Cantonese Tone Practice - Glass, Pear, Come, Leave, Ignore, Clever :)

Hi there,
(OK, seriously??? KZbin tells me this video has been seen over 420,000 times! How that happened I will never know, but I'm glad you're here! )
Want to improve your Cantonese tones and learn some Cantonese vocabulary? Then buckle up and get ready to learn from my mistake! :)
Yes, in my last video (the one where I introduce you to Patrick), I used the low-falling 4th tone when I should have used the low-rising 5th tone. I thought I was expressing myself correctly (obviously) based on what I thought I had heard native speakers using, and turns out this time I was wrong.
But you know what? Who cares! You will never learn to speak Cantonese if you don't make mistakes, and sometimes these can be hilariously funny; sometimes (hopefully not too often) they can be embarrassing, and sometimes you will flat-out make no sense. But one thing is for sure, if you can learn from your mistake, then you'll be that much closer to speaking Cantonese well and your mistakes will be fewer and farther between.
So have you made a mistake that resulted in laughter, tears or somewhere in between? Please feel free to share your stories below -- I'd love to hear them!
If you haven't already, please like the video (if you do!) and subscribe to my channel. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram (I keep promising to get on there more and soon I will!) and if you want to learn with me more formally, check out my lessons on www.cantolingo.com (more info below in the PPS).
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!

[@sph262]

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[@ericaleungVice]

真係好勁呀😱

[@harrypot2092]

@@Happy-dz1yt 入聲唔計啫

[@elsaoflondon]

​@@Happy-dz1yt 粵拼九聲六調呀大佬lol 調 = tone，指個發音有幾高(相對地) (即係平時所謂既抑揚。國語、泰文等等都有tone)，語言學通用。 廣東話只有6個調。當中第789聲分別為136調。 聲係指4個平上去入，加埋兩個陰陽共組成8聲，加埋第八聲(中入聲)就為之9聲。 教外國人呢啲平時冇講開tonal language既對象，教6調就好夠。

[@elsaoflondon]

@@Happy-dz1yt 所以特登留個言話你知佢教得正確:)

[@user-rc8kd9vn1q]

@@elsaoflondon 特登教多另外3聲=多餘，起因係古代漢韻學家分析錯 清代都開始有入聲非聲嘅質疑出現

[@francischui2442]

好開心，好感恩！ 有人咁支持廣東話，仲教人添！ Support!

[@war3replay]

北方人表示完全听不懂，之前想学，感觉比英语还难啊

[@luxiem_noctyx]

好難得lol

[@tannil3829]

Support Support😍

[@secondhandcharger1315]

@@war3replay 那是肯定的，英語其實算是很容易學的語言。中文可以説是最難之一。廣東話更不用説了，音調多而且還有特殊的字

[@klscola]

虽然自己是广东人，也可以讲粤语，但是用粤语讲容易，用粤语写，真系有点困难，特别有些字，打都打不出来。

[@jaysiu7869]

As a Cantonese, really appreciate all the learning materials you’ve created for non-Cantonese speakers, while many Cantonese (廣東人) in young age can’t speak their mother tongue, which is sad to me.

[@zerosumgamez]

yeah especially when you type in language other than your native language, it is super sad too.

[@fatywc6774]

well, thats what ur gov aiming for. they want all the ppl speaking in the same lang, tone and even ...

[@Ghostlady666]

Im hong konger,i cant speak cantonese

[@Dragon_Rider777]

Cantonese is a language I am proud of. Much closer to the original middle Chinese than is Mandarin. Cantonese also represents a culture.

[@zeiitgeist]

​@@Dragon_Rider777 Not everyone in Hong Kong or Guang Dong are Cantonese, they could be Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, Taishanese, Shanghainese and what not.

