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03-13-2010, 10:05 PM
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#1 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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| Trying to improve speaking Cantonese
Hi guys I am trying to improve my cantonese conversation and verbal skills. I am fluent and can hold clear and basic conversations easily, but I have a weak vocabulary, especially with basic transitional words and phrases.
I don't have Chinese speaking friends so I am looking to watch Cantonese shows or movies on the internet preferably with English subtitles or maybe even cartoons, but I dont know which.
I also plan to learn to speak Mandarin "from scratch" after this by doing something similiar. What do you think?
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03-13-2010, 10:07 PM
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#2 | | is best wrench
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goto aberdeen and talk to random people, especially the ones who are working in stores so they can't ignore you completely lol
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03-14-2010, 12:02 AM
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#3 | | Banned By Establishment
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mandarin has some set rules and all, if you wanna speak honger canto that you hear at e-spot, make some friends etc... save yourself the embarassment :P
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03-14-2010, 12:57 AM
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#4 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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just make some hk friends  there's plenty in Richmond / Vancouver lol. If you have a basic understanding of Mandarin then watching some TV series / drama would help.
I'm whitewashed ish. I can speak fluent Cantonese (much like you, can hold a good convo, but can't pass as honger), but not mandarin, i can't read or write Chinese except for my name and maybe read 60% of the Chinese menu.
What i do is usually watch tv/ movies / music videos with subs and learn form there.
Luckily i have some Chinese friends. It helps ALOT! i think most important is to get out there and actually use the language much like what Shun and Evox are saying, make friends or somehow use the language. That is the only way to learn it. To immerse yourself in it.  | |
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03-17-2010, 09:51 AM
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#5 | | Banned (ABWS)
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date a honger chick who moved to van from hk not too long ago..
do the same for mandarine..
quickest way
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03-17-2010, 10:25 AM
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#6 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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do not do it from skratch, go learn a class, once you know the basics on the pinyin which is the essential for mandarin, you'll figure out how much better it is to learn it correctly.
i learnt it for 2 yrs back in high school and i've maintained my pinyin and it sounds so much better than random people who tries to speak it.
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03-17-2010, 01:23 PM
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#7 | | RS controls my life!
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listen to chinese music lol make some chinese friends and go sing k or smth
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03-18-2010, 12:37 AM
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#8 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Originally Posted by Hollyshiit  date a honger chick who moved to van from hk not too long ago..
do the same for mandarine..
quickest way | ahah that could be fun.. Quote:
Originally Posted by 6793026 do not do it from skratch, go learn a class, once you know the basics on the pinyin which is the essential for mandarin, you'll figure out how much better it is to learn it correctly.
i learnt it for 2 yrs back in high school and i've maintained my pinyin and it sounds so much better than random people who tries to speak it. | thanks for heads up on that
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03-18-2010, 01:04 PM
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#9 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Originally Posted by Hollyshiit date a honger chick who moved to van from hk not too long ago..
do the same for mandarine..
quickest way | +2
that's why I speak Mardarine, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Filipino, Punjabi, Spanish, French and Italian
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03-20-2010, 09:42 PM
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#10 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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be glad you can even understand... lol im full chinese, born from and raised from fully chinese parents that only know chinese and i grew up all white washed. i can't speak proper chinese if my life depended on it lol
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03-21-2010, 02:08 AM
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#11 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by yot065 be glad you can even understand... lol im full chinese, born from and raised from fully chinese parents that only know chinese and i grew up all white washed. i can't speak proper chinese if my life depended on it lol | Speak cantonese with your friends. Pretty sure you have friends that speak cantonese.   | |
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04-09-2010, 11:30 PM
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#12 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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that's why I speak Mardarine, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Filipino, Punjabi, Spanish, French and Italian | sure u do...cuz if u did, u wouldn't be in this forum..you'll prolly be working for the government and well paid
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04-10-2010, 12:06 AM
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#13 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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Originally Posted by ethano sure u do...cuz if u did, u wouldn't be in this forum..you'll prolly be working for the government and well paid | :IDL
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04-10-2010, 12:51 PM
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#14 | | I keep RS good
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fuck chicks that are TOTAL FOBS, your many dialects of chinese will improve, or korean, or japanese, or whatever you're fucking at the time.
chinese music, shows etc, don't really help much unless you treat it like school and you're fuckin studying like mad. then you might as well study it academically. fucking fob chicks is the easiest way without actually "studying", your method of communication is just slowly converted, but you'll eventually meet in the middle and it stops improving drastically, you both end up speaking chinglish ahhaha
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04-11-2010, 01:38 AM
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go to crystal mall and pick up dem fobs
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04-11-2010, 10:18 AM
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#16 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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