I spoke to my dad in Cantonese Chinese for the first time ever (Part 2) 第一次跟我爸爸說他的母語

[@christophglase3197]

James，看到你吃力但認真地和你父親以廣東話對談，非常感動。祝你能早日跟你祖母以廣東話溝通！Well done, James!

[@samuellam7951]

Hongkonger here. I am glad to see that there are people interested in learning Cantonese.

[@JamesWongLife]

I hope it can continue!

[@hkopen273016]

@@JamesWongLife support you! I am a Hong konger as well. We do love gwai lo learning Cantonese!!

[@chiyeunglo]

@@hkopen273016 technically James is not a gweilo..some people may get offended by having a label of being gweilo.

[@OpenGateSchool]

It’s so sad to see the EdB prefer Mandarin over Cantonese to teach Chinese in schools.

[@hermanlee3861]

One more thing to let you interesting more, all "tong" poem (唐詩) are sound by cantonese, not mandarin, Actually, Cantonese is really China language indeed.

[@michaelamlcm]

廣東話比普通話難，亦都少啲人講，網上學廣東話嘅資料亦都相對冇咁多，變相唔會有好多人想學廣東話，所以當我見到有人學廣東話嘅時候，我都會覺得好欣慰。加油！你講嘅廣東話越嚟越好！ADD OIL!

[@JamesWongLife]

Michael Lam 因為廣東話是我家人的母語，我覺得學了很重要。再說，聽起來很帥！ 雖然說廣東話的人越來越小，希望我的影片可以鼓舞別人學。Add oil too my friend!!! Thank you for your support.

[@appwhats.]

@@JamesWongLife 加油! 你會成功的!

[@yt-zm6lj]

廣東話文法其實簡單過英文 冇subject agreement tense係固定變化 詞性都係固定變化 係掌握音調難 詞彙比普通話多 但其實掌握常用嘅就得 其實都唔係咁多香港人識好多好多廣東話字

[@percytam3131]

@@yt-zm6lj咁又係！角，國我都成日發錯音吖！

[@tresbienmdr]

@@JamesWongLife 越來越少* 大 v.s. 小 多 v.s. 少

[@lomi4560]

聽到「老豆」嗰下好感動

[@user-maltreblarm]

睇到個字幕寫old bean，真係笑死😂 但好正

[@Anti-CCP_TW]

滿滿感動🥲

[@cantobritt]

Ah! I found myself smiling through the whole thing! He seemed pretty impressed haha it was really cool to hear a bit of his story too :) Hoping for a part 3 where you speak with your grandma!?

[@JamesWongLife]

If you think I was nervous for speaking with my dad, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to speak to my grandma, literally, for the first time ever!

[@cantobritt]

@@JamesWongLife Haha! You'll have to bring Mina for moral support (and nervous pets 😅)

[@JamesWongLife]

Cantonese with Brittany 😂😂😂

[@alphabetacanton]

Feel so sad when your dad that that Cantonese is being sidelined and marginalized in Hong Kong; and overseas Cantonese speakers would have to the the keeper of the flame for our amazing, robust, rich, imaginative, humorous, and beautiful language. Your dad is very westernized and seems very supportive and understanding. What a heartwarming episode. When you come back to the UK, there will be a lot of practice partners for you, especially with BNO Passport holders now able to come to your wonderful country.

[@miubeebee8676]

Cantonese is the of the most difficult languages to learn, even mandarin speaking people find it difficult, let alone foreigners! Well done James! 👍👍

[@88beccachu]

You did well! It made me sad when your dad said Cantonese is being eroded in Hong Kong. I saw a documentary about kids in Guangdong not speaking Cantonese anymore because they only teach Mandarin in school and they find it easier to speak. It really is up to us (overseas Cantonese speakers) to carry the torch.

[@crazygambler920]

I grew up learning Cantonese at the local Chinese school on Mott Street in NYC. Nowadays, they only teach mandarin... eww!