[@kyeolllaynydaau]

(Scroll for English) 我畀yt演算法拉咗過來😂 你嘅廣東話發音好標準 而家普遍網上教中文都係教普通話 作為香港人好多謝你咁有心機拍片教咁難學嘅廣東話，等多啲人識 要繼續做落去呀💪🏻💪🏻 English: The yt algorithm brought me here😂 Your cantonese pronunciation is standard! Nowadays most online chinese tutorials are in putonghua/mandarin As a hong konger, I really thank a lot for your patience with making videos teaching cantonese which is quite difficult, and let more people know about/ speak cantonese Keep it up💪🏻💪🏻

[@jl3308]

Same thought!! From a Hongkonger

[@zander4421]

超厲害的！！

[@nnnyin6967]

中国人not香港人btw

[@xiangbudaomingzi]

一樣哈哈哈 有啲驚嚇到 都有啲感動 雖然廣東話平時都有人學 但見到yt有專教廣東話的channel仲有咁多人訂閱 真係好開心 廣東話有救啦！😭

[@nnnyin6967]

@@wizzrard2099 ？

[@dianayeung7096]

My husband said that your Cantonese is excellent! Now I am learning Cantonese, because we live here in Hong Kong, and my children going to local school. I understand basic Cantonese, but I am now working hard to improve it and you are helping me a lot 😊Love your teaching, and my very appreciation for "juitping" tone🙏 (By the way my husband Hong Kong Chinese)

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hi Diana and thank you so much for commenting and I'm so glad I can help (and glad the jyutping is helpful :D ) Best of luck to you and please tell your husband thanks for the vote of confidence! :)

[@taytay8732]

Isn't not just excellent, she sounds like a fluent native speaker. A lot of people who learn Chinese learn how to speak but lack the ability to express emotions

[@RaMenace888]

Characters for these words: Hide: 匿埋 Glass: 玻璃(杯) Pear: 啤梨/雪梨 Pu'er (tea): 普洱茶 come: 過嚟 come over, 入嚟 come in, 返嚟 come back leave: 離開 reason: 理由 makes no sense: 冇理由 ignore: 唔理 Mister Lee: 李先生 you: 你/妳 you all: 你哋/妳哋 clever: 犀利/厲害

[@kei5199]

As a Hongkonger, if u want to learn cantonese, this channel is a great way to learn. Very clear, pronunciation is accurate!

[@nnnyin6967]

hong kong is inside China and no such word called hong konger😂 you are chinese

[@hchhin_]

Wow… look what I found, as a HongKonger I’m very proud!!!! And you speak Cantonese so so so well🥰🥰 多謝你

[@FengXiao168]

You reacted like Cantonese is only speaking in Hong Kong!

[@soatnod]

@@FengXiao168 Well I mean it soon may be...

[@user-rc8kd9vn1q]

@@FengXiao168 I support that Cantonese as a language set doesn't only belong to Hongkong people as it should instead belong to all Cantonese people. But the premise is just that Cantonese people can't lose their identity first.

[@chuchu632]

Feng Xiao not you putting words in their mouth when all they said is they’re from hong kong

[@sodayaaaa1357]

Your pronunciation is so good, like a native.

[@cynthiachung2489]

Cantonese myself and randomly clicked on this. I was surprised with how accurate this was and she spoke even better cantonese than me 🤣

[@sigridwatkins6707]

thanks for this, I'm just starting with Cantonese and decided to cover the tones first before learning meaning and grammar. This is a very helpful video to get started on the tones.

[@just4therecord]

For me, leih hoi (leave) means the person has passed away…lol. And I never use sai leih aka leih hoi to mean clever. Clever is chung meng. Sai leih is like impressive. Leih means sharp. Leih hoi means sharp witted or something. But my Cantonese is very poor, so that’s my understanding

[@disneian]

