Native Hong Konger GRILLS my Cantonese - (ft. Poetic Cantonese)

[@poeticcantonese5255]

Omg this is hilarious! You are very good honestly! So impressed when you were recognizing characters from last vid's test! Thanks for the shout out! :) I have more questions and games ready!

[@chokwong]

Hello Brittany, I love your Cantonese speaking programs! I'm a Hongkongese and can use Cantonese to write poems. Your Cantonese is 95% perfect and sounds like singing👍! No body on earth can speak 100% Cantonese because it's such a beautiful; flexible and relaxing language☀️! There are many ways to express yourself in Cantonese and Cantonese people can still understand you. Just feel free to say it out, no real Cantonese speakers will laugh at you😊. Tell your mom she's out; there's no such thing as lazy sound anymore in Cantonese! Yes, Cantonese is changing for better every day. The word "你" pronounces using either "n" or "l" is 100% alright. "Lazy sound" is only a style of Cantonese speaking and it shows your personality🥳🎉🎶! Cantonese is one of the most beautiful language on earth; it sounds like singing🎶! If you could use Cantonese to read ancient Chinese poems or literature and you would know what I meant. Happy Cantonese👍👍👍

[@cpwong7977]

I agree 💪

[@cpwong7977]

Your Cantonese is very good! I like your Cantonese program very much! Make more programs in Cantonese please …

[@cantobritt]

So how do you think I did? Did you beat my score? Let me know in the comments! And if you're looking for an awesome beginner-friendly podcast, make sure to check out Poetic Cantonese's podcast (links in description)

[@WokandKin]

100% using all of your content to improve my Canto. Loved how you used words you knew to figure out words you didn't know. You're such a blessing to the Cantonese community, Brittany!

[@Guresu]

Well done Brittany, this was a fun test!

[@lrt_unimog8316]

你終於出山啦!

[@CyndyTangerineyyyy]

Ah, I'm learning a lot of vocab. Thank you so much for this video, Brittany!

[@jonslct]

Good to show that Canto isn't all slang. It can be formal and poetic too. Good idea to level up according to HSK grades. It is a reminder how Canto embodies the full modern standard Chinese vocab. It's tonality also gives it an expressive quality when reading poetic, especially Song/Tang era Classical Chinese, which Cantonese (while still shifted) is the only modern Chinese variety that has a 1 to 1 mapping of the Middle Chinese tones. If learners get stuck on colloquial Cantonese, I feel this is only scratching the surface :)

[@CD-yf4wm]

13:45 "What would a 衰人 do to your 感情 by 欺骗ing it?" gets me rolling lmaoo

[@aimbotbob5056]

i was thinking id know at least one of these...

[@leahcheung8867]

Ahhhhhh kahei is my tutor he’s amazing!!!! Soooo patient with me😂

[@couri3r]

I think we're on exactly the same level of Cantonese proficiency LOL

[@Jackyye]

A coworker who also grew up speaking Canto shared your channel with me today. Love the content! My sister and I just tested this out and we definitely did NOT beat your score 😂

[@dianayeung7096]

Wow! Keep it up! Extra thanks for "jyutping" version!

[@KevinYeePharmD]

Wow. This made me realize I have some major gaps in my canto 😂

[@kellymare2]

Found this suuuuuper helpful to build vocab. Please do more of these videos!!

[@carmn788]

Omg i love this series do more! Go Brittany you're doing great!

[@DoomsdaySugarCube]

Definitely learned something new today! Thanks!

[@funkeboodha]

Love this video. I'm looking forward to learning more and coming back to this later to see how I've progressed! Thank you!

[@uItimatewarrior]

Oooo do more of these types of videos. I think a lack of vocab is an issue with a lot of CBC , ABC

[@cantobritt]

and grammar...and expressions...hahaha but glad you like the video!

[@jayf4612]

From an older , Boomer age jook sing perspective, you did well. I knew like 2 or three words that may have stumped you, and you knew like 7 that I had trouble with. I'm in need of improvement and refreshing. I'll get there eventually.

[@GAMASENNIN]

Love to take this test too!

[@conniehuynh5531]

Haha. The editing is so good in this video!

