So glad there’s still a desire to learn Cantonese, it seems like the mandarin had become so important that people disregard Cantonese nowadays. But it’s still such an important and beautiful language.
@jeffkardosjr.38253 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong action movies have me more interested in Cantonese.
@M4rteevee3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffkardosjr.3825 yes they’re amazing, those movies are classics! Most overseas Chinese are cantonese speaking too, so a lot of what we know about Chinese culture from outside of China is actually specifically Cantonese culture.
@erroreliminator2.0763 жыл бұрын
Mandarin is not important AT ALL. People are falling for Chinese propaganda
@M4rteevee3 жыл бұрын
Error Eliminator 2.0 please don’t uplift Cantonese by bringing down mandarin. Both are very important and beautiful languages. It’s a great lingua franca for Chinese people everywhere because it’s easier to learn.
@PixieElixir3 жыл бұрын
Dialect, Cantonese and mandarin are merely two different dialects of the same language, even if there are not mutually audible.
I don't know why i got a feeling you're from Malaysia lol and i checked your youtube and you are hahahaha
@kayanviola53 жыл бұрын
粵語是我的母語,我也知道外國人很難學。你太有心了,加油💪 期待你和媽媽唱廣東話歌🥰
@MakeCalbeLaugh3 жыл бұрын
wow, you're a fast learner. Your Cantonese sounds perfect, n I can see your mom has to master Cantonese too. Btw, is really great. My kid is taking English n I'm taking German class
@missmania45613 жыл бұрын
Ich hoffe dir fällt die Sprache nicht zu schwer! Find ich cool ^^ Viel Glück :D (I hope the language is not as hard for you! I think its cool that you learn german. Good Luck :D) 😁 I don’t know ... us germans get excited when people learn our language 😂 Many people do I guess
@kaorichan76713 жыл бұрын
Viel Glück :) 🍀
@chinesebay3 жыл бұрын
Agree 110%! You are amazing! Just notice the Chinese caption uses "我就是学莲“ instead of 雪莲 even though your pronunciation was really accurate in Mandarin. You did use xue3 a 3rd tone. What voice to text software did you use for your caption?
@tilda90683 жыл бұрын
Deutsche Sprache = Schwere Sprache but good Kick
@tilda90683 жыл бұрын
*good luck 😂💃
@OrigamiTree3 жыл бұрын
Wow, ONE WEEK of Cantonese classes and you can speak like that?? That's pretty good. Some of the pronunciation is off (sounds "Mandarin-y"), but I could still understand you and admire your and your mom's efforts to learn! (Cantonese speaker here).
@testaccount10553 жыл бұрын
Totally! Very admirable! I’m impressed too that you can get that type of pronunciation so well in the beginning. I’m a Cantonese speaker also and even then, I get a lot of pronunciations incorrect. Usually results in my parents smacking me over the head or mocking me that my Chinese is so bad. I can’t share this video with my parents or they will set you as the standard as to why I can’t be like that and brownie points - you can speak mandarin!!! Cant compete until I get to your level lol
@Icymiiii Жыл бұрын
Very true
@carmencheng563 жыл бұрын
香港人支持仼何學廣東話的人!
@user-ct3is3qt4p3 жыл бұрын
广东客家人支持任何人学广东话!
@qy60612 жыл бұрын
我也想说好😭
@SWEETH0NEYDEW3 жыл бұрын
As a native Cantonese speaker myself, the language is very hard to learn. Much harder than Mandarin. I appreciate your effort to learn and your mom for trying to sing one of Beyond's classic song. 喜歡你 is also my favouite song!
@katherinetutschek47573 жыл бұрын
No offense, but I always find it ironic when a native speaker claims to know what a second language learner would find more or less difficult. I also notice that people are usually biased towards thinking their own language is the hardest to learn, or has the most subtleties or nuances.
@lalaheaven3 жыл бұрын
@@katherinetutschek4757 i speak 3 languages daily. I am as fluent in all 3. I would say english is my main but my mother tongue is cantonese, so it's sort of my native tongue AND my second language. I would still say it's a hard language to learn.
@penguin-tc1cx3 жыл бұрын
Katherine Tutschek if you look at the official website thing about the average amount of hours it takes for an English native speaker (I’m talking about English only) takes to learn languages, group five (~2200 hours, hardest to learn) includes cantonese, mandarin, Japanese and I think one more language but I forgot. the writer of the comment could have also come to the conclusion that cantonese is hard from other people they know who are learning canto/personal experiences etc
@katherinetutschek47573 жыл бұрын
@@penguin-tc1cx It's possible that Sweet Honeydew knows other ppl who have learned Canto or Mandarin as a second language, and I don't know if she grew up overseas and has the experience of learning her native language as a second language (like many overseas Chinese), but I've lived in Hong Kong for over a decade, and pretty much everyone there assumes that Canto is necessarily harder than Mandarin for native English speakers to learn. They aren't basing this opinion on real experience or that of their friends, their reasons for thinking it are "Cantonese doesn't have pinyin" (even though it actually does), "Cantonese has 9 tones" (though technically it's more like 6-7, whereas Mandarin is 4-5), and "white people are clueless when it comes to anything about Chinese language or culture." I admit that the expat culture in Hong Kong doesn't do much to change local people's minds in this regard, but it annoys me when they make blanket statements about white people. It's right up there with "all white people can't eat spicy food or organ meats". I think the official language ranking you mentioned is a good guideline, but individual aptitudes also play a role. If the girl in the video says she finds Canto more difficult that's completely valid cuz that's her experience. Personally I learnt Canto and Mandarin and didn't find one more difficult than the other (I grew up speaking only English). They take time to learn, but I wouldn't say they're "hard" per se. I actually find tones easier and less intimidating than grammatical gender and agreement, so something like Polish or French seems harder to me than Chinese. But my point is that everybody's different, and I feel like while people in Hong Kong have good intentions, their assumptions about white people's experiences and abilities can come off as more insulting and condescending than they realize.