You are definitely very "leih hoi" in Cantonese! As a Hongkonger, I really appreciate how you put in your heart in promoting Cantonese and HK culture! One small comment on the 5th sound, I heard that when you speak the 5th tone alone (e.g. 8:46), you actually spoke the 2nd tone mid rising instead. However, when put together in a word (e.g. 9:43) you do use the right 5th tone. I remember when I was young I also used to mix up this two tone as well, so I absolutely understand this small mistake and it doesn't take away how you explain really well these words! Another suggestion on the tone practice is you could find a word which has all 6 tones. They are quite rare but I found it quite helpful for me to distinguish the tones (especially 2 vs 5 and 3 v 5). The word I use is "Si" and "Fan". "Si" as in poems/private (詩/私), history (史), try/test (試), time/hour (時), city/market (市) and yes/incidents/demonstrate (是/事/示). "Fan" as in wedding (婚), powder (粉), to train (訓), to burn (焚), anger (憤) and part (份). Finally, I hope you all well in the states, and although I am sorry that you have to leave, I am happy for you as well! Wish you all well and continue to thrive no matter where you are!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you so much! It is sooo true -- I have the hardest time saying the words individually, but when I put them together in a sentence, it seems to come out just right. 😆 And thank you for the tone practice words -- I am going to try harder to get them right. I have a video I did with a friend and it was so much fun but it was SO hard to get the words for "hard" and "eye" right. 😂 You can see it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqe0fp-QprOsntU The best part of my channel for me is all the comments and support, so thank you again and thank you for all the well wishes! I hope to get back to Hong Kong before too much time passes, but am doing well here in the US. Much love and thanks! ❤️

[@totalChris]

Omg, I've never seen anyone like you who can speak so natively in both languages with no contaminated accent. I know alot of ABC, BBC who have accents when they speak cantonese. But you switch between the two seamlessly, didn't even change your voice. Just Wow!

[@368chen]

Your Cantonese is excellent. I never thought about all the different ways we use lei in Cantonese because we just say it. But seeing you use it in these many different tones make me appreciate the intricacies of our language

[@rmsdimplessodeepicoulddrin5703]

you explained everything so wonderfully!!! Im so lucky to have found you ❤

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy to read your comment. Really made my day! Happy learning! :)

[@lornasalvatore2753]

As a HongKonger, I think you did an extremely good job. You are really good good at Cantonese. Thank you for spreading our local culture🥰

[@j.ballsdeep420]

Expat?

[@brianmay1617]

Me: (Native Hong Konger who speaks Cantonese since I was born) A foreign lady: (Speaks better Cantonese than me) Me: ⊙０⊙

[@Sy2023hk]

Your Tones are so accurate, good on you to learn the local language. I think it's important to learn wherever you live, I did German while in Switzerland.

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you and I agree 100%! I couldn't have lived in Hong Kong and not learn ... and same would be true wherever I live. But wow! German to me always seems so hard to learn -- harder than Cantonese! :)

[@UserName23567]

​@@CantoneseCorner no way im German and i struggle with cantonese tones lol

[@DickyLai409]

Was brought here by KZbin's algorithm. Thank you for promoting Cantonese to English speakers! Please keep up your brilliant videos :) Support from HK.

[@Deleted20071]

你啲廣東話真係好標準👍🏻 淨係聽你把聲真係會以為你係香港人！ 香港人都佩服你😁 希望你繼續出各種各樣嘅廣東話教學片👍🏻 令廣東話可以發揚光大！ 編輯： 溫馨提醒下大家，下面嘅回覆有好多都好九唔搭八同刻人憎，如果唔想心情受到影響嘅就唔好睇啦👌🏻 當然，如果你真係好想知咩事嘅，我都唔會阻止你去睇，因為嚟個係你嘅自由 :)

[@leofc8888]

广东话系广东省语言，并不发源于香港。

[@FengXiao168]

香港人怎么这么奇怪！好像全世界只有香港人会说广东话一样！别忘了香港人很多人说话都有懒音！

[@fish2468]

@@FengXiao168 yep, so... what's your point regarding that?