[@ht012805]

It so sad to know that Cantonese is being eroded away by the Chinese government. I lived in HK for four years and still learning Cantonese on my own now in America with helps from KZbin and movies

[@colby_247]

My grandparents are from Guangdong and moved to Malaysia when they were young. I was the 2nd generation born in Malaysia. Most of the chinese in Malaysia speaks mandarin and small part (where i live) speaks cantonese . But in these few years parents mainly speaking mandarin to their kids and they also learn mandarin from the school, so now a lot of younger people didn't know to speak cantonese anymore. I feel sad too.

[@audience3363]

Believe me, your dad speaks English better than Cantonese !

[@poonbenbenben]

His dad English is amazing, really blow me away.Imagine how hard he tried when he was small

[@iilcw6195]

So impressed that a guy moving from hk for so many years, still can speak perfect & articulate Cantonese.

[@estherlaw7758]

Hi James! 看到這條影片覺得很感動。在台灣很多人自動放棄了母語，很多臺灣小朋友現在只會說一種語言也不會想要學習自己父母或祖父母的語言。I happened to be someone who lives in Taiwan that speaks Cantonese and I only speak Cantonese to my girls so they are the very few kids who speak fluent Cantonese here in Taiwan. We’d be happy to practice Cantonese with you if you like. Just give me a message if you’re interested. My daughters would be happy to talk to you too. They love talking to people who can speak Cantonese. By the way they speak Mandarin too because they live in Taiwan.

[@vickichang9574]

好笑又溫馨😄，我也學廣東話很久了，剛開始上過初級課程，因為時間不好配合，抓到音調後，最後主要靠聽廣東歌，很有效，但是困難還是在平常沒有朋友可以練習，只能工作上有機會說廣東話，加油，你很棒👍

[@JamesWongLife]

謝謝你喔。你是哪裡人？

[@vickichang9574]

我是台北人，住台北😄

[@葉思秀]

願意花時間學習父母的母語，不論講的好講不好都是值得尊敬，respect to you and your family

[@yncy323]

James, native Cantonese speaker here, just wanna say you speak it very well, keep going and conserve this beautiful language.

[@Nicky-WorldCitizen]

Somehow watching your two videos of learning Cantonese just so you could talk to your dad in his mother tongue made me tear up. I had watched a few of your videos a few months ago, getting to know your background, your hearing disability, your making up a bucket list and getting determined to pursue them, etc. I just saw an incredibly goal oriented person. Both Mandarin and Cantonese are tonal languages (Cantonese is more difficult with more tones). It’s not even easy for someone with normal hearing. 加油, James! 👍 With your determination, you deserve to succeed in everything you do.

[@JamesWongLife]

I wish I could heart this comment twice! Thank you so much for the kind word, 很感動. It’s hard for me to paint a picture in one video, but I’m glad you’ve managed to see a few of them and gave me the opportunity to paint a more complete picture. I appreciate you leaving a comment and telling me this, thank you once again

[@jodiemak9217]

多謝你願意學廣東話，以初學黎講，你已經講得好多👍🏻 繼續努力～加油！ 睇得出爸爸好開心，可以用母語和你溝通 Well done, relax and enjoy the journay of learning Cantonese.

[@henrysouth645]

Thank you James for trying hard on Saying Cantonese. No one would blame on your level of it. As a Hongkonger, I just feel good. You Dad is right. Now Hong Kong is forced to use more and more Mandarin (china tone not Taiwan) so it is great to see anyone try their best to speak Cantonese. Same to UK, seems the locals also don't mind my English speaking not so good and not fluent. So we are good right ! 大家加油！

[@wongshingyudavid]

I think ur grandma will feel good if u speak with her in canto Chinese grandpa love their grandson so much looking forward to see the result

[@gagalisa8608]

聽到你爸爸談吐，雖然不知道他的身份背景，但感覺他是一位很優秀而且水平很高的人士。 很感謝你的中英文字幕，我可以從中學習英文語法。我馬上就成為你的學生。 非常感謝

[@sherryfong9953]

As a non-native Cantonese speaker, you are really a good . Keep it up! Add oil 😁

[@mcpolarpanda]

Hey James, Cantonese is one of the most difficult languages to pick up, even for a native Mandarin speaker, let alone someone with your background. Nonetheless, u did a wonderful job, your dad looks really proud of u! Keep up with the good work!

[@kitcli]

There are quite a lot of Cantonese people in taiwan, mainly Taipei. They moved to Taiwan with KMT in 1949. Professor 明居正, being the second generation, is one of them.

