Easy Cantonese 3 - What do you like about Hong Kong?

Learn Cantonese with Easy Cantonese! In this episode Calif is asking people what they like about Hong Kong!
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Host and editor: Calif Chong
Cameraman: Carrie Wong
Subtitles: Isarel Lai, Calif Chong

[@TommyTube01]

Small world; watching a video from HK, to see a girl who studied in the same school as me in Deventer, Netherlands

[@califchong138]

WOW! THAT'S AMAZING!

[@Daan03]

Tom van Oosten dat is zo cool!

[@vegataryanrecipes6304]

I lived in Arnhem (2 months ago😅) that's nearby Deventer... But I live now in Oosterhout (nearby Breda)

[@vegataryanrecipes6304]

@smallpotato ehh oké? I don't want to learn kantonees...i am learning Korean now..

[@gusb6415]

@@vegataryanrecipes6304 se é br?

[@user-kh9zl3tq7b]

I am Korean 🇰🇷 I love to learn Cantonese!! I love HK!! 🇭🇰 HK forever!! 🇭🇰

[@yunaconcerto]

I am Korean. I am really interested in Cantonese language and its culture! Thanks for the video! 我鍾意學廣東話! 多谢!

[@anatheistmyself]

+ATP Tour Yes!

[@navam613]

Thats funny! My GF is from Hongkong original, I'm from Holland, But we share our love for Korea!!! We did visit HK last year, but our big dream is to visit South-Korea! (shared love trough K-Pop, Runningman, K-Drama) If it wasn't for thosee! 2 years together and we still watch. Dreams of Korea... ^

[@hermanchow1405]

c 只为遇见你 Cantonese isn't a independent language , it is 1 of the many dialects of Chinese languages , widely used in Guangzhou ,Hong Kong, Macau , are you high in weed or coke ? you are jumping from city to province then country,all over the universe , claim down !!

[@hermanchow1405]

c 只为遇见你 so 99.8% the citizens of Taiwan speak mandarin , therefore should declared as a independent language ? PS you might misunderstand the meaning of independence !

[@hermanchow1405]

c 只为遇见你 Guangzhou (canton) for your thought is a independent province, separated from mainland China as a nation ,so Cantonese is a separated language ?

[@mrtsiqsin2290]

Please do more episodes! You've taken such a great view of Hong Kong! I believe more and more people would love Cantonese and Hong Kong after watching this!

[@califchong138]

Thank you!! This is such a great support and encouragement for me!!

[@Lmilky]

You did a great job!! this makes me miss my grandma in hk

[@AngryKittens]

"It's free" Not anymore.

[@nelic2111]

Rip Hong Kong

[@kmrmshmmm]

But I believe HK is coming back. We are always with you, Honkongers🇭🇰✨ 加油！

[@Angel-pg5jj]

Hong Kong is still 3rd freest place on earth (according to Human Freedom Index 2020, most recent data) while US is ranked 17th. People in HK still can do anything they could do before NSL, but only inciting HK independence and violent protest.

[@AngryKittens]

@@Angel-pg5jj lmfao

[@koktszfung]

@@Angel-pg5jj definitely more than those two things that we can't speak of

[@euanwallace2469]

Thank you for this! I had lost all hope that there would be more Easy Cantonese videos but good to see 2 new ones appear recently.

[@revaholic]

Great video, and it reflects my personal feeling as well that there's a dark cloud hanging over HK these days. There's a feeling of change but not for the better.

[@marystestkitchen]

DANG stuff got serious real fast 1:56

[@califchong138]

are you learning Cantonese? :) your food looks delicious btw!!

[@marystestkitchen]

Calif Chong thanks! I'm trying to brush up on my rusty Cantonese. :-)

[@glorych1168]

live in hk?

[@whythissucks829]

whats dou6dai2?

[@q_q123]

Why This Sucks at what part of the video?