[@Deleted20071]

@@leofc8888 我覺得你擺錯咗重點，關廣東話發源地咩事？雖然廣東話的確係源於兩廣地區，但係宜家嘅兩廣已經唔同咗，新一代嘅已經唔太識講廣東話，至於香港同澳門，我哋無論男女老少都係講廣東話

[@Deleted20071]

@@FengXiao168 我之所以會話佢講嘢似香港人，並唔係話全世界剩係得香港人識講廣東話，而係佢自己喺香港生活咗33年，唔話佢講嘢似香港人，唔通要話佢似澳門人？同埋香港人講嘢有懶音咁又點？語言嚟啲嘢聽得明就得，如果你咁執著嘅，歡迎你去做中文老師

[@Littlecar0-0]

哇你D粤語講得好流暢！好犀利！！OAO Wow you speak Cantonese so fluently! That's incredible! I've never heard of a foreigner speak Cantonese that fluent as a Hong Kong citizen

[@King0of0town]

All Cantonese speakers would greatly appreciate the respect you have for our language and culture. one note on 6) leih 利, "sharp" might actually be a more accurate translation because it can be used to describe a person but also a knife/sword/pair of scissors. Besides using it as an adjective, it can also be used as a noun, in that case it would mean benefits, interest (in a loan/savings) and profits. When you use it as verb it only means "benefit".

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you for adding to the conversation and teaching me/us more! And yes! 利息 (leih sīk) interest is a word I know well. :)

[@peachy4098]

you showed up on my recommended lists, and this channel is an absolute gem! My family speaks cantonese, but as someone that was born in the states, it becomes hard to remember and pronounce all these characters, so thank you!

[@fatchicken2006]

Thank you so much that you promote our language to the worldwide! You speak Cantonese like a native speaker!

[@thomaslei2026]

Cantonese can be one of the hardest languages in the world, thanks for making such detail teaching material.

[@ItsSeanzie]

I love the ‘gwo làih’ in Cantonese because the Chinese teachers at my kindergarten in Shenzhen always said “过来！” (guó lai) in Mandarin. It’s cool seeing the similarities between the languages :)

[@OnTheLeftHandSide]

The "LEIZY" and "MAAMI" part has me in tears that is so good!

[@actionjumper42]

Hey Marguerite! (Sorry if I misspelled your name), how have things been? Seems like things have been a little rough recently, haven't seen any new uploads. Are you and your family doing ok?

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hi Nick!! I am SO SORRY for such a late reply! Thanks for checking in with me. Being in the US it was amazing how fast a few weeks of not posting turned into a month and then more than half a year!! I'm back in HK now and getting back to posting. Stay tuned! :)

[@younggwillis]

Wow, I'm so impressed. As a second generation chinese - cantonese speaker, you're killing it! You probably speak cantonese much better than myself

[@toml3530]

Thank you for teaching us Cantonese. I'm going to use your video clips to teach my kids Cantonese. Please share more video. Merci! 多謝哂!

[@Adrian-mu8gg]

我自己都被迫移民離開香港，係外國反而見到有香港人主張要融入當地社區就必須放棄母語。 而有時下一代，人既然已經唔係香港，如果唔想講廣東話，又真係唔應該強迫。 結果內心好矛盾，真係好擔心廣東話會係我再下一代消失。 非常感謝有心人繼續幫忙傳承。支持。

[@geewendyful]

Had to be a hater or a jealous fool to give this video a thumbs down. Love your videos and explanations!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Oh thank you so much!! 🤗 I'm so glad you do ... really makes me happy to know I'm helping :)

[@Than211]

Your pronunciation is absolutely amazing, I consider myself fluent since I grew up with it but my younger brother is quite bad even though he, like me, grew up with it. So I can say that your pronunciation is immaculate, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference if a native speaker was speaking. As a side note, I would like to mention that under your 5th tone, the definition for "ignore", although accurate in an extreme context, can also mean "don't care" in such that "care" means "caring", such as "I don't care" or "they don't care" and wouldn't necessarily mean that I'm ignoring (it/you/them). A contextual example would be, "What about John?" and the response is "I don't care (about John)". Not that you're ignoring them but you don't really care about what they are thinking or feeling (or chooses what to do). That said, it can't be used as a response if say asked "What do you want to eat?" because although in English, saying "I don't care" can mean "I don't care, I can eat anything", in Cantonese, this same phrase can't be used and if it is used, it can have the connotation of "I don't care about my hunger" which can feel very stand-off'ish, almost as if saying "Why do you care if I'm hungry?". Instead, if we want to use the English meaning of "I don't care", in Cantonese, we should use "si dan" which essentially means "whatever/anything works"

