Learn Cantonese - Faan/Faahn - part 2

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hello!! Did you notice I took off the YT video ads in favour of taking a few moments to share my book “ROLL with It”? Let me know what you think of this! Was a bit nervous to make the change but hope you find the switch acceptable (I hate the YT video ads - they are hóu màh fàahn!!) and will check it out (after watching the video of course!). Happy learning! ⭐️

[@kclee1]

Hi Sue! Did you mention that you are looking for a 5th tone for the "faan" word? I'm not sure, but how about this one: 氾濫 (fan5 lam6)?

[@CantoneseCorner]

@@kclee1 Interesting!! My dictionary has fan 氾 as being the third tone (Yale = faan) so faan3 lam6 (Yale = faan laahm) (English: to overflow, spread far and wide). Strangely, Cantonese Sheik doesn't have this character listed anywhere, at all! I'm now intrigued and will ask my native speaker friends and see what they say about the pronunciation. Thanks for asking and stay tuned!

[@kclee1]

@@CantoneseCorner Yeah please let me know what they say, it's very interesting. Also, just for your info, I'm a Malaysian citizen.

[@yaukahei7101]

睇完蘋果動新聞入黎嘅請比Like 👍 !

[@carmanng2039]

剛剛睇完蘋果動新聞入嚟的💪💪👍👍😍😍

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :)

[@theresatang8467]

me too.

[@kelvinshiu]

I’m a native Hong konger. I’m watching this because I just watched the interview you had with 蘋果動新聞。My hat off to you for being a great Cantonese teacher. You are impressive.

[@superboywing]

Hi Sue, just saw your interview in Apple Daily's news program, your language journey is so inspiring to me, I'm feeling encouraged as a heritage Cantonese speaker in the US that it's possible to achieve your level of accent-free fluency. I'm looking forward to watching your videos, Sue 加油！

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hi there! Thank you so much - I'm glad I could inspire you, and it is for sure possible -- if I can do it, anyone can! :)

[@artie1281]

It’s absolutely amazing how well you handle the tones in Cantonese. I’ve never seen any westerner speaking Cantonese this good.

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you so much! I try my best :)

[@lisacupcake5777]

You should have a podcast of speaking Cantonese!!!

[@kaiwahl]

你把聲好動聽！ 講廣東話都好好聽！

[@CantoneseCorner]

多謝嗮 ! 🙏 💛

[@eddietang7112]

I am a native speaker but I enjoy watching your cantonese teaching videos, 麻煩哂妳 :)

[@CantoneseCorner]

I love it! Thanks for watching 💗

[@zardoz-3307]

You actually doing so well! You teach cantonese so good!! keep going . Im 20 and a cantonese boy.

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thanks!! I'll do my best :)

[@Insei-d5q]

I absolutely love your channel and use it as a reference to learn Cantonese. I’m currently in HK and thanks to you, I’m able to navigate through the city a little better !

[@CantoneseCorner]

I love it! Knowing that I'm helping and making a difference makes me happy! Gā yáu! Add oil! 加油!

[@btsdancestudio5691]

Wow your Canto is great! My grandma and cousins are from Kowloon!

[@camelcamel6816]

Your pronunciation is even better than some native Cantonese speakers. OMG. Just would like to point out the Chinese characters “rice” 「飯」, bear in mind if the character 「食」acts as the component of a Chinese Character on the left handed side, there is only one “dot” left on the bottom of 「食」。

[@whateva88]

Hello, new subscriber. Saw 蘋果新聞 and decided to take a look at your channel. I'm someone who grew up in Canada, not fully understanding a lot of the history and meaning of Cantonese, love your explanations. Nice to meet you Sue, and keep it up~ you're awesome

[@ronoma5597]

First met you at Apple Daily. You are doing so well. Amazing! Keep it up…

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you!! Really appreciate your taking the time to comment!

[@wesleysin]

Hi Sue, thanks for teaching cantonese, you are awesome!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I can help ... and glad there are so many others out there teaching Cantonese as well!

[@31941084]

好感謝你 我身為香港人好開心

[@chennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

So glad you’re back. Best Cantonese teacher!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Oh gosh, thank you! I do my best and am glad, too, to be back and to have the support of this great community so we can all learn together!