@zitloeng87133 жыл бұрын
As a native Cantonese speaker myself, the language is very easy to learn. Much easier than Mandarin.
@keithpang8723 жыл бұрын
Cantonese is considered to be closer to the traditional ancient Chinese language, whereas Mandarin was not an "authentic" Chinese language in old history. You would find that Cantonese is better suited when reading the old Chinese poems.
@chiupolini3 жыл бұрын
Can't say mandarin is not "authentic". They are both authentic. It is just that Mandarin is the old Chinese which got influenced by the northern tribes whereas Cantonese is old Chinese influenced by the southern tribes. Historically the changes in power, followed by a blending of different tribes with the Chinese culture took place with much higher frequency in the north than that in the south, the changes in the norther "Chinese" are also more pronounced, which resulted in the present day "Mandarin". If a guy from Tung dynasty could now talk, neither a Mandarin speaker or Cantonese speaker would understand what he says - until he writes it down.
@christong8883 жыл бұрын
All Chinese languages (like all other languages) retain some features from the original and change in other features. Cantonese sounds similar to Middle Chinese but it won't be 100% the same. Just like Hokkien may retain some Ancient Chinese features but it won't be 100% the same. Geographic isolation ensures some variation between the languages, keeping some features but changing in other features.
@Divalady20103 жыл бұрын
Hokkien is over 5000 years old, one of the oldest Chinese dialect, it’s still spoken similarly now as before.
@Divalady20103 жыл бұрын
@Lily Qresmaidapa Sungkono I agree. It’s because it’s lights and formal. Unlike Cantonese it’s heavy, chaotic flow, and sounds a bit rough.
@JayCee20203 жыл бұрын
That’s why many Japanese and Korean words sound closer to cantonese than mandarin. It was helpful for me when studying for sure haha.
@frankt43393 жыл бұрын
你好勁啦!廣東話是好難!但廣東話好有趣!加油💪🏻
@Loislaulife3 жыл бұрын
I’m from Hong Kong and speak Cantonese. Seeing u guys doing that just make me so happy
@marthakwan82153 жыл бұрын
me2
@GoldRight3 жыл бұрын
推廣廣東話!推上
@ol23193 жыл бұрын
+1, great job !
@minhluong60423 жыл бұрын
I love cantonese better than mandarin
@officialphobia77553 жыл бұрын
Glory for the Hong Kong! 🇭🇰
@Monomaize3 жыл бұрын
is anyone else so intrigued by how our voices carry differently based on languages/dialect?? so cool 😳
Bonjour Fiora,je suis Daniel,je parle cantonais aussi
@Deviousboy3 жыл бұрын
that's cool😃
@HakuYuki001 Жыл бұрын
😂
@fioracandiotti28087 ай бұрын
@@nakim1200 科西嘉岛的名字
@frenselx3 жыл бұрын
Your mom is a genius. "喜歡你" is one of the best song in Cantonese.
@wsphh26923 жыл бұрын
Hang Wong YES !! IT IS MY FAVORITE EARLY CHILDHOOD SONG 😭😭😭
@nvk2252 жыл бұрын
what lmao it's my dad's fav song to annoying me when I was a kid
@kittylo79223 жыл бұрын
The good thing about Cantonese is that 90% of the times the tones in songs are matched to speaking tones. Although it is not conversational spoken Cantonese. I have trouble learning Mandarin even though I can read subtitles though. I learn Mandarin by watching the Mandarin dubbed Disney cartoons.
@highTideWaves3 жыл бұрын
And honestly the matching of tones is why songwriting is difficult... But when done correctly, it's beautiful.
@Everie6673 жыл бұрын
You’re a really fast learner. My parents speak Cantonese but spoke in English to me and I grew up listening to it but I didn’t practice speaking it (canto) until I went to Hong Kong to study and you’re definitely much faster than me if you got down most of the words in such a short time XD you’re amazing. Your mom is amazing too such a linguistically, musically inclined and talented family
@chanhappy95593 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Hong Kong and born in China, I speak both Cantonese and Mandarin, and I can tell you guys Cantonese and Mandarin are two different languages by nature, although they share some similarities in grammar and pronunciation, they are very different in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure, just like Italian and Spanish. If you only speak Mandarin, learning Cantonese is Not easier than learning Japanese, which I studied for 3 years.