[@heloisaheng3189]

OMG me a Chinese learning Cantonese from a westerner …

[@mikechung7757]

廣東話講🉐️正過好多（大媽）

[@vidyayeung6578]

Hi I am from Hong Kong ! You speak Cantonese very excellent 😻 speak like a native speaker and you explain all of them so detailed ‼️✨

[@nicorobin894]

Hi， Miss Sue. This is the first video teaching westerners Cantonese I have ever seen made by a westerner, and you are doing a terrific job of it. Just some extra information for lei Hoi which means to leave, people prefer to say "leih gei shi zao" or "leih gei dim chung zao“. I think it's more colloquial way than lei hoi. Another one is that we normally call someone named Mr. Lee "Lee Saang" without "sin". I think it's quite difficult for someone whose mother tongue with no tones to learn Cantonese so well. I am so impressed by your videos.

[@chris-um2sh]

her canto is so good what the as a native speaker as well hahaha this is so uncanny its so cool

[@kyau1]

Great lesson! Thank you 💯

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thanks for letting me know! I'll have another one up soon :)

[@HongKongDisneyGeek]

Omg your Cantonese speaking is so impressive. I mean I honestly would've guessed that you're a Hongkonger if I were to listen with my eyes closed.

[@onexhim674]

Cantonese is a difficult language, not only different in form with writing n speaking, but the pronounce action is really complicated. I am really glad to hv Cantonese as my mother language, it helps me so much for picking up other languages. Deeply appreciate that you made video abt Cantonese, ur pronunciation is really good, local, smooth n accurate. xx

[@rogertran3074]

You speak perfect Cantonese (with no accent).

[@juno3254]

Hey just discovered your channel as a native Cantonese speaker I want to thank you for making videos like these! We love to see more Cantonese lesson videos like these online. Also in around 8:30 you were mentioning that it is difficult and confusing that laih/leih(4th tone) could mean BOTH "come" and "leave" at the same time. I definitely agree that these are two very similar sounding words that could totally get confused. But personally I'm able to distinguish the two words completely because of their different vowels and these two words will usually be used in different contexts and usages. I'd like to share my personal experience with these two words. laih(4th tone) = to come (嚟) - this word could usually be used on its own (for example 嚟啦！- come!)and it is a basic commonly used word, a part of the 'native' and 'core' Cantonese vocabulary. leih(4th tone) = to leave (離) -whereas this word is more literary(although still common), and is more often used in compound words rather than on its own. It is often used with compound words like: 離開，離婚，別離，愛恨別離 etc. So yeah since these two words are used in quite different context, I still find that it is completely possible to distinguish them. And also I totally agree that these two words have 'similar vowels,' but to me their vowels still sound distinct! Anyway I still think your Cantonese is amazing.

[@sycamore_street]

I come from Hong Kong and Cantonese is my mother language. I would like to say the tone demonstration is all correct. And the lazy pronounce way of hong konger on “you” is correct too!

[@Allan_Chong]

damn I gotta relearn ma cantonese rn sheesh

[@Ryuuutaross]

I am a Hongkonger but for some reason KZbin recommended this. Just wanna say you absolutely speak like native and it’s really well done!

[@tailiu223]

Cantonese has the same fate as Shanghainese and other Chinees languages. They are slowly or quickly dying due to the promotion of Mandarin.

[@yeungmea4681]

多謝妳，我哋反而學番點樣用英文去講解廣東話，我哋自小就學，沒有正式學拼音，講錯比人笑或者比人話

[@personalchrislau]

As someone who was raised in Hong Kong, the authenticity of your Cantonese really amazed me. I have not never met any westerner who could speak Cantonese as well as you. Marvelous!

