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Suwoner10
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: Cantonese Chinese |
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| Anyone know where I can learn Cantonese here in Korea? Preferably in person, but online links would help also. I'll be moving to Hong Kong and need to learn. |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:42 am Post subject: |
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You know Cantonese is ridiculously difficult and has seven tones for every vowel?
Maybe you could put an ad on the korea times website. Could be a student from HK or Guangdong who might want to make some cash part time. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:30 am Post subject: |
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What about Mandarin?  |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:34 am Post subject: |
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From me?
LOL.. I speak Cantonese.. and frankly, unless you want to live in HK, you're better off learning mandarin.
As for the poster who says it's ridiculously difficult - I disagree.  |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
From me?
LOL.. I speak Cantonese.. and frankly, unless you want to live in HK, you're better off learning mandarin.
As for the poster who says it's ridiculously difficult - I disagree. |
Isn't it the case as well that Guangdong cantonese is nearly completely different from Hong Kong cantonese. Gotta be a bit of a bummer.
I was under the impression that Cantonese was really hard as everyone has told me so. Forgive me if I'm mistaken |
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Kimchieluver
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: |
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| It's all Greek to me. |
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Suwoner10
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
From me?
LOL.. I speak Cantonese.. and frankly, unless you want to live in HK, you're better off learning mandarin.
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Yes, I plan on a long, long career in Hong Kong. That sucks about it being only useful in Hong Kong, but since I'll be there forever, yeah, gotta learn it.
Is it really so much different than mainland Cantonese? And (for arguments' sake) how different is Mandarin once you know Cantonese, and vice versa? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| It's not only useful in Hong Kong. The lingo is a bit more wide-spread than that. There's a reason it's called Cantonese and not Hong Kongese. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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The main problem is this (and yes, I would know, since I am Chinese/Hong Konger whatever).. cantonese in HK is mixed with a lot of locally developed slangs that those living in Guangdong don't understand. The accents are also different. Mainland Chinese who speak cantonese use words in a different way than those in HK, so Hong kongers also find it difficult to understand them.
Other than that, no, not a lot of difference. Just gotta watch what you say and how you say it.
I also speak hakka, too, for those interested.. |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| Cantonese is also the language of overseas Chinese. So you could negotiate your way through China towns from San Francisco to Moscow. They speak a lot of Cantonese in KL as well I think and Hakka in Penang. |
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lowpo
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
The main problem is this (and yes, I would know, since I am Chinese/Hong Konger whatever).. cantonese in HK is mixed with a lot of locally developed slangs that those living in Guangdong don't understand. The accents are also different. Mainland Chinese who speak cantonese use words in a different way than those in HK, so Hong kongers also find it difficult to understand them.
Other than that, no, not a lot of difference. Just gotta watch what you say and how you say it.
I also speak hakka, too, for those interested.. |
My wife is from Guangdong and she has no problem understanding the way people in Hong Kong speak Cantonese.
There are several hogwans in Seoul that teach Chinese. I'm sure that you could find one hogwan Chinese teacher that can speak Cantonese. We would be glad to help you but we living 2 hours from Seoul in Gangwan-do. |
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MA_TESOL
Joined: 11 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I lived in Hong Kong for 15 years and can speak conversationally, but the tones do need help. There is a waitress at Bless U bar in Itaewan who speaks very good Cantonese. She toook it at a hogwan (there is only 1 in Seoul who teach it. Talk to her and she can help you. Bless U is up the road from Dolce Vita-her Cantonese is much better than mine. |
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Kimchieluver wrote: |
| It's all Greek to me. |
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anyangoldboy
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="tzechuk"]The main problem is this (and yes, I would know, since I am Chinese/Hong Konger whatever).. cantonese in HK is mixed with a lot of locally developed slangs that those living in Guangdong don't understand. The accents are also different. Mainland Chinese who speak cantonese use words in a different way than those in HK, so Hong kongers also find it difficult to understand them.
Other than that, no, not a lot of difference. Just gotta watch what you say and how you say it.
I also speak hakka, too, for those interested..[/quote]
So how do you say I can't read threads about abortions correctly in Cantonese??? |
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