Cantonese Lesson 51: why? Because (點解？因為）and other question words

Hi Cantonese learners! in this lesson, We'll focus on "Why" & "Because" which is very common in our everyday conversation. Whether you are new to my channel, it's always good to review again and again in our language learning journey.
Remember, practice makes perfect.
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I am Amanda from Hong Kong. I make easy and practical cantonese learning videos for complete beginners to intermediate level.
My full time job is a flight attendant. I enjoy studying foreign languages. My job allows me to visit many places and meet many people. So that I have more chances to practice what I have learned.
Due to the covid, I haven't fly regularly for over a year. I find KZbin is extremely helpful for maintaining my language proficiency. One day, out of curiosity, I looked for cantonese learning channels. I was so surprised that there are so little and most of the good one are even from overseas. That's why I started "5 minute cantonese" on 2020.

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Click the link below for the sample worksheet. www.patreon.com/5minutecantonese?filters[tag]=Happy100th%20Free%20worksheet Enjoy!

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OK I am learning Cantonese because work will take me to HK in the near future. I already speak Mandarin and Cantonese is quite approachable for Mandarin speakers to pick up fairly quickly. I have studied several European languages and thought I'd pick an Asian one for a change. It does feel like a lower hanging fruit for me.

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jan1 wai6 ngo5 seong2 jiu3 bong1 ngo5 ge3 zi2 neoi5 zou6 gung fo3. I hope my sentence is correct. Thank you, Amanda! 🥰

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almost perfect 🤩 zi2 neoi5 is the elegant way, very good. If you wanna make it more causal, you can say zai2 neoi2.

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我學廣東話因為我鍾意學我哋中文放言。KZbin 有好多學廣東話嘅頻道不過我覺得係你嘅最適合我。多謝你，Amanda. 希望下年我有機會去香港度假順便練習我嘅廣東話 😄😄

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I learn cantonese because I love Hong Kong movies in the 80s to late 90s. Golden age of Hong Kong cinema. Literally my childhood growing up, and now I’m rewatching these old movies and decided to learn cantonese so that I don’t have to read the subtitles all the time! These English subtitles (and eng dubs)are usually terrible anyway!

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I have the audio exercises in my Patreon page which can be downloaded. You can take a look.😄

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@@5minutecantonese "mut yeh", have you heard of people saying 咩嘢, like this before? It's in my very old spoken lessons.

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we still use this now, means "what"

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@@5minutecantonese when you say it, it's sounds like "meh", in my old speaking (very old) lessons the sound is "mt", "mut". I was confused when I heard it the other way. I don't know if it's more formal or an old way of speaking. 多謝

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mut1 乜 me1 咩 You can choose either one. The meaning is the same.

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Love your lessons! I may have missed a lesson but could you explain what a measure word is?

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Please refer to lesson 11 and lesson 32😉

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@Adam : The English example equivalent would be 1) ' a plate' of food 2) 2 ' pieces' of paper 3) A ' bundle' of clothes

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Good news! I have just purchased a mic🤣🤣🤣 Will use it later. But I still have several videos without it. Please tolerate for a while. Thanks for your support!

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因為我好朋友講廣東話 ! Is it okay or "我嘅" would be better in this case ? 😅

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Both of them are correct. But personally I like the one without 嘅 better.😁

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Hi Amanda, I could not find lesson 52. Will you be continuing to teach please? Thank you🙏

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You are welcome Lesson 52 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5LFhK2mnp6LqNE

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You can also access my channel page so that you can reach all the lessons. :)

[@idontbelonganywhere1136]

Hii, thanks for the video, I have a question, hope it’s okay to ask. For the sentence asking why did you not go to school, is it okay to replace m4 with mou2? Thanks!

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Yes! In this case, you can use either one.😄

[@88foldpath]

Is there a difference between when you would use 為乜 and 點解?

[@5minutecantonese]

點解 means "WHY" 為乜 means "for what"

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Hi!

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Teacher do you use Facebook Page.? If you use can i know? Pls😍

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and how to say "sick" in cantonese?

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Please refer to my vlog 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWTJfI2lqq6Kd5Y Thank you very much!

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I learn cantonese because i heard that they want to destroy the cantonese language, i could hardly believe it ...I asked why and he said because it is 'happy talk'

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phonetically a J does not sound like a Y unless it is mexican please review

[@5minutecantonese]

Jyutping System is different from English phonics. J in jyutping sounds the same as German J which is Y sound in English