[@k900502]

廣東話講得好好!!!

[@cedude69]

I lived in HK 5 yrs working. I went to Cantonese school for 4 yrs during that time. I have to say Cantonese is one of the most difficult languages to learn. It takes many years to learn with so many tones.

[@j.ballsdeep420]

How many other languages have you studied to deduce this?

[@raymondau1457]

As a native HKer now living in the US, I am amazed the way you speak Cantonese even better than my US born daughter in a 100% Cantonese family. Very proud of you and admire your effort mastering one of the most difficult languages to learn. Congratulations on your success and best wishes to your family back in the US.

[@justinshabtai]

You make learning Cantonese so relaxing and as if it really isn't that difficult. Thank you!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you for saying so! ❤️ I've never really thought about it, but if I were aiming or planning for a way to teach, "relaxing" would definitely be the way I'd want it to be, so glad to know it comes across that way. Happy learning! :)

[@hillmoon9833]

Proud of Cantonese speaking proud of to be a hongkonger🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎

[@本篤瑞穂]

😀👍 Your cantonese is perfect. Infact there is a difference between Leih AND (Neih) 你 您 (Both mean -you) but the fomer one is usually used and the latter one is formally used or to emphasie.

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

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[@Call_Upon_YAH]

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[@markmh835]

@@Call_Upon_YAH -- And just what does this have to do with learning the Cantonese language?

[@jd4925]

Thank you Margarit. We enjoy and learn at the same time watching your videos.

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you! I'm so glad :)

[@HeinrichTsanov]

我都唔知點解係咁睇你啲片，明明我係廣東話母語嘅香港人😂️ 你啲教學好正，最勁嘅位係如果我同我講話廣東話係你母語我都差啲信👍🏻️ 我知你喺香港住咗好多年，但係發音好似你咁少瑕疵真係少見 Edit: 個第五聲係唔易嘅，要喺最低位升上高少少嘅位，不過整體都幾好，配詞讀出嚟好好多，我諗可能係因為其他字嘅 contour 做 reference？

[@kori228]

your mou lei jau needs to be higher pitched lol

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thanks for this! :D

[@blueskiies]

As an australian born chinese, my canto has gone out the door throughout the years. Seeing this video reminds me that i am lucky to have learnt cantonese from birth, and to keep on improving on it even though i use it less and less.

[@christineyanyan]

3) mid-tone of Lei is “鯉” 魚 which means Carp

[@joyon8693]

美女，中英都标准好听，好棒。喜欢

[@mixthebrix]

你的廣東話真是好「犀利」!

[@alhambraalhambra734]

There are many youtube videos teaching people how to speak American English like a native speaker - it's more than pronunciation, it also involves rhythm for example. One teacher said a native English speaker stresses certain words (content words) and un-stresses others (function words), whereas Chinese speakers, most of the time, assign the same length of time to every character, and that's why Chinese don't speak like native English speakers even though they pronounce every word correctly. Do you feel that the rhythms in the Chinese language and the English language are different?

[@CantoneseCorner]

Interesting! As a native American English speaker, I have absolutely no idea what I stress - content words or function words. Hmmm.... I guess that's why I don't teach English and I'm glad there are those who do teach with such precision! :) This also made me think of when I was recently learning a word that my native friend kept making me repeat because I apparently wasn't dragging out the vowel sound long enough ... I think it was "gaak" as in quarantine gaak lèih. (Or maybe I wasn't saying it right full stop!) When I was first learning Cantonese, the tutors made a point to say the double vowel words were "long" and the single vowel words were "short" ... but to me, I never associated the two. Like "gaau" and "gau" ... they were always two completely separate sounds to me, so I never understood why they said they have long and short sounds. I suppose they do if you really stop and say them slowly, but in everyday conversation, one never says them that slowly. :) So I guess that's all to say that most definitely I think there are rhythmic differences ... most notably for me are the way Cantonese speakers drag out the ending particles. I love it when they do! The "ga maaaaaaaaa" and "laaaaaaa". Particles -- one of the things that makes Cantonese great!