[@acksum]

It’s very touching when I heard your father said Yes I am Hongkonger!

[@ashlee5770]

Hi James, HKer here; had no problem understanding canto at all! This video made me cry - your dad is the cutest. Gayau!

[@janicew2033]

Hong Konger here! Really appreciated your effort to go through the obstacles u hv and learn some of the hardest languages. This video really motivated me to practise and work harder on my 4th language, French. Keep up your good work! Gayau!

[@b4bz]

Struggling to get my 13yo daughter to speak Cantonese at home. She understands my husband and I but hates to speak it. I showed her your video and how hard it would be to learn it as an adult and she has since tried to speak more often. Although....in your dad’s words “sounds like a foreigner” 😅 Great video throughly enjoyed it. 👏🏻👏🏻😃

[@JamesWongLife]

Unfortunately, around age 13 is about the age where it starts to become hard to "acquire languages". That being said, she seems to have a foundation already which should help a lot! The main thing you should try and do, is give her a reason to speak and continue practising. Maybe there's some TV shows she might enjoy, people she could be friend's with, or even visiting Hong Kong to show how speaking in the environment gives a huge advantage. Ultimately, if she's not interested, it's not going to stick. Thank you for letting me know I helped a little though :)

[@b4bz]

James Wong Life 黃日鴻 She isn’t interested in any shows that speak Cantonese unfortunately and in Sydney Australia the few that are Chinese in her school only speak mandarin 🤦🏻‍♀️. The only Cantonese she actually has interest in is the names of foods because we say to her if you can name it in Cantonese we’ll buy it. She’s said “我想食鮑魚” my husband choked haha 🤣 but at least we all got to eat abalone 🤷🏻‍♀️👍🏻

[@angelawong5288]

I really like the way your Dad speaks English. And it's cute that your Dad was so impressed with your progress. Cantonese is a hard language indeed and for you to be able to carry a simple conversation is very impressive

[@KaylaCosmos]

Hahaha, I don't know why, but it cracked me up so much when he said "You sound like a forgiener" this is an awesome video! I enjoy hearing Cantonese as I'm not very familiar with it 👏🏻 I hope you won that approval haha

[@JamesWongLife]

Hahaha, speaks direct truths - very asian trait. Yeah there's some similarities but others that are completely different! The whole learning process has brought me back to when I started learning Mandarin, tough times with lots of frustration, but it's so worth it.

[@KaylaCosmos]

@@JamesWongLife Yes, definitely! I felt it was quite different but I enjoyed hearing it. You can do it!!

[@glhf426]

Malaysian here, glad to see people learning cantonese. My mother tongue is cantonese too and I'm proud to that. Now I'm try to learn Japanese and Korean at the same time

[@winnie6447]

我母語是廣東話，我的英文非常差，一直希望可以學好英文，我已經來英國生活三年了，一直因為英文差感到自卑，不敢和英國人搭話，導致錯失很多鍛鍊的機會，看完你的影片，真的可以激勵我努力學習英文，我的目標也是希望可以和英國人進行流利的對話。

[@hellokitty1210]

慢慢學吧，支持您

[@lim8731]

Amazing! My 5 year old has speech delay and sometimes I doubt if it would be easier for him to be in a monolingual environment. Expectations on him have always be lower. Your video has totally blown me away. It totally shows me that language learning is a marathon and the key is to motivate them and never give up. Kudos.

[@lutte101]

What a touching conversation :') Can feel your dad's pride and excitement under his gentle smile. You did a great job!

[@cmc6023]

Malaysian here even though I speak English, mandarin and Cantonese but I have to admit that Cantonese and Mandarin are far way more difficult vs English. Keep it up. Cheers mate!

[@Jian158]

Coming from a multilingual country of Malaysia, I can say that you will learn a new language fastest by speaking it with people!

[@patc.874]

Your dad's Cantonese is very sound and clear. Some ppl's living in HK or born in HK, they speak with lazy tongue nowadays. So you [Lei], L without N sound. Just don't forget ME [Ngo] is always come along with N sound. Love your video.