@aaronwai17583 жыл бұрын
Once you learn Cantonese, there are tons of 70, 80 songs for you. Don’t give up, you can do it👍
@HappiAcrossCultures3 жыл бұрын
Those are the best songs tooo!!! 😍😍😍
@andrewdog-gonewaylon59153 жыл бұрын
@@HappiAcrossCultures Hey, you're on my Instagram😅
@andrewdog-gonewaylon59153 жыл бұрын
Most of the 70s and 80s songs are ether pop or folk songs, while most of the Mandarin songs you have sung are more like Jazz or mountain songs (similar to Bluegrass, since they have Erhu which is kind of like the Fiddle, pipa which is like the Mandolin and the 秦琴 which is like the Banjo and the Zheng which is like the dobro or lapsteel😅)
@etow80343 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang, there is only one written form of Chinese instead of 80+ like in India ! ...LoL
@HappiAcrossCultures3 жыл бұрын
E Tow thank goodness!!! 😂😂😂
@penguinheadd3 жыл бұрын
Omg your Cantonese is perfect when you were singing it. I was impressed by how you nailed the word "像" (jeong/jeung). A lot of mandarin speakers learning cantonese couldn't pronounce it. You're great! Just need some work on speaking it when you're not singing.
@etow80343 жыл бұрын
From my observations Mandarin speakers are good at picking up French, but have trouble pronouncing English properly !
@zitloeng87133 жыл бұрын
thats the problem of mandarin speakers
@missfishin85223 жыл бұрын
I am a Hongkonger. You sing Cantonese songs perfectly! Keep it up 💪
@kittyluv25643 жыл бұрын
You are so serious about this, learning a whole new language in order to help your mom with the songs. You guys have my utmost respect.
@melvinch3 жыл бұрын
The fastest way to learn Cantonese is to start with vulgarities. Nothing is as toxic as cursing in Cantonese.
@jdemeulenaer1233 жыл бұрын
That's why it's useless to learn. Changsha hua would be a much better choice for her mama... Guangdong hua doesn't sound shufu at all
@jeffkardosjr.38253 жыл бұрын
LOL! Carter, Chris Tucker's, bad Cantonese from Rush Hour 2.
@610260403 жыл бұрын
The diversity and variety of Canto vulgarities is fun to learn.
@staggeredpotato69413 жыл бұрын
Allow me to help you with this : DIU LEI LO MOOOO!
@HappiAcrossCultures3 жыл бұрын
Sooooo truuuuuue 😂😂😂😂
@pierusa1233 жыл бұрын
"I like you" is one of the songs when Beyond started up. The girl friend of the main singer of Beyond broke up with him, he wrote that song for this reason, he passed away in an accident. Now Beyond is well known and super popular.
@marthakwan82153 жыл бұрын
i am from hk .i am glad to see there is someone who want to learn cantonese 感到欣慰
@valorousbeatz8523 жыл бұрын
Wow, a week of Canto classes and she sounds that good. That is some talent. Pronunciation is actually so on point, some tones were off, but that's ok, nobody's perfect. I make mistakes sometimes as a native speaker too! Great stuff, hope you keep learning more Cantonese!
@babyblueroses3 жыл бұрын
No need to say you don’t know Cantonese, cuz you already did the hard part...which is to conquer your fear and commit to learning. Highly commendable on your part. You will be unstoppable one day. I was raised in a house listening to all sorts of Asian languages. My pronunciation is spot on for words I do know, but my fear has held me back from achieving fluency in any language. I can barely keep up small talk or do business in any of these languages. I look to you as an inspiration because of your fearlessness. Keep up the good work!
@jjsaysnyc3 жыл бұрын
This is so thoughtful. Thank you so much for your sweet message! 💕
@BLstudios3 жыл бұрын
what languages did you speak?
@jjsaysnyc3 жыл бұрын
@@BLstudios I was speaking Mandarin and Cantonese!
@Allankho3 жыл бұрын
Like I learn English many years ago, you are much better off, a quick learner, well done. Almost full mark.
@japanesentaiwanese67113 жыл бұрын
Almost full mark? lmfaoo youre kidding right?
@facheung7193 жыл бұрын
So excited that you learn Cantonese! I am a native speaker of Cantonese and you speak quite well in a short period of time. 加油!廣東話係好正㗎!
@PineNg3 жыл бұрын
I am a Cantonese native speaker, I am very glad to see Cantonese culture getting popular ~~ BTW, your mother is amazing singer ~~
@cwcwilson3 жыл бұрын
You actually have really good pronunciation in Cantonese, better than my Mandarin speaking wife, I am native Cantonese. Keep up the good work, looking forward to more Cantonese video from you.
@xiaohongluo89733 жыл бұрын
Yeah I really agree with you
@catshelley3 жыл бұрын
Agree with you...
@changfamilychannel-interna19193 жыл бұрын
Because Mandarin is a national mandated language, most people carry their regional tones into it. So it's a bit forgiving.
@curls683 жыл бұрын
Born and bred in HK and still trying my hardest to perfect Cantonese. Trust me even for locals it is difficult and many have a lazy tone. But don't give up!