[@alhambraalhambra734]

@@CantoneseCorner it is said that English is stress-timed and Cantonese is syllable-timed. You can search the web for more info. I think if one who is fluent in two languages can compare them, it would help understand both languages better. Personally I think whether one drags out the ending particles depends on the situation. Dragging out seems to suggest some impatience on the speakers part, e.g. "he is already gone laaaaa" or "it is very expensive ga maaaaa."

[@alhambraalhambra734]

@@CantoneseCorner I don't think the gaak as in gaak leih 隔離 is a long sound. Well I am not a linguist. Maybe you mispronounced it as 架

[@erictsang385]

Wow, your Cantonese is even better than the local. Thank for your teaching and sharing. Keep our culture extend longer in the history

[@mrchan4245]

好勁呀... 發音好標準...

[@athandog]

I was wondering if you could help me with a dilemma I am facing. I love to learn languages and it's something I'm good at. Currently learning Turkish and finishing up B2 French. I would love to learn Cantonese. It seems like one of the funnest languages ever (Turkish is guilty of that as well!), but I am very intimidated because of how limited it can be for me as a European without the money to travel even once to Hong Kong or Guangdong. Of course all languages are of value and worth the effort, however practically speaking for a lower middle class person, will I be able to apply it anywhere? Sometimes I wish I was born 30 years earlier (born in '99) so I could plunge into it without a second thought in regards to its importance in the work field.

[@xeijix]

Hi, a comment and suggestion for the tone marks. I've been using the following tone marks for my own studying purposes. For the 1, 3, 6 tones, since they're all flat tones but at different pitches, I've been using the flat tone mark but with superscripts (no superscript is implicitly a '1' superscript, then for tones 3 and 6, it'll be the flat tone mark with a superscript of 2 and 3 respectively). For tones 2, 5, since the low-rising tone ends at a slightly lower pitch than the mid-rising tone, it also makes sense to give the low-rising tone a superscript of "2" to augment the mid-rising tonal mark. For the 4th tone, I don't think we should use the tonal mark shown. Being a student of both Cantonese and Mandarin, I think that tonal mark will become confusing, the 4th tone in Cantonese is actually very similar to the 3rd tone in Mandarin (eg. compare the pronunciation of 姐姐 jyutping (ze4 ze1) to pinyin (Jiě jie)). I think the 'v' tonal mark is better in this case So using the jyutping "si", here are example words for all of the 6 tone marks: 公司 (gung1 si1)(gūng sī) 史家 (si2 gaa1)(sí gaā) 試下 (si3 haa5)(sī² haá²) 時間 (si4 gaan3)(sǐ gaān²) 市場 (si5 coeng4)(sí² coěng) 電視 (din6 si6)(dīn³ sī³) Curious what others think.

[@saiken811]

Holy.... this is somw absolutely amazing Cantonese...... May I ask how long have you been speaking Cantonese?

[@davidh4442]

All these years as being ABC(Australian Born Chinese) my mother's from Guangzhou, I've been saying "hide" as "mēi maih" never knew it was actually "lēi maih"

[@edmund1290]

我可以學下點用英文教中文了

[@milktontam3155]

好勁⋯

[@greatsave7]

9/10 for your grasp of Cantonese tones. I'll be picky and point out that your tones 2 (3:10) and 5 (8:45) and tones 4 (5:36) and 6 (11:57) sound too similar, but it's not really noticeable unless they're spoken back-to-back. I'd say these are typical of how Westerners speak Cantonese.

[@hychan13]

Omg your Cantonese is 100% no difference with a native HongKonger😱😱😱

[@fathnson]

Sorry, this is Hong Kong accented Cantonese (懒音), not the real McCoy. Hong Kong Cantonese do not have the "ng" pronunciation compared to Guangzhou Cantonese and many in South East Asia. "Hide", is pronounced by many as "ngei" and not "leh" by Hong Kong Cantonese.