[@TheSilentWalkerz]

I miss living in HK, thanks for the video, I need to practice listening to conversations again

[@exerciserelax8719]

Their commitment to freedom is so inspiring, I hope they are able to prevail and stay free. Won't be easy....

[@echelon2k8]

Well, this comment didn't age well.

[@csy9366]

​@@echelon2k8 I mean his/her comment wasn't wrong.

[@echelon2k8]

@@csy9366 No, but were they able to prevail and stay free?

[@pokya-anakrantau8845]

Love Hong Kong - the vibe is just incomparable! Very special place.

[@quinnlee2784]

aww yesss! I'm so happy there are new Cantonese episodes out

[@califchong138]

Thank you too! Please give us a thumbs up and wait for our next episode!

[@kaethr1821]

Have you ever tried using italki to talk to people in Cantonese?

[@typhooni8]

I came here from the Easy German channel, and I'm glad I found this video. My cantonese is abysmal but it's lovely hearing, something about mother tongue and what not

[@flume420]

Ohhh this is great. I love being able to see the Cantonese characters. Perfect features for learning thank you!

[@rokkst4rr]

Great job Calif! Hope to continue seeing more content from you!

[@Fandoms4Life]

This was the kind of content I was looking for! I hope there will be lots more videos in the future!

[@jadegeist]

OMG! Thank you so much! It's rare that I d really feel like commenting below a KZbin video, but you've done such great job!!! I live in Mainland and am currently learning Cantonese. Your video provide not only accurate and detailed subtitles (which is RARE!), but also a unique take on various aspects about Hong Kong! Some characters I just don't know and could never find out the exact one! Thank you so much again! Please keep doing this!

[@califchong138]

Thank you so much for your positive comments!

[@goodperson9694]

Cantonese is a language which older than Latin . It has a proper teaching method which easy to be learn, and more important is....you will learn every single chinese word's meaning correctly and easily with an original HK people( intead of in Mainland of China)

[@Telly5strartist]

Thanks for doing this! I can read and speak Mandarin as my second language and just started learning Cantonese! This is very useful as so many films are too fast and cartoons aren't that much fun for adults to watch!

[@Quadraginta1337]

I’m an ABC and my Cantonese is pretty busted. My pronunciation is just fine but my vocabulary is very limited. This channel will help greatly with that. Thank you 🙏

[@ewenlee8855]

YESS finally an Easy Cantonese episode in Hong Kong! Maybe for future episodes you could ask about "favourite HK foods" or "dreams/aspirations"!

[@sareneve1626]

i recently kind of developed more of an interest in cantonese, and this really helped! thank you.

[@AlissaCao]

amazing video

[@tochriss]

Really useful videos for someone like me who is learning Cantonese. Thanks for making them.

[@islandbaby3333]

Pls do more Cantonese ! I am learning it and this video is perfect for listening and picking up tones!!

[@MitchellBPYao]

I know this place very well

[@AmyGian]

Nice video! Love Hong Kong and hope to see more of these videos to improve my Cantonese !

[@tengdalearningcenter1471]

Good way to teach people who wants to study Cantonese, this helps me to improve my way to teach, thanks.

[@user-bu9tr7np7j]

Oh great content! easy to understand for beginners and intermediate learners. Struggle with interesting materials to practice on my level and even got stuck. Please continue with more episodes!

[@netiora]

canto sounds so sing-songy and friendly. love it.

[@mikechansw748]

RIGHT????????

[@marklaurent4504]

Im korean and I’ve married malaysian a couple of months ago. She is a cantonese speaker so Im trying to learn how to speak and understand thanks for a video

[@ckryiu]

終於等到有Easy Cantonese in Hong Kong, 支持!

[@tsuikinwun7307]

Great video! Thanks for making it! As a hong konger ,I still find It's interesting to watch!

[@gerlown]

Congratulations for your video, miss. I love HK culture! It's good to see real people in the video. :D

[@xkn8147]

my left ear loved these interviews

[@AtlasZero13]

this language is beyond

[@sketchyskateboardingasmr6531]

beyond (band)... speaks this language?