[@石山-z3o]

正確！一部分的港人說懶音廣府話，就不要學。字正腔圓，才是真正的廣府話。

[@KY-bz1ng]

Hongkongnise or hongkonger here, my hat to you. You've done good job.

[@abdikafimohamud2931]

I am a Somali living in Hong Kong and now learning Cantonese. This is very inspiring for me to continue my journey :)

[@JamesWongLife]

I wonder if there is a hong kong guy in Somalia learning Somali haha. Good luck my friend,

[@tinapear3416]

I'm learning Dutch because I moved to the Netherlands. It frustrated me a lot. After watching your videos, my passion is back. I wish my English and Dutch are as good as your dad and you, as a second language. If anyone wants to practice hakka, Cantonese or Mandarin with me in English / Dutch,feel free to contact me😂

[@DavidLee-tn3mo]

I can’t wait to hear about the day to see you conversing to your Poh Poh in her mother tongue 🥰🥰🥰

[@stephl9952]

I admire your effort of learning different languages. My dad tried to teach me Cantonese when I was little but grew up in Taiwan, leaning Mandarin was overwhelmingly more important. Watching your conversation with your dad, made me miss my dad so terribly 😭

[@warriorprincessphl]

I’m so glad you brought up the “lei” & “nei” and loved your Dad’s answer!! lol I’m a true “nei” sayer haha. You are impressive .. less than a year and how advanced you spoke so quickly!

[@ssblackbaby1]

你很棒，繼續加油，學新語言不容易，但有踏出去就是一個成功的開始，我也要加油！🤣

[@JamesWongLife]

王玲 學語言真的好難，但我喜歡 :) 你也要學別語言嗎？

[@christophglase3197]

James Wong Life 黃日鴻 你也要學習別「的」語言嗎？如果把「要」換成「想要」，會更好。

[@ahjing100]

you did really well! my parents also moved to England from Hong Kong when they were around 11-12, but their English is nowhere near as good as your dad's! He basically sounds English. Both of you are awesome

[@JamesWongLife]

Yeah he integrated super well, I always wondered why myself, especially since he has Hong Kong friends who came over at a similar time and still have an accent when they speak English 50 years later. Apparently it’s just cause he hung out with a lot of locals in England growing up and didn’t just stay in the asian bubble like a lot of his friends did. Thanks man!

[@ahjing100]

@@JamesWongLife my parents definitely didn't make any English friends xD just stuck in a takeaway everyday

[@AH-pr7di]

@@JamesWongLife I think having a partner who speaks the target language also helps because you have to tune in more. But yes, his English is really amazing and so is your Mandarin.

[@JamesWongLife]

阿正 AhJing hahaha that takeaway life, I can relate. Where did they and you grow up in the U.K.?

[@ahjing100]

@@JamesWongLife in Leicester xD boring city

[@cpssleung]

Thanks for sharing the first time Cantonese conversation you had with your dad. That’s very private and personal. You spoke well in Cantonese. Keep going......

[@mourninggirll]

I'm so impressed!! I think it's actually much harder to learn canto after learning mandarin. The opposite is much easier in my opinion. Keep going!! Jia you!

[@JamesWongLife]

Interesting! I guess it's hard to know, because no one can truly experience both

[@Mi-fyt]

KZbin recommendation brought me here, it is heart-warming to see the conversation! 你講得好好啊，你爸爸一定好開心你喺唔係講廣東話嘅地方都咁努力學佢母語！

[@sdla690]

My sons don't speak Cantonese as well as you do, you should be proud and speak freely without worrying about how well you speak. 你會愈來愈勁、加油

[@huamok7088]

I would say the same thing. Just want to forward this video to my children.

[@forgetnot721]

Hey James, I bet your dad must have been very happy just that he didn't show as much as he would! Even he integrated well and speaks English well, talking to him in his mother tongue is just speaking with his heart. He must be very proud of you and 老懷安慰！ Keep it up James. Subbed!!

[@cherylm8210]

Your dad must be very happy. I hope my sons want to learn Cantonese in future like you. They are born in Australia and half HK and currently refuse to speak Cantonese...

[@angelina.c]

So proud of you!