@xuannguon24433 жыл бұрын
Hello the talented girl, I just wanted to leave here my tremendous impression and respect to you and your witty mom. You might have known now as I told you that I am a Vietnamese been living in The States for 8 years but I just wish my English would be as good as half of your level of Mandarin. I love Madarin but I fell like the procrastination rising beyond my motivation for learning Madarin. Thanks again for inspiring and reminding me of the love for Mandarin.
@cef85403 жыл бұрын
As a native Cantonese speaker, I can say that your Cantonese sound really good, even far better than some of the Cantonese native speakers (as some of them have lazy accents)!! Keep it on!
@patricktsang60873 жыл бұрын
You have language talent, actually to handle Cantonese well is quite a big challenge as you have mentioned in your video. Anyway, I admire you and your mom have such courage to conquer Cantonese mission, carry on.
@ZhangBangsFury3 жыл бұрын
i think the mistake here is that she's using mandarin to learn it, those chinese in Hong Kong aint doing well
@tonyw21673 жыл бұрын
Even people who are fluent in Mandarin have a hard time learning Cantonese (my native tongue) so I applaud you and Mom for taking this challenge!!!! 加油!Keep practicing! Watch more Cantonese news broadcast if you want to learn more proper Cantonese, or soap opera if you want to learn conversational Cantonese.
@devingong96083 жыл бұрын
I'm from Guangdong. I think your mother has a gift for Cantonese. She sings very well. Come on!
I am a cantonese from Hong Kong, as you said, it is much easier for you to learn Cantonese because you speak Mandarin. Actually, many words are similar. You are recommended to learn Cantonese because most Chinese in the United State speak Cantonese. I 've discovered one perpetual phenomenon, most non-native speaker always sounds with different accent without exception. However, you sound great in Cantonese but to be honest, there is a lot of lovely foreign accent within . Work hard, 加油, add oil! you are amazing !
@supertrouper3 жыл бұрын
Just to give you a tip about 你 in Cantonese. Traditionally, they pronounced it Nei, which sounds more closer to the Mandarin pronunciation Ni. However, Hong Kongers have gotten lazy with their tones that some of the words that originally had the N sounds have now turned into L sounds. So when your Cantonese teacher was teaching you how to say You, it turned to Lei. The original standard Cantonese came from Guangzhou, but a large influx of the people in and around Guangzhou migrated to Hong Kong during its early days as a British colony, so Hong Kong Cantonese is just another version Guangzhou dialect, but influenced over the years from the British culture and British English words have mixed in with their Cantonese and thanks to Hong Kong's popular Cantonese entertainment, many newer generations of Cantonese speakers from mainland Guangdong province and from overseas now follow more of Hong Kong's way of speaking standard Cantonese. Other Examples of lazy Cantonese pronunciations with N sounds Milk 奶 Nai=Lai Patience 耐性 Noi Sing=Loi Sing Woman 女 Neoi=Leoi These 呢啲 Ni Di=Li Di Man 男人 Nam Yan= Lam Yan Lemon 檸檬 Ning Mung=Ling Mung New York 紐約 Nau Yeuk = Lau Yeuk Slave 奴人 Nou Yan=Lou Yan Work Hard 努力 Nou Lik=Lou Lik Twist 扭擺 Nau Bai=Lau Bai
@brendaeq2363 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this explanation. My family is native Toisanese speakers but can speak the official provincial dialect of Cantonese, and because of this language root, we pronounced most of your attached word list traditionally vs lazy way. Consequently kids from Hong Kong made fun of us, but now I know it was coming from their “lazy” pronunciation issue, rather then our “so-called mis-pronunciation”.
@manchuckmi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to explain.
@suejmaryoung3 жыл бұрын
supertrouper Thanks for sharing! I am cantonese speaker n nei and lei was very confusing to me when I was a child. So what is the correct way ?
@supertrouper3 жыл бұрын
@@suejmaryoung Nei is usually the correct way. It is the traditional way of pronouncing it in Cantonese spoken conversations and the older generation Guangzhou speakers pronounce it this way. If say lei, Cantonese speakers will still understand, but it can easily get confused for the other word to separate lei hoi. It is better to say nei.
@moshinla3 жыл бұрын
lazy tongue is true but it is not the influence of foreign culture. Cantonese is dying too in Guangzhou in recent decades due to politics.
@stevejen34163 жыл бұрын
I speak English, mandarin, Cantonese and few other Chinese dialects. Would love to help you and your mom with any questions you may have just to see you succeed in conquering another language. Love your mom, she’s so bubbly and a great singer!
@ceciliachio43723 жыл бұрын
As a Cantonese speaker, I think your mum and you are so brilliant! What a fast language learner! I appreciate you and your mum that you two have the enthusiasm to learn Cantonese, one of the most difficult language in the world
@lpp993 жыл бұрын
I am a native Cantonese speaker and I encourage you to learn it. It’s difficult but it’s quite interesting to learn! You will open a new world. And you can go back to Chinatown and talk to the man (who speaks Cantonese and Spanish😂)
@relaxwhc3 жыл бұрын
Why cantonese speakers always attack simplified chinese writers for no reason?