[@anniew2798]

Thanks so much for promoting Cantonese! After reading your interview with Apple Daily, I'm amazed by your passion towards Cantonese. By the way, I didn't notice that 煩 has a 'h' in pronunciation. 😂 Maybe I have too many 懶音in my Cantonese.

[@CantoneseCorner]

😂Hi Annie! I'm not sure it does -- maybe that's just my way of writing it in the Yale system with the "h" meaning low (4th) tone? 😅🤔 So fàahn in Yale and faan4 in Jyutping? In any case, thank you so much for watching the video! :)

[@kclee1]

Hi Sue! Did you mention that you are looking for a 5th tone for the "faan" word? I'm not sure, but how about this one: 氾濫 (fan5 lam6)?

[@publicnoddle]

Thanks for conserving the culture for us, even Hongkonger never thought of keeping that before 2019 or earlier. Thank you, lots of thanks........

[@CantoneseCorner]

I couldn't agree more!! I'm working on some new cultural conversations to talk about just that very thing ... HK is so unique, and while maybe its culture pre-2019/1997 or whatever date we choose can't forever be preserved like that, I hope in some form it can be!! ❤️🇭🇰

[@wongwcf]

Hi Sue, like many others here, I saw you on Apple Daily’s news the other day. I am so inspired by you to improve my Cantonese & this will be super helpful for teaching kids. Liked and subscribed. Add oil!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I could inspire you -- and for teaching kids, I hope my videos can help, but also check out "cantonese mommy" if you haven't already on IG and I think she now has a KZbin channel. I'm amazed at how she is teaching her son in NYC -- so creative! Characters and the spoken language as well.

[@samuelcktong]

Thank you for promoting our mother tongue overseas

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome! I am happy to do what I can.

[@andykw2667]

Merci Marguerite!vos explications sont toujours aussi limpides. Màa fhàan sàe ☺

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you! I'm glad you think so and that I can help. Happy learning! :)

[@jltl4953]

加油，多謝你為保留廣東話出一分力

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome! So happy to do my part and contribute toward keeping Cantonese alive. 🙌🏻🎉

[@tailiu223]

@@CantoneseCorner The hard truth is that this is an uphill battle. I was in a restaurant in Canton in 2011 and the waiter could only communicate in Mandarin. That is what will happen in Hong Kong in the next 10 to 20 years.

[@ac9669]

Click "like" first, will watch it later on at home. Keep going, love to see you back

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thanks so much for your support!! I'm glad to be back :)

[@felix6905]

Hello ,sue,我今日喺蘋果日報嗰度見到你Playing sparrow.😁

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hey there, Felix! Long time no see - I'm sorry! "Playing sparrow" ☺️ It was soooo much fun with the ladies! I wish we could have played the full four rounds instead of just a few.

[@felix6905]

@@CantoneseCorner My dad also likes playing sparrows, sometimes he can play all day long

[@skyfields886]

Amazing Cantonese, Perfect.

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you! 🙏 I'm going to show your comment to my husband now 😆

[@BlackDuckHK]

hi,美國姨姨sue! 我岩岩睇咗蘋果(果籽)知道你對廣東話既熱情, 我想同你講一聲 thank you! 你好可愛啊~

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome!! Thanks for checking out my channel after seeing the Apple Daily interview. It was really a fun time and I'm glad I did it!

[@handsomejj2560]

好多謝你幫手preserve廣東話！😭

[@wingheiyau4645]

Amazing!

[@double2bay]

Hi Sue, I love to hear you speaking Cantonese. In the recent interview, You mentioned the teaching class in Hong-Kong was using piano to teach Cantonese? it was actually a small game I play with myself to translate all the Cantonese phrase into "melody" and I thought it was a very good way to explain to foreigners the Cantonese tone if he doesn't know the formal Cantonese phonetics. do you think so as a foreigner?

[@CantoneseCorner]

Yes, I think that's a great idea and would definitely make more sense to those more musically inclined. It was only a small part of our lesson way back when, but it really did stand out. I also think it's so interesting how Cantopop lyrics are often constrained because of the tones. I'd love to study that more, if I had time and not a bajillion other interests. :)

[@Bevis888]

Wow you're so cool👏😆👍do you read cantonese ?

