Learn Cantonese for Beginners - Common Phrases Every Beginner Should Know | Carmen at EC Language

Hello everybody ✨ Welcome to the last video in my Introduction to Cantonese series!
Learn how to say some common phrases in today's video!
For the next couple of weeks, I will be taking a little break from series and do some videos covering a variety of topics in relation to learning Chinese and English, I will talk about my experience with studying Mandarin, maintaining and improving my Cantonese as a British-born Chinese, teaching Chinese and English and so on. Nothing is set in stone at the moment, but I am very excited to share some other stuff with you all! Feel free to leave some feedback or suggestions in the comments below, or follow me on Instagram and Facebook for more learning content!
The next series I will be working on will be my Introduction to English taught in Cantonese!
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[@卓越-d8y]

從未聽過那麼動聽的廣東話😘 就好似在聽非常柔和的歌☀️

[@cpwong7977]

You are right; Cantonese is changing everyday … for better👍 你with "n" sound or "l" sound are both good😊

[@cpwong7977]

Carmen’s Hong Kong Cantonese is 100% perfect and sounds sooo beautiful😘

[@chokwong]

聽你講廣東話就好似聽夜鶯在歌唱，非常悅耳😘

[@beardan76]

Superb and thanks!

[@RedPanda5594]

This is one of the most helpful lesson in terms of pronouncing words due to the visual tone chart. Thank you! I feel I’ll progress much faster once I remember the tone with the corresponding numbers ❤

[@carmenateclanguage611]

Thank you very much for watching and for your comment 😊

[@skyillegaldiver8962]

Thank you for the literal translation. It makes it understandable

[@jrm2254]

Cool video. Voice & delivery is extremely soothing.

[@jhayt.v4122]

More videos please thank you i support your channel..😊

[@carmenateclanguage611]

Thank you so much!

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[@MisterBridges]

I have just found your lessons, and I really like them... very clear and systematic 😊

[@carmenateclanguage611]

Thank you!

[@MisterBridges]

Are you planning more Cantonese lessons please?

[@carmenateclanguage611]

@@MisterBridges I have got more Cantonese stuff coming soon!

[@MisterBridges]

@@carmenateclanguage611 by the way, why do you use the "l" instead of "n"? Isn't the "l" usage rather sloppy, ie informal? As the conversion of Jyutping "n" to "l" is inconsistent, isn't it better to use the "n" form?

[@carmenateclanguage611]

@MisterBridges Do you mean when I pronounce words that originally use the 'n' sound (like "你 nei5 [you]")? Or written in my jyutping? I use the original 'n' in my jyutping spellings, but it is worth noting that there are words that have always had the 'l' sound, e.g. 嚟 lai4 [to come]. Pronunciation-wise, I go with how common something is pronounced, although you are right in terms of 'l' being considered more of a lazy sound. Some teachers also prefer to teach Cantonese based on how it traditionally sounded. However, as times have changed, certain patterns have died out, e.g. the high falling tone that is indicated in the Yale romanisation system but not the jyutping system (which is the most recent Cantonese romanisation system to be developed). With the current youth (including those from other Cantonese-speaking countries), the 'n' initial is becoming less and less common. As there is no strict grammar when it comes to Cantonese, and given the ever-changing nature of the language, as long as you are speaking the way the majority of people speak, you will have no problem communicating 😉

[@emircampara4585]

what does these numbers mean behind every word?

[@carmenateclanguage611]

Thank you for your comment! I believe the words you're referring to is the Jyutping, which is the romanisation system I use to teach Cantonese in my lessons. The numbers represent the tones, I made a video earlier about reading Jyutping, check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6quiJaceZ6ViM0si=6bTiB049sDULd0RZ. I hope this clarifies things for you :)

[@chokwong]

請你再講一次 請你講慢啲

[@carmenateclanguage611]

冇問題！

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