[@poonsheungkuen1402]

Yes. And the band's songs are sung in Cantonese.

[@magdalenaszulc8997]

i felt in love with this language .. wish me luck with learning

[@tytipton6346]

Beautiful city, accent, and video

[@danielm.4346]

What a beautiful language!

[@slamdunk406]

Recently visited Hong Kong. Lovely city. Cantonese is going strong there! 🇭🇰

[@kevinchang2]

Thank you for the captions 🙏

[@HayleyandHilary]

I LOVE Hong Kong, cus I grew up there 😆

[@blocket1111]

Hey ladies, I think you guys did great. i am hoping you do more of these. PLEASE do more. LOL. XX I will live in hong kong soon, December we will already move to HK.

[@dmark1922]

This video made me miss HK!!

[@SAMSUNGDELL1004]

lovely HongKong, A cute language. Thanks to load , I'll hit the VIDEO~ Heart bang bang!

[@misak_ying8127]

I am Malaysian chinese and this video is really useful to practice my listening skills 🥹🥹 I learnt three languages including english, mandarin and malay, I can speak some hokkien and now I need to learn cantonese because I am cantonese 🥹✨

[@spuckmuck5220]

Every second person is like: "The FOOD!" :-) So real!

[@SieHuntPaulx3]

This is so cool!! Makes me really want to learn the language, even just a little bit.

[@califchong138]

Thank you:) may I ask what makes you want to learn Cantonese in this video?

[@SieHuntPaulx3]

+Calif Chong yeah, I actually am fascinated with East Asian languages and I studied Japanese in high school. I especially like the written language. Just hearing the language and seeing people speak it reminds me of all that, and even the way that translations sometimes don't fit perfectly in English, it introduces a totally different way of conceptualizing things, so I always prefer more literal translations. Thanks so much for the video! I think that a lot of people are just naturally interested in some foreign languages but don't have much exposure, which is why videos like this can be really inspiring for people who want to get started.

[@jeromefecto8085]

this language is beautiful

[@YouTubeandI]

I love Hong Kong. Very cool

[@lluu8838]

Hong Kong is magical city it mixed Chinese culture and foreign. I Love Hong Kong.

[@user-ei8eu9he9p]

Hey I speak it too, Lei hao I went there before when I was young!!!😊

[@taipo101]

OMG at last a video with real cantonese subtitles...Love to have Jam Caa with the Po Po. More Please (a gweilo struggling to learn because NO Cantonese subtitles in films...😊)

[@puipuiyeung4552]

1:44 freedom？ no more la

[@lisaguo9501]

la hahahaha

[@MorpoClawz]

singaporean or malaysian? hahaha

[@quyenluong3705]

yea it's ok to speak english there but not mandarin. what a discriminatory society. no wonder why there's no freedom anymore..

[@puipuiyeung4552]

I’m a Hongkonger

[@Angel-pg5jj]

Hong Kong is still 3rd freest place on earth (according to Human Freedom Index 2020, most recent data) while US is ranked 17th. People in HK still can do anything they could do before NSL, but only inciting HK independence and violent protest.

[@jiaxinguo6903]

WOW, I was also in HK during that time and now back in Holland. Such a shame I didn't get in touch with you.

[@huwdavies1392]

More easy Cantonese plleeeease!

[@ibnathebeliever2665]

Whenever I heard people speaking cantonese, it reminds me of stephen chow or any hongkong movies

[@slu2657]

Thanks for interviewing the locals, the Auntie (vendor), the white hair old lady! (This is so much more interesting than the HK entertainment industry.)

[@slu2657]

Freedom, they say

[@StephenfromChch]

很有意思，very interesting!

[@uniqueauction]

I like to drink, eat, shop, sightseeing, and watch the beautiful girls in Hong Kong. Its like a dream being there.