[@mtametrocards]

Love your videos!

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thanks! I'm so glad you do, and thanks for taking the time to comment and let me know!

[@kityu1002]

This is amazing

[@CantoneseCorner]

I'm glad you think so because I really find it fascinating how the words overlap and share meaning and tones. I really wish there were a job that would pay me to do this all day long. :)

[@Ray888z]

Do you think in Cantonese or English ? I'm curious.

[@CantoneseCorner]

I don't think, LOL :-) But seriously .... if you mean before I speak, then yes, I don't think about what I'm going to say before I say it, whether in English or in Cantonese. I'm too impatient haha But if I'm just sitting around thinking about things, then definitely in English. I'm going to start noticing though and see if there really is ever a time in Cantonese ... but I really don't think so. Interesting question -- thanks for asking!

[@Ray888z]

@@CantoneseCorner I didn't mean think before speaking. I just mean think in general, like what am I going to have for dinner or how do I plan my future, etc. In Cantonese or English? Personally, I think in Cantonese when I'm in a Cantonese environment & English in an English environment. And you?

[@arching0825]

多謝哂你咁中意廣東話 我睇你啲片學英文😂

[@jarethozb07]

Is it more like glare rather than reflection ?

[@CantoneseCorner]

OMG Yes!! Thank you so much for adding this ... I think that's a much better description. But interestingly enough, when I put "glare" into Cantonese Sheik, it gives me 強光 or kèuhng gwōng, which literally translated would be like "strong light" if I'm not mistaken. Interesting!

[@jarethozb07]

@@CantoneseCorner I'm probably wrong here but I think 強光 is specifically light from a source, so when you're in a car and you can't see you pull down the (Can't remember what that things called) "mirror thing" or you can't see down the road and have to squint because it is the same direction as the sun, where as 反光 is reflected light from a lake or window etc, So for example I couldn't see into the store because of 反光 on the window. I'm sure there is another English word for the distortion of light on reflective surfaces but I can't think of it, or I could be wrong and there isn't one and that's why I can't think of it.

[@alexleon1044]

Glad to see ya

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thanks, me too! :)

[@shagufta5427]

Hello ma'm plz i need your all videoz from bigginnig

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hi! If you go to the "Cantonese Corner" playlist, that's where I keep them all, so you can watch them all in one go. :)

[@路人甲-q1k]

反(應)and答(應) have the same tone, 反(映) 影 is something else. 😁

[@primafacie5029]

Thanks again

[@CantoneseCorner]

You're welcome! :)

[@stellatownson2737]

Love your teaching. 飯 should be 飠instead of 食😉

[@CantoneseCorner]

Thank you!! I need to practice writing more. 😅

[@stellatownson2737]

Sue, you have been amazing!

[@Ray888z]

How were you able to learn Cantonese so well, that you can teach it?

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hi Ray! I honestly don't know the answer to that. I don't think about how I'm teaching it, and was surprised (and very happy!) that people think I CAN teach it ... it took quite a lot of convincing before I agreed to do it. :)

[@Ray888z]

@@CantoneseCorner but did you take classes? have a husband or friends to converse with in Cantonese? How? Many expats in HK live there for years (especially in English speaking enclaves) & never bother to learn Cantonese. That's what makes you special. So tell us how?

[@katherinechan3785]

❤

[@davidpan8264]

I would say you are a 99.9% native Cantonese speaker

[@CantoneseCorner]

Hi and thanks for your confidence in me! :-) There are A LOT of things I find difficult to express .... especially when I get nervous or when I know who I'm talking to understands English better than my Cantonese lol When I get time, I'm going to start improving my vocabulary on different topics I usually don't feel confident talking about (news-related things, politics, etc.)

[@fannyho612]

👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪

[@terrapinmok4287]

我反而係黎學英文😂

[@hoifanwong5408]

Add oil!

[@CantoneseCorner]

💪🏻💪🏻 🙌🏻

[@sylvial1985]

JJ says you tuber needs your help

[@CantoneseCorner]

Not sure what you mean, but thanks for commenting! :)

[@ngkkeungjj1]

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[@ngkkeungjj1]

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