[@kimchan382]

LoL, as someone who grown up in Germany, my father used to watch Hongkong movies until 1986. After he passed away in the same year, I didn't got anything related to Cantonese. My Mom is Vietnamese. Now having Kids (Mixraces) my own, and German is my main language, I am trying to keep German with them. I remember my father want to send me to a Chinese some in Swiss, close to the German border. But didn't want it, what I am very regret retrospective.

[@stephenkywong]

How in the hell did I not know all the easy ones but recognize or know all hard ones … I think I need to start practicing because I forgot allot of vocabulary!!!

[@jingmingrong2454]

You actually did a very good job. I only know a scatter amount of words so a majority of it, I have to add to my vocabulary.

[@BrandonChengYT]

Love this video❤️‍🔥🔥

[@oogu48]

Very fun!!! Japanese can read about 90% of those words!!! Of course the pronunciation is very different though.

[@yipshingho1510]

You are much better than my son, I have been speaking to him in Canto for whole 7 years of his life, he still struggles with basic words......

[@peaceloveviv]

This is great - so much fun finding new words I didn't know! Does anyone know if there is a canto test like this online which can test you roughly by HSK levels and can read the characters out to you? :D

[@TheGwaiLouShow]

You’re a pro!

[@crescent-lyrics]

not me testing myself along as if i'm not a hk born and raised cantonese native lmao

[@cantoneseforlex1932]

I can guess most of the easy ones because I can see the characters and some of the pronunciation are similar to Mandarin too

[@audgechew5606]

It's more common to write 經常 (going Seung)， but say '成日’ (seng yut). I'd give that one to you!

[@foxc.42]

Ahh good job! 👍 What level hsk is this? I don't even know half of these words as CBC lol

[@Kelvinyongyc]

As a south east asian by watching HK movie I got higher score, FYI I don't speak it daily but I can when require

[@SupaPinkix]

Ah I only knew 5 of them and my parents are fluent haha. At this point my French is better. Will have to watch this 27 more times 😅

[@dazzlette]

I can read and speak Mandarin but am only starting to learn Cantonese. If you know Mandarin, I think you would basically be able get nearly all of these words. This gives me hope that I can actually learn Cantonese!

[@heysiri8748]

It's actually crazy to me that extremely basic words like 吃 and 力could be put together to equal a word that I didn't recognize.

[@ttsese]

Not a bad job, just a slight mistake i picked up on, confusion between 希望 hope and 期望 expect/expectation. Words that surpise me are words that are not used in everyday conversations so i dont have that chance of coming across them

[@benchan820]

Im embarrassed im an native hk person but i only knew the 詞語 in level 1 if you wan't to know the Cantonese words im not telling it

[@ahmunmun725]

What is that app you used to look up words that you mentioned?

[@hawkins55]

I think 經常 means often, not "ever so often" which means less frequently than "often".

[@Remembertosmile]

how is it you learned, Brittany?

[@i_knew]

😢 He said she didn’t do well, CNT.. ohno

[@deanlittle9705]

I feel like 發明 can also mean “discover”, because some things cannot be "invented."

[@callistoscali4344]

Discover is 發現.

[@deanlittle9705]

Just from a simple Baidu search as an example: 牛顿是怎样发明万有引力的 牛顿怎样发明了地心引力 牛顿的地球万有引力定律是怎么发明的 牛顿万有引力是在什么时候发明的 I would totally translate all of these as: "How did Newton discover gravity?", as "invented" would sound like 創造 rather than 發現.

[@callistoscali4344]

@@deanlittle9705 I think some of them are not used correctly. Also, if you say Newton invented the theory of gravity, that would be correct. There is a difference between discover and invented.

[@JV-ge8bm]

It’s interesting to see what kinds of gaps you have in your vocabulary 🧐 your level doesn’t neatly line up with HSK levels. You don’t speak like a native speaker or an advanced adult learner either

[@cantobritt]

I am jook sing level 100 😎

[@taipo101]

I think the answers were trumpet, drums keyboard . Yes why the bloody background music couldn't hear clearly sorry. Great video tho

[@羅生-b6v]

我英文唔叻，我都做唔出題