@lpp993 жыл бұрын
@@relaxwhc due to political reasons. simplified Chinese somehow represents "mainland Chinese" and Cantonese are mostly used by people in Hong Kong and Macau ..
@discovercantonesewithmissk98613 жыл бұрын
@@relaxwhc They are from Hong Kong, sadly.... Cantonese speakers are not only stay in HK, Macau, and also live in Guangdong...
@noodlemint3 жыл бұрын
i live in a cantonese household and i’ve started learning mandarin maybe a year ago...i can definitely say cantonese is harder 😂
@anthony.catbagan3 жыл бұрын
Why is Cantonese harder than Mandarin?
@horsermchead25043 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Catbagan It has more tones.
@harpsw75453 жыл бұрын
@@anthony.catbagan coz it has nine tones but Mandarin only gets four.
@usbigboss3 жыл бұрын
@@anthony.catbagan It has a different text structure and pronunciation than Mandarin
@babyshaya3 жыл бұрын
@@anthony.catbagan many colloquial and vernacular words and phrases don't follow rules. Cantonese has words that doesn't exist in Chinese. Cantonese does not follow specific grammatical rules and syntax is all over the place. Mandarin is a lot easier. I grew up speaking Cantonese and started to pick up mandarin @ 18, within a decade my mandarin surpassed my Cantonese because it's simply easier to learn.
@Kath71203 жыл бұрын
I speak Cantonese, mandarin, Portuguese and English. The most difficult one must be Canto lol. The first song is my dads fav.
@harrowingsparrow79483 жыл бұрын
Ew you gamble?
@itsm3th3b333 жыл бұрын
You too? Same here. Where did you learn your Portuguese? Brasil?
@Kath71203 жыл бұрын
@@itsm3th3b33 yes I was born in Brazil and now I’m in hk
@itsm3th3b333 жыл бұрын
@@Kath7120 Você está viajando ou mudou para HK? Eu cresci em SP mas agora moro em USA.
@Kath71203 жыл бұрын
@@itsm3th3b33 mudei pra estudar
@komon16133 жыл бұрын
As a HongKonger speaking cantonese, i am soooooo glad that there are more and more foreigners that want to learn cantonese. A very effective way I would like to suggest is watching hk tv dramas. U must find it interesting if u keep learning Cantonese~~
@aryanemarques20893 жыл бұрын
Where can I watch hk TV dramas? Do you have any recommendations to me?
@komon16133 жыл бұрын
@@aryanemarques2089 hi! I am surprised to receive your message! I have just searched a website named “hktvdrama.com” and i think it is available in your country. In case u want to visit the official website of hk tv companies, u can search “TVB” or “Viutv”. These two companies make hk tv shows.😆
@supertrouper3 жыл бұрын
I hope you are aware that in normal spoken Cantonese conversations, 鍾意 is usually used to express liking someone or something, though it is never used for formal written purposes as you more than likely know that Cantonese dialect speakers write spoken Mandarin for official and formal purposes meanwhile regular spoken Cantonese does not entirely match formal Chinese writing system word for word. 喜歡 is used in spoken Cantonese conversations as well even 歡喜 is used in spoken Cantonese conversations, so it is fine using it in Cantonese conversations, but more often 喜歡 used for formal written purposes in the Cantonese speaking community and 鍾意 is used more often in spoken Cantonese conversations.
@mrtsiqsin22903 жыл бұрын
What makes Cantonese hard is not only the number of tones (the difference in tones are even subtler in Cantonese), but also the formality of words. Just like the song you picked, "喜歡你" (though spoken by Mandarin speakers) is formal for Cantonese speakers and we say "鍾意你" in daily conversations. Most Cantonese songs (99%) are written in formal words because that sounds more literary and cultured, but the fact is if you follow the lyrics to learn Cantonese, you would sound very awkward. We share the same written system with Mandarin speakers (forget about the difference between traditional and simplified characters), but we just speak in another way. So Cantonese speakers can easily understand Mandarin speakers, but not the other way around. Also there are quite a number of Cantonese characters, such as 乜, 嘢, 喺, 咗, 咁, which do not exist in Mandarin, but these characters are actually most frequently used. One more thing is the diversity of final particles in Cantonese, e.g. 呀, 吓, 喎, 咩, 咋, 啫, 嘅, 啩, 噃, 㗎, 啦, 喇, 嘩, 囉, 嘛 ... etc (and combinations like 㗎喎, 㗎噃, 咋嘛, 吓嘩, 㗎喇喎, 㗎囉噃). We put these final particles at the end of sentences. Sadly most Cantonese lessons do not teach learners about them, because even native speakers don't know how to tell the differences. You can say a sentence correctly without them, but this usually does't sound natural to us. Most people usually focus on 'tones' when talking about the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese. For me as a native speaker, tones are hard but still okay, it's the final particles that can drive someone crazy.
@Alex-bb1xn3 жыл бұрын
Once she's mastered the 99%, she can move on to mastering the 1% by listening to Sam Hui songs.
I am appreciate that you are learning Cantonese!You have a very good learning skills at Cantonese. Finally,thanks for supporting our language “Cantonese”.I am your audience from Hong Kong~🤙❤️
@alfong82793 жыл бұрын
雪莲, you are simply the smartest Superwoman on Chinese languages. First you mastered perfect Mandarin and now , even Cantonese. Wow!