[@JamesWongLife]

Wooo thank you :D

[@benjaminsinn8360]

You did more than a tremendous job in communicating with your dad in Cantonese. I have no problems understanding every single word you said. Keep up the good work!

[@vwong1982]

This brought tears to my eyes, you did brilliantly! I saw your post on Cantonese parents so watched your video. I will be showing your video to my kids to help motivate them as they are in the same position as you, as was I when I was little (Im a native English speaker and parents although from HK only spoke Hakka). Im naughty and have only spoken English to my kids but send them to Chinese school once a week. Like you I teach English and have also taught Cantonese (I learnt Cantonese when I was little and now speak fluently)...Im currently trying to learn Mandarin and learning a new language is hard, I would love to know how your Cantonese learning is going now. Keep up the good work, 加油！💪🏻

[@beano88888888]

Hi James, Hong Konger here. I think your pronunciation of cantonese is pretty good. Keep going! I am impressed by your fluency and you are better than some Guai low who lives in HK for several years but speak speaks cantonese with heavier foreign accent. Well done!

[@ReiKoko]

This really hit me in the feels. My dad was also from Hong Kong and he also spoke Hakka. My parents moved to England before having me. My siblings and I learned Cantonese because my parents were never able to learn English (my mum tried but she had difficulty retaining the lessons) so we pretty much had no choice. My dad tried to teach us Hakka as well when we were young, but none of us wanted to learn, so he stopped trying. When I became much older, I asked him to teach me and he just said that he was too old to teach me. I wanted to teach myself, but there are so many different Hakka dialects and I didn't know which dialect he spoke :(

[@tinapear3416]

Where did your dad live when he was small? I can help if you want. I'm native in speaking hakka 😛

[@ReiKoko]

@@tinapear3416 I don't think he ever told us where he grew up exactly. He introduced us to several friends of his that were from the same "village" and that had moved to the same town in England. I've seen some videos of HK celebs speaking Hakka though, like Eric Tsang, and it sounded like the dialect my dad spoke.

[@fairdayalways1399]

哇，你真的很棒👍👍👍 克服困難往前努力並且做到，沒有退縮。

[@jesssmile9477]

You did a super good job ! 勁啊 為左同家人溝通學番廣東話 好感動🙏🏻👍🏻

[@kccathyng]

Dads English is so perfect

[@terrywu4299]

HongKonger’s here ✋🏻I’m so glad to see this video 👍👍👍💪💪💪Thank you for learning Cantonese 🙏Wish you and your family have a healthy happy life 😊🙏

[@legungipad]

Really proud of your tenacity and strong will! Keep up the great efforts! Add oil! 加油👍👍

[@dickcheung4351]

Your dad must be proud!

[@okorolina]

OMG this made me want to cry with pride, you did Amazing. I am learning my ancestral tongue and working to talk to my mom and relatives ... This was truly inspiring ☺️

[@chanalexa6923]

KZbin brings me to here ... I have no idea why. But really appreciate that you try to learn Cantonese, less and less people speak Cantonese now. Thanks for making effort to preserve it too

[@yingying7397]

To be honest, you are pretty good at canto considered you only learned it in a week! Can totally understand what you are saying!! So good! Keep up the hard work!

[@paulaspa7526]

I was really inspired by watching your video especially the part 1. I been in Hongkong for 9 years but sadly I even know the basic in Cantonese since I was expose only to only English and Filipino. I'm really having the hard time in tones since there are similar words in Cantonese but have different tones. Now as I watch the fruits of your devotion and continous practice, I'm really happy that it is not too late for me to learn. Thanks and take care👏👏🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗

[@JamesWongLife]

paul aspa hey Paul, I did a video about tones in languages that you should definitely check out, it might help you a lot. It’s never too late to learn new things, and the good news is that you’re surrounded by the language! Good luck with your journey.

[@lonelywolfMacau]

喺現時大環境下，廣東話已經被邊緣化，睇到您咁努力學習廣東話，為您自豪，加油！

[@caseychan6909]

i really like your dad, very down to earth, and not being patronizing to his son. Keep it up. Your Cantonese is way better than my English.

