

thank you

[@5minutecantonese]

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[@sarmilagrg7952]

Many many thanks Amanda you inspired me to learn cantonese day by day 😍😍

[@5minutecantonese]

You are most welcome! I am very happy to hear that!😁

[@monikaboidya1649]

Many many thanks ❤️❤️❤️

[@5minutecantonese]

You are welcome 😊

[@Mohammed-wm1yb]

As usual, full-of-life teaching ... Thanks a loooooot!

[@5minutecantonese]

You are welcome 😊

[@kishanchherti470]

Thanks a lot sister. Very impressive ways of teaching cantonese

[@5minutecantonese]

You are most welcome!

[@breadyegg]

Hi fellow viewers! As this is jyutping, 'morning' should be ziu1 zou2 (for that hard 'j' sound) not jiu1 jou2 (which is the 'y' sound)

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much for the reminder. I've posted a update and changed my cover and the description. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@buivantam4892]

Thanks Amanda! Have good days!

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much 😊

[@haiderkunwal1143]

Thank you for further explaination

[@5minutecantonese]

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[@yukmingyuen7084]

Very clear! Many thanks

[@5minutecantonese]

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[@tanushyadav5222]

Amanda in the next video can you please teach us about cantonese lazy tongue 👅?

[@5minutecantonese]

Thanks for your suggestion, I will definitely consider that. Stay tuned

[@Iron-Bridge]

Prefer 'cam jat' for ' yesterday'. Kam jat sounds too similar to 'gam jat' which is today 😄.

[@RecorriendoHK]

哇，你终于用粤拼！现在打字是更容易的！

[@5minutecantonese]

😁

[@andrewburd730]

Amanda, these are brilliant. Many thanks. One small point 05:10 you say "last but not the least" grammatically correct but the NES would say "last but not least"

[@5minutecantonese]

Thanks a lot 🙏🏻 I am so used to it. I'll try to avoid that in the later episodes. ( But still have a few)

[@RussellCatchpole]

​@@5minutecantonese Don't worry - The point Andrew makes is valid, but such a tiny, insignificant thing that nobody would pay the slightest attention to the extra "the". In fact, here's a popular English colloquialism you may not have heard, that's far more useful to learn - "Nit picking" 😉

[@LongNguyen-ci9qx]

Hi Amanda. Is there a specific reason why i can say gam1 ziu1 and ting1 ziu1 but cam4 jat6 ziu1? Or is this something we will have to remember?

[@5minutecantonese]

Unfortunately we have no specific rule for this, just have to remember 😅

[@lexb277]

👍

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you

[@beardan76]

I find it a bit strange that you can say hah sing keih but not hah laih baai. Thanks for the lesson Amanda!

[@5minutecantonese]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@mrtsiqsin2290]

"laih baai" is not a time adverb. It originally refers to the action of worship or religious service. Later people took it to mean the same as "sing keih", but it retains its grammatical function as an action, and we need to add a classifier for an action, i.e. hah go laih baai.

[@jd4925]

Can I ask which is the more common way to say 'week' in conversation? Thank you Amanda

[@5minutecantonese]

To be honest, both of them are equally common. But in written form, we only use sing1 kei4. So, if you are beginner, I will recommend you use sing1 kei4. But you need to know the other one for listening as it's equally common.☺️

[@mrsmanzano8925]

last-seong this-gam next-haa is this correct? can I use this in other words for example. gam ngo hai-this is me? im really confused.

[@5minutecantonese]

This lesson focus on the expression of time. If you want to say this. Please refer back to Lesson 7. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4vHdaKjp754m6c This is me. ni1 go3 係我

[@isagamach1]

Isn't it 琴日 kam4 jat6? The 1st character is different🤔

[@5minutecantonese]

There are 2 ways kam4 jat6 琴日 cam4 jat6 尋日 Both of them mean yesterday and they are equally common.

[@isagamach1]

@@5minutecantonese yeah, that's right. I mean 琴日 is written differently in the video😊 I wonder if it's a typo or not

[@tanushyadav5222]

Amanda what is mat6 can you tell me what's mat6 je5 (if the meaning is what for both of them ,so plz tell us when to say mat6 and when to say mat6 Je5)

[@5minutecantonese]

Basically, they are interchangable. imagine if you say mat6 je5 very fast, it becomes mat6 in the end, same case as hai6 m4 hai6 (is it?) and hai6 mai6, when you say hai6 m4 hai6 fast , it becomes hai6 mai6. It just depends on your mood.