[@romesdiniz5235]

Hi there. Greetings from Brazil. Thank you guys so much for the wonderful video. Cantonese sounds really beautiful. I'd like to learn it someday, but it seems to be too difficult. Anyway keep up the great work. Romes

[@califchong138]

Thank you :)) every language is beautiful and difficult in some extent. Let me know if one day you start to learn Cantonese!

[@WongKinYuenHK]

You actually think our language is beautiful! Thanks so much :) people usually say it sounds ridiculous

[@califchong138]

Kin Yuen Wong Cantonese is my mother tongue and it is fabulous :)

[@angels0318]

Very convenient public transportation, mtr supermarket and restaurants closer to house

[@thaoto3455]

hi, I love HongKongers, I still remember 2019.That iconic ! so proud for great greneration

[@utubegeronimo7628]

You have to dwell longer there to comprehend the common HK Joe or Joanne. Their attitude sucks and stinks.

[@ermahgerdwut1418]

1:45 Lol, those dudes laughing in the back. xD

[@joey-cam]

Damn, it's like they saw it coming with all the politics. 6 years later and watching this and it hits hard

[@templebennett-robinson5901]

my chinese friend was trying to teach me to tell the difference between mandarin and cantonese just by ear even though I don't know anything about either and she said simply that cantonese speakers end sentences with like a long AHHHH and I didn't think it would help but I get it now hehhe

[@chesscomsupport8689]

Watching this video nowadays it seems prophetic.

[@dr.cantonese743]

Combining the best parts of orthodox Chinese culture and Western culture, Hong Kong has formed a unique and glorious civilization of its own.

[@ShaunPocock]

Kdo

[@pupu1593]

That guy was a legend.

[@Warmwintercats]

More Cantonese video please! No mater what the topic 😚

[@Okaybro12313]

Love from Assam, India

[@emmaleepeterson8691]

Hong Kong is such a wonderful place! I would go back in a heart beat if I could! 我好掛住香港!!

[@utubegeronimo7628]

Of course wonderful for those who are wealthy but the ones struggling would find HK a hell hole. HK in a sense is strikingly similar to our next-door Asean neighbour Singapore.

[@cokeecat111]

嘩勁呀廣東話教學都有😍

[@rahim2600]

Great video! I'm a gweilo and live in HK now and think this is an awesome city. Trying to learn Cantonese but its so difficult 😂😂😂 but I will 加油 😆

[@cqrm3n_785]

I love the granny, she's speaking facts.

[@nipponhouseplayer]

It is good!!

[@rffg781]

The fact that quite a few people said the best thing is freedom - and the reality that just 4 years later, HKers are being arrested for posting on Facebook or for holding up a blank placard in protest - is really sad

[@quyenluong3705]

are you sure it just because they were protesting and not rioting? They do more than just protest to get arrested.

[@rffg781]

@@quyenluong3705 actually they just arrested dozens of people for organizing a primary vote to select election candidates. They also arrested journalists and church leaders now. They even arrested people for Facebook posts. So no, you don't even have to protest to be arrested now.

[@kellypharmd2000]

Would it be possible to get a transcription of the video? I don't know jyutping, only know yale phonetic so I couldn't read it. Love your videos.

[@aaronlduff]

so sad how even in 2016 hkers were saying "I like that it's *still* free" or "I like that it's free *for the time being*". I wonder what they are doing or how they feel about it now.... :'''''(

[@TheAusJT]

Yep, very sad to see the situation that has transpired in Hong Kong over the past year or so.

[@Angel-pg5jj]

Hong Kong is still 3rd freest place on earth (according to Human Freedom Index 2020, most recent data) while US is ranked 17th. People in HK still can do anything they could do before NSL, but only inciting HK independence and violent protest.

[@aaronlduff]

@@Angel-pg5jj don't be dense, you are not convincing anyone when democratically elected law makers who have been serving HK for years have to resign or some are even arrested now. the CCP destroyed HK and it is slowly but surely becoming another shitty chinese city. in 10 years time nobody will want to be there, the rich families are already moving. they will be replaced by mainlanders and eventually there will be nothing left of HK not allowed to question the government, NSL already in some school curriculum, CCP are twisting facts for kids in HK as they are in China. Hopefully it won't work though, since HK for the time being still have access to the free internet so they know the CCP is total bullshit.