@enochli60003 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong audience here, actually very good, like special vowels and 入聲字, which many learners struggle on. I love your mom's and your voice, they are beautiful and impressive. A little reminder, some words in mandarin cannot be translated, and it's not a normal language, it often changes in daily conversation. Lastly, thank you for saving this old, disappearing and treasurable language.
Hello 雪蓮,your mom is a super sweetie, lovely and cutie mama with her perfect singing sound ... your talent is learning super fast in multi languages with speaking accurate vowels ... you both are super natural matching like a twins 👯♀️
@edto22723 жыл бұрын
Add oil! Your Cantonese pronunciation in the song got 99.99 marks! There are many many wonderful classic cantonese songs booming during 70s-90s😇
@ItsOKmusiccorner3 жыл бұрын
Perfect playing for this song! I am a native Cantonese speaker. The accents are perfect when you sang with your mum. Love her harmony part as well. Perfect! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@wktang96803 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to hear your mom sing Cantonese songs for she has a very rich voice which will give the Hei Foon Ni song new intensity. To speak Cantonese without accent, you need to train yourself the ability to distinguish the 9 intonations Cantonese has. I hope your teacher can help you on this.
@lovelyworld52443 жыл бұрын
omg, your mum sings so well and the Cantonese is perfect at the end. How can you learn a language so fast? can't believe you only took a week class. Can I know how many hours did practice a day? Finally, thank you for support and learn Cantonese, that mean a lot to us.
@derhistory54133 жыл бұрын
Omg, you speaks so so so good in Cantonese. As a Hongkonger, I cant stoping saying WOW! Very impressive.
@failun32843 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈哈😂⋯⋯媽媽太可愛❤️😄等着媽媽"喜歡你"👏👏👏👏👏👏😄
@petiteluxenoir57413 жыл бұрын
Excellent effort with your Cantonese ! Can’t believe the progress you’ve made after only one week. Amazing ! Keep up the great work.
@slamdunk4063 жыл бұрын
Your mom is incredible! You are too! I've been doing Mandarin for four years now, Japanese for two years, and I'm just starting to do some Cantonese! Your content has really been helpful to me! Keep up the good work! 加油!
@kalvinchan80543 жыл бұрын
You are really talented in learning languages! Being a native Cantonese speaker, I do agree this dialect is not easy to learn and apply in daily life. However you can accurately use the phrases and tones, marvellous!
@OkkkkOO3663 жыл бұрын
I'm a Malaysian chinese speaking Cantonese and Mandarin at the same time Actually your mom's pronunciation in that song was really good Even me myself who grew up speaking Cantonese think that the tones of Cantonese are way harder than Mandarin And pronunciation of Cantonese is also harder than Mandarin (if you want to pronounce properly and sound like native) But anyhow you're doing a great job ady😂
@brilliantlightphoto3 жыл бұрын
You are incredible!! 厉害!I love how you just took the leap to learn it. Thank you for showing the moments where you are struggling with words or struggling to remember something. This makes me feel not alone - I've been learning 普通话 for 五个月. I can see my progress, but I have SO FAR to go. Seeing your videos really inspire me. Thanks for all you do :)
@jjsaysnyc3 жыл бұрын
You can do it!!!! Just keep up the hard work!!! 🥰
@ericcartment68143 жыл бұрын
I am from Guangzhou and speak Cantonese as mother tongue. Really appreciate it!
@LennoNg013 жыл бұрын
is Canton not guangzhou guangzhou was sucks and wrong name
@tjhenshall64233 жыл бұрын
Moreover, you appear to have a great channel, paired with incredibly produced content, so you certainly have gained subscription on my part! After having watched this video, I was utterly astounded by your distinguished linguistic intellect and tenacity to attempt to learn Cantonese, on the premise of helping your mother recreate such a melefluois
@tjhenshall64233 жыл бұрын
*mellifluous
@vincihui2223 жыл бұрын
I’m actually so impressed with the accuracy of the Cantonese 🥳
@Millasan3 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to you and your mum singing the song! Beyond was a really successful band in Hong Kong/Asia. The lead singer tragically died young :(
@andrewdog-gonewaylon59153 жыл бұрын
Mainstream, successful maybe, but ain't even closed to bands like Metallica, Def Leppard, or Lynyrd Skynyrd... 😅
@koo-core72743 жыл бұрын
Andrew Dog-Gone Waylon we're not talking about america or the west. not sure how ur comment is relevant?
@andrewdog-gonewaylon59153 жыл бұрын
@@koo-core7274 And by the way, you're hero Donald has Coronavirus too, so why don't you go get some of that from him too, so y'all can be on the Highway to Hell soon, jackass?!
@hwong03093 жыл бұрын
You're simply awesome Jillian....unbelievably talented!!! I really admire your amazing gift in linguistics and music!!! Keep it up ❤️
@youfeerich5403 жыл бұрын
I am truly amazed at your dedication and persistence. It’s a joy watching your videos.