[@sallychan2735]

Thanks for teaching and spreading Cantonese!!!! I really appreciate all that you poured into spreading our language! Keep up your fabulous job

[@lawmanchi1228]

你的中文佷好👌🏻

[@craigh8832]

"Sai Leih" = Powerful "Leih Hoi" = Deadly Depending on the context, perhaps it could be used as a slang for "Clever" but have never heard it used!

[@David-jx5jk]

As Caucasian, you teach Cantonese.... maybe you lived in Hong Kong before

[@cheng8881]

I was not expecting this. Very authentic Hong Kong Cantonese accent. The mild southern American accent is a bonus. Reminds me of Sheldon's mother, Mrs Cooper!

[@MrYoumitube]

My native language in English and I'm terrible...good luck with me learning Cantonese.

[@samforfun889]

Madame, you speak a very fluent Cantonese! I am totally shock by that, haha. Thanks for all your efforts to spread our mother tongue!

[@aaocs7042]

Actually the reason why HK people pronounce english words beginning with the first tone (like how you said 'lazy') is because of the British accent. They are obviously trying to emulate the British accent there.

[@ot7stan207]

Oh my god. This is great. I’m American but Chinese and struggle with Cantonese. Will study from you going forward

[@John-fr6wo]

For God so loved the world that He gave His one & only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17)✝️

[@DeeManGamez]

Hide can also be beng mai as well right? Your canto is so good, not sure why but I find it so attractive when non-east asians speak East Asian languages. I’m canto myself but I’m very bad haha

[@justinchan3618]

Hello, nicely explained for the tone system. As a Cantonese speaker born abroad, the tone is quite natural for me, but it's super hard to explain to my partner that would like to learn Cantonese. So I had to learn it back as a foreigner in order to have a better explanation. Concerning the third tone, you could use the word Sleep - 瞓覺 - Fan3 Gaau3. (I have to admit that I haven't read all the comments to check if someone replied on that.)

[@hudsonwong7109]

Thank you for teaching a very ancient Chinese language. As old Hong Konger we do not agree to your saying the national security law in Hong Kong change HK to be no freedom. Compare to other country security law it is much more reasonable. The British when ruling HONG Kong will using security law to make citizen disappear and jail without trial , or deport without reason. So please stop the untruth saying to make Hong Kong worsens.

[@windsorkid7069]

I couldn't care less about learning Chinese, I just like the asmr of someone rambling. Reminds me of my childhood when I heard my parents talking in the living room but I couldn't understand what they were saying.

[@xaviorb1989]

7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be famines and earthquakes in places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. Jesus is coming soon repent and believe in the Lord Turing away from your evil desires and you shall be saved

[@cyrfung]

Hearing the switch between English and perfect Cantonese feels so unreal. Great work.

[@matthewtang7573]

Her opening up with good morning everyone, today is date mm/dd/yy. My reaction was 😳 bc I was not expecting her to b that fluent. Amazing.

[@xinzhanhardware]

Lei Maih is actually Nei Maih... because Cantonese usually pronounce N as L...such as 女人，蓝色，难道……

[@FengXiao168]

That’s misleading for non-Chinese learners! You can’t say it’s different meaning for same sound for different context, because they are literally different words!

[@vchan1501]

oops, this English lady speaks extremely accurate local cantonese !!!

[@jmas43]

I feel like by using the word 'lazy' as an example, you have started to teach us how to be Steven He's dad. Maybe make the next video about the word 'failure.'

[@haiboriver]

funny to imagine ESL English learners pick up Scottish accent before sporting RP proper English. Cantonese is only a Chinese dialect same as Shanghainese Sichuanese or dialect of any province in China.

[@bonnyslifevlogs6442]

I'm an ABC and my Cantonese is horrible. Lol Your Cantonese is spot on! No accent!

[@tymajesty]

really like you viedo and your pronunciation. As a cantonese lover I also appreciate your hard working to promote cantonese. actually you can use this sentence to represent nine tones in cantonese. " 風水到時我哋必發達"