[@Angel-pg5jj]

@@aaronlduff I’m just telling the truth, however if people don’t believe me, then problem is them not being able to allow new information, truth in their brain, not me telling the truth.

[@aaronlduff]

@@Angel-pg5jj wumao don't know what the truth is

[@ejmtv3]

I am American. At 12 years old, I already want to learn Cantonese because of Stephen Chow. Now I am 50 years old

[@williammak8874]

Im a fan of the German one but never realised there was canto.... Ahagaha good on u guys

[@cl1070]

It is a dialect of Guangdong Province,China. Hongkong was a small village of Guangdong province.

[@amybeauty4171]

Congrats

[@leehong6556]

Hong kong and vietnam sound

[@cheemsitoqiunan]

I live in South Korea, I don't speak Cantonese. But I'm studying Cantonese to visit Hong Kong (擁抱韓國人和香港人) 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇭🇰🇭🇰

[@dwizan1130]

Saya kerja di hk 4tahun saya sangat senag Dan nyaman tapi ada convit19 membuat saya ingin cepat pulang ke Indonesia

[@franciscusmagister]

interesting and well-edited interviews... but is that "easy" Cantonese? I need the previous lessons!

[@conscience580]

It's telling that in the extended conversations, the respondents all cited the political climate as degrading in quality, yet, still cherished their freedom. Even the 'por-por' knows that only too well, having escaped to Hong Kong at the age of 13 to escape persecution.

[@guguigugu]

RIP Hong Kong Even in 2016 the people knew what would happen eventually

[@usctrojan349]

Yup this was a much nicer place a few years ago

[@229axb7]

Dying or not dying? i still want to learn it either way but I'm confused. I know there's a push for Mandarin but I'm just curious.

[@liowweizhenliow7360]

I like Hong Kong I am interested to learn Cantonese

[@samanthasiu9714]

I really don’t know how to say this in Cantonese because I’m 8 but I LOVE HK!!!!

[@AsianBossKhmer]

I like people they friendly

[@donnietam]

WANNA CRY ...

[@web3wizard381]

calif is so cute

[@Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

I understand :)

[@Cy...-oo7nk]

hi, i want to learn Cantonese face to face .. any recommendation.. thanks

[@carlosochoa4715]

Easy? Are you kidding? That's the best example how to make people give up. So many tones, speaking extremely fast.

[@mrtsiqsin2290]

Actually most people in this video are speaking quite slowly, because some of them are old and some come from abroad. Some even have to think for a while before answering.

[@pascallaw5909]

This is the most natural speech (I'm Cantonese). I believe that applies to all other Easy * languages. You have to train your ears before you begin to understand little by little.

[@NyaLexar]

I'm trying to learn Cantonese but idk from where to start ;-; it sounds soooo beautiful but I can't pay for classes or tutor ;------; I cri

[@MrStefano1970]

I think a good argument will be Food Culture in Hong Kong

[@zweiwing4435]

I wish to know what are the good that help the society?

[@nevergiveup2276]

下集請去香港仔, 赤柱同埋南丫島..... ( Please go to Aberdeen, Stanley and lamma Island for the next episodes ) 下 = next 集 = episode 請 = please 去 = go 香港仔 = aberdeen ( 香港 = HONG KONG , 仔 = Son, boy ) 赤柱 = Stanley ( 赤 = red, 柱 = pole ) 同埋 = and / also 南丫島 = lamma island ( 南 = south, 丫= ???, 島 = island ) welcome to hong kong , enjoy!!!! ^_^

[@MitchellBPYao]

Can you go to Hong Kong to actually communicate with the people but cannot read it write a single word. My is fluent

[@blueeraser1340]

I perfectly understand them. Idk why I’m watching this tho even tho I’m cantonese