@HappiAcrossCultures3 жыл бұрын
YEEEEESSSSS!!!!! I’m soooo inspired by you!!!! And the Beyond version of the song 喜欢你!!!! 太好听!!!! 我也太想学广东话!!!!😍😍😍😍😍 一起加油一起加油!!!! 🌺🌺🌺
@gonow13663 жыл бұрын
学起来
@chinesebay3 жыл бұрын
In the song, try to avoid the "lazy sound". Don't use 'l' instead of 'n' for 你. 轻抚你 (hing1 fu2 nei5), sounds better in the song. I do like the young generation use "lei5" in their daily conversation, but not here. I've been teaching Cantonese for over 20 years (not a professional teacher though)
@jacobdejongh90423 жыл бұрын
yeah honestly i’ve never heard lei used outside of d*u lei...
@Geckokidthepaladin3 жыл бұрын
Hong Konger here, yeah I immediately picked up the lazy lei5 and it felt soooo odd.
@killmyindianbrother3 жыл бұрын
She just has to understand the difference between the formal and layman usage I suppose, where these classic songs are usually taken "seriously" and would be pronounced properly. Most Cantonese songs would even have vocabulary or terms that is formal and hardly used in daily conversations.
@eb.37643 жыл бұрын
the l is very hongkonger. My family from guangxi uses the n
@pony48903 жыл бұрын
I actually never though about that. When I sing I use nei but as you said in casual conversations I use lei 😂
@edwintsang9203 жыл бұрын
Born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada. Just wanna say you sang that "喜歡你"song better than I can.😂😂😂
@pony48903 жыл бұрын
Ayyy I was also born in Hong Kong and raised in Canada.
@ethanftmusic3 жыл бұрын
me too lol, i dont really listen to canto-pop nowadays though...
@wasabi40013 жыл бұрын
Hei foon nei~~
@philwongnz3 жыл бұрын
Congrats! One week is very impressive and well done! I think the hard part of learning Canto is not just the tones, but terms you would use. For example in Mandarin, "Ma Ma" could be considered normal to use for mother, but in Canto it would be weird to use it unless are a child as you would use "Ma Mi" or "Ah Ma". Speaking formally in normal Canto would make you sound weird but your effort is very admirable. Pls keep it up!!
@HHH-nv9xb3 жыл бұрын
Funny, 雪莲 sounds just like a mandarin only speaking Chinese trying to speak Cantonese. Very impressive!
@sandyroberts68723 жыл бұрын
I am so impressed, u are doing so well, Elaine, and so as your mother!👍👍👍 Though I live in Canada most of my life, Cantonese is my 1st language, I learnt and took Mandarin classes when I was at university here in Ottawa. However, my Mandarin can't come close to your level. I am interested to follow up with your progress and your Cantonese learning journey! Have fun!😉👌
@peterlau66193 жыл бұрын
JJ you and mom are singing with high level cantonese, good capability in holding the n, m & ch! Excellent. pls keep up!
i find that once you’re fluent with a second language; it’s alot easier to learn a different dialect or a 3rd language. You’re a fast learner, so ‘Ga Yau’ or JaYoe!!!
@LeoNG6283 жыл бұрын
As a guy from Hong Kong, I think your Cantonese speaks well, I think the reason is you know and speak well in Mandarin. 👍🏻 keep it up! Btw 喜歡你 is very classic song to Hong Kong people who lives and born after 1960s, we all like Beyond.
@efriend4u3 жыл бұрын
喜歡你這歌,是陳百強的歌,不是 Beyond。Beyond 有光輝歲月
@nelsonchingho3 жыл бұрын
@@efriend4u 不如你話係阿GEM
@LawrenceTse3 жыл бұрын
@@efriend4u 下?
@hokyant3 жыл бұрын
I was so glad your mom sang 海闊天空!Her performance was excellent and I was really touched!We Hong Kong people deeply understand our mother language is very difficult to learn, so we appreciate anyone who work so hard on studying our language and we are willing and happy to teach
@ykbernard56523 жыл бұрын
You can come to Hong Kong if you want, be around local is the best way to learn a language. Beside, most of the people in hk are capable to communicate with English, you will fine without cantonese.
@zwc113 жыл бұрын
yeah another thing is, the characters are actually not the same. we write it in traditional Chinese instead of simplified Chinese. mandarin uses simplified one and as of Hong Kong, people seldom uses simplified Chinese
@BalconySofa3 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, mainstream linguistics don't consider writing to be part of language in the same way that spoken language is! I grew up with simplified but picked up traditional pretty quickly. I think simplifying written script is a natural evolution of the civilization in terms of increasing literacy rates.
@tengol3 жыл бұрын
Beyond's songs are amazing, if you would like to learn a language, singing is definitely good for your learning. There are lots of classic and representative Cantonese songs. You can find them on KZbin too.
@fagbowsa3 жыл бұрын
I love how when people master mandarin they move on to Cantonese and it’s so amazing!!
@danieltravelpixels33613 жыл бұрын
Well done! You’re awesome! I’m closed to 40yrs old and worry can’t pick up on learning languages now. Been wanting to learn japanese but haven’t able to make a big first step onto it, yet. Seeing learning Cantonese so well, really appreciate your courages and efforts. Oh yes, I’m a Cantonese.