[@lawrenceng1743]

I'm so impressed!!! I'm Cantonese but my son can't speak Cantonese and have no interest to learn. I almost cried, when you called your dad, "baba"

[@metalhead3913]

Reminds me the time when i was learning english.. i'm from hong kong and we all learned basic english in school, but hearing and speaking is another thing, i'm glad that i met lots of friends from different countries when i was a teenager and i was comfortable to speak in english with them after a few months. I'm 48 now and although my gramma is not correct but i can still communicate in english and undrstand movies without subtitlles. I tried to teach them cantonese but it was too hard for them, because every word had different sound and look its just too hard to memorise them, so i'm very impressed seeing how much you've improved in learning cantonese in such short time. I'm sure your dad must feel very proud of you

[@icekk007]

James: I am sure your dad is proud of you. What a touching story!

[@kieranliu4778]

It is so intimate between a father and a son.

[@movecheung8973]

我是香港人，見到你父子講廣東話很得意。

[@pattykeung1]

Wow! I am from Hong Kong and a Cantonese speaker. I love your heart to want to speak Cantonese!! Bless you and your dad James!! I am moved to see the interactions between you and your dad!! If you want to practice speaking in Cantonese more I can help you via Zoom when I have time, or introduce you to some of my friends in Taiwan who speaks Cantonese and perhaps you can practice in speaking Cantonese with them too!!

[@sxstrngsamurai13]

dang man...this kinda hits me hard for some reason. I don't have a great relationship with my dad and I really never learned cantonese growing up in the states. Kinda want to put some effort into that at some point. Also your dad shocked the heck out of me with that very crisp english accent. I wouldn't know he was a native HK-er if you didn't tell me.

[@JamesWongLife]

Jeff Chiu he’s integrated well haha, loves his English tea and football too - I reckon culturally he’s more western than I am now, as I’ve lived in taiwan for 5 years. I hope things can get better with your dad, I know there can be a lot of conflict between western kids and asian parents and my brother and I were kinda lucky that we didn’t get a full asian force from him - he’s defo softened up in older age.

[@yellowguamrazr]

I've actually realized now in my 20s how glad I am that my parents persisted with Cantonese at home. Now that I bring my boyfriend around and because of the time I brought a friend with us on a family vacation for a month to HK, I can see the way the language barrier stilts my parents' personalities. Plus, I can just almost natively speak another language.

[@anytimeilovecats]

This is so sweet! I wish my dad is still here.

[@joyon8693]

你说得太好了，，正如你父亲说粤语不容易，且你的环境更不容易，加油！，P s，你父亲也太棒了！

[@Nathaliear]

Love you video, I’m also teaching my son Cantonese everyday, your dad is very sweet

[@thaihengyoon5333]

Proud of you 加油 I speak Cantonese too.

[@dawnlam3909]

其實你咁大個先開始學,已經算講得好唔錯架啦。如果你需要練習,我哋呢度咁多人都會好樂意幫你呀！努力呀!

[@gugumohed]

Add oil to James! Learning Cantonese is not easy，no fast way!Keep on doing what you want to do. Never give up!💪💪💪

[@larryholou]

I am sure your dad must be so proud of you! I wish my kids speak and cherish Cantonese as you do.

[@wongkalokcarol5251]

I’m a Cantonese teacher in US, I teaching kids Cantonese as a heritage language. I watched your video and you did a very good job! I want to share your video with my students!

[@Lifeeewithsabrina]

I’m from Hong Kong and you’re amazing! Switching between 3 languages must be difficult when you are learning 2/3 at the same time. Keep going! You’re gonna be so fluent so soon ⚡️

[@Lifeeewithsabrina]

Watching this made me smile :)

[@bb96kjl]

This was an amazing journey and mammoth effort. I’m British born Chinese with parents from HK, we spoke Cantonese at home but as I grew up I very quickly adopted English and spoke English exclusively with my siblings. I made an effort as an adult to pick up Cantonese again but like you found few Cantonese speakers to chat to, especially when I moved to New Zealand. I now call/Skype my parents every now and then and make an effort to only use Cantonese. I get the words and tones mixed up all the time but watching your conversation was so endearing because there is no judgement from your dad and you had a good conversation. Keep it up, you’re doing extremely well! As an aside, I tried learning mandarin and my Cantonese accent leaked into mandarin even though I have a British accent.