@glitzhull3 жыл бұрын
Your Cantonese is really great! And your pronunciation is even better when singing. Keep it up and add oil!
@terenceshared90403 жыл бұрын
You have a talent for languages, and sound great for having only learned for a week. Cantonese and Mandarin are indeed similar sounding, except think of Cantonese more evolved, as it is the older of the Chinese languages/dialects. And of course the additional tones. Written-wise, they are identical (not considering the simplified characters that mainland uses), but spoken there are certain words that are used colloquially. Example: Instead of saying "xihuan" for the word "like", Cantonese speakers will say "zhongyi". You technically can say "hay foon" which is the direct equivalent to "xihuan" but no one talks like that in conversation. People will still understand you, but it will not sound like a natural Cantonese speaker. Because you have a Mandarin foundation, Cantonese will be easier to pick up. You and your mom harmonize beautifully. Can't wait for the full version. Here's GEMs take on the Beyond classic - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4KUmGuJnayUjLc
@babyshaya3 жыл бұрын
Cantonese people in general are snootier. In Mandarin you'll say "chi" but Cantonese people say "sik" which is not "chi" 吃 in Cantonese is "hek" but you'll be looked down on if you say it this way because it's the hillbilly way of saying eat for villagers of Guangdong
@Funwminipoo3 жыл бұрын
Too be honest, Gem’s take is nice, but...it’s lazy pronunciation. The pronunciation is not concrete enough much like people speaking English without the last consonants. Eg. Eigh instead of eight or play instead of sounding the ED in played. A lot of the younger generation Cantonese speakers have developed this lazy way of speaking Cantonese. Eg. “I” 我 lazy speakers would say “Ore,” it’s seems to hip or cool to the younger gen. to speak lazily, though criticized.
@RayMak3 жыл бұрын
When you started to speak Chinese I fainted. So goodddddd!
@Arcenmh77183 жыл бұрын
I saw you in many video lol😂 I just saw you in twoset video like 5 minutes before
@zion27943 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you stopped commenting so much 👍👍
@BellaHimiko_2 жыл бұрын
你周圍都係 Your every where
@josephleung63863 жыл бұрын
Your mom is great! You're a real fast learner, good work! You got the pronunciation just right!
@timothyy73 жыл бұрын
im still on mandarin. and its still hard enough. i cant even imagine cantonese lol
@maryyee71173 жыл бұрын
Good for you!!! I grew up speaking Cantonese and Toisan dialect and at 11 started learning Mandarin. I still am not all that comfortable with Mandarin because I don’t know the written language well. Reading traditional Chinese is easier than simplified Chinese. My Grandfather was a Chinese school principal and was disgusted that Communist China decided to use simplified Chinese. He considered it as dumbing down the Chinese people. I agree but since I live in the US it doesn’t affect me. Keep going cause I really enjoy your videos. If only some of our Chinese descendants have the same inclination as well!
@pandabear1533 жыл бұрын
Hoisan boy here too! Though I'm not a boy at age 70! I barely speak our dialect but understand it better when spoken. I tried learning Mandarin in college but opt to major in Russian! Спасибо хорошо! Я живу в Миннесоты.
@mayho69363 жыл бұрын
Loved your postings. Really moved by how dedicated you are with the Chinese language. Really like you and your mom singing together!
@brendenking44423 жыл бұрын
I learned Cantonese first at 19 and learning Mandarin afterwards is really easy. I travelled in China for a couple of weeks when I was 21 and had no problems speaking Mandarin after a couple of days.
@annielau22793 жыл бұрын
Here’s a classic and well loved Cantonese song for you: 浪子心声.
@HappiAcrossCultures3 жыл бұрын
Such a good song! 😍😍
@relaxwhc3 жыл бұрын
That's a male song
@HappiAcrossCultures3 жыл бұрын
relaxwhc 许冠杰~~ 💕💕
@rogerfaint4993 жыл бұрын
Another one: Love of a lifetime from the movies "The Chinese Odyssey" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4aQmKmEopyCp5Y
@kamyim32143 жыл бұрын
When you said your mom chose 喜歡你 by Beyond, it literally gave me goosebumps. Beyond is legend.
@KassyGO2 жыл бұрын
It's funny to hear you say the pronunciation aspect of Canto is hard! I moved to Hong Kong when I was 15 and learned some Cantonese and have kept up with it over the years. I'm trying to learn Mandarin now and I find the pronunciation (of sounds, rather than the tones) so tricky! Whereas Canto feels pretty easy to me.
@elvisng60573 жыл бұрын
I'm from Hong Kong speaking Cantonese. I am so glad that you would try to learn Cantonese and honestly you speak very well already. But what I would like to let you know that many many Cantonese native speakers make lots if mistakes. For example they are always so lazy that they don't pronounce correctly with those work start with "n" but just sound start with "l". Just like "你you", should be "nei5" but over 70% Hongkongers pronounce as "lei5". I would be happy if you want to know more about Cantonese speaking and contact me. I am not a teacher or anything else. I am just happy to see people would try to learn my mother tongue.