[@its_so_edna]

Good job! You got some positive feedback from your dad👏

[@winkyl88]

James, you are doing a great job and I understood everything you said. Your tones will only get better with more practice. So don’t be afraid to speak Cantonese and allow other speakers to offer you constructive criticism. Bravo!

[@karenTaiwan]

James口音好好聽~聽你說話很享受喔!!!而且很難想像你有聽力問題,你一定很努力,加油喔~

[@ruthpang7286]

You have been doing a great job, James. Learning Cantonese is si difficult. I admire your determination.

[@kentlau8890]

加油！Love from Malaysian Cantonese Native speaker!

[@leungkong]

I feel your father is not easy to switch the language although he can speak in perfect Cantonese. You have a good start for trying. Nice.

[@mistystarzlite]

You did amazing! And the puppy rubs definitely continued on! At one point your puppy got up and your hand shot immediately to give him rubs like you wanted to keep him there lol. It was very cute. I breathed a sigh of relief with you at the end knowing how hard it is to hold a conversation in a language you are not super confident in and because I could see you put a lot of pressure on yourself to do well. Though it was good to see you relaxed a lot more towards the end of the conversation. Your Cantonese was actually pretty spot on most of the time and I’m sure if you keep up the practice, you’ll be onto a fluent conversation in no time! I actually felt like maybe your dad had trouble hearing you at times due to the connection or muffling from the mics rather than because you said something wrong. Like in the beginning when you asked if he was eating with your brother and you said “sai lo” before switching to just asking with who. I could definitely understand you, so I think it was just not as clear over the call itself.

[@lillianna.0221]

I'm so happy! You did so well😁 Your dad must be so proud! Keep going 👏

[@winniekf]

Well done! You dad must be really proud of you❤️

[@JessBess]

aww this was so wholesome... it came up on my recommended and unexpectedly made me cry. your dad is so kind and positive! i can tell he is proud of you. you should also be proud of yourself too! despite the pressures you may have put on yourself :) my dad judges and criticises me for not being Chinese enough and judges my Cantonese (I was born in England). I feel ashamed to speak Cantonese because I feel like I'm being shamed and condemned every time I do so and feel really embarrassed haha. also: if I don't speak Cantonese, I can't get criticized xD so when your dad said that he doesn't expect much from you, having not been in a Cantonese speaking environment was cool and wholesome to see. but yeah lately I've realised that I also want to connect with my ancestral tongue despite my family. I actually was going to get a teacher Italki to film a video with me too xD

[@iamanman]

James, you are brilliant! You can reach a conversational level in such a short time. I am from Hong Kong and I can tell you your father was borned in the most beautiful island in Hong Kong. If Covid end, please come to Hong Kong and visit your father homeland.

[@andymeguire]

U did great! I m a Malaysian Cantonese n I m so admired the English both you father and son speaking

[@華清-w7o]

your dad is a very nice guy....... very kind, very gentleman.....

[@pearlvongpusanachai5942]

iHi James, my father was from Hong Kong and we spoke Cantonese at home too, but we live in Bangkok. As a child I had to learn Thai, English, Cantonese and Mandarin. I like what you said about not having to be perfect. I love it that you’re trying hard to pick up Cantonese, it’s such a fun dialect. Love the connection between your father and you too. And we were probably related 500 years ago as I was born Pearl Wong, haha... Cheers!

[@chiyeunglo]

Hi James. I am Chi-Yeung also from Hong Kong. I was randomly clicking video and found yours. I love the way you never give up but to complete your bucket list. You probably dont think in this way but I can understand the frustration you had when you first experienced Canto and all other stuff happened in HK. I hope you don't easily give up on having a taste of not only the language but also the Chinese culture (apparently you seem enjoy living in Asia). I love you videos and your attitute - please keep up with your good work!

[@chiyeunglo]

I also want to say I love the way you communicate and keep a relationship with your "Asian" dad. Even he was migrated to the UK when he was young - I can still tell he is very Asian in terms of being a dad i.e. he sounds very strict - the way he speaks about your first try in Canto. BUT more importantly he loves you!

[@angiecheng8347]

You actually did very well, I can understand you what you said in the whole video without watching subtitles💪🏻