OK, I have already mastered Chinese(Mandarin) very well. And i was thinking of learning Cantonese. But I don't know anyone who speaks Cantonese, so, I was thinking if anyone would be happy to teach me Cantonese, I would really appreciate it!!
Anyways, does anybody know Cantonese?
2007-03-04 12:59:57 · 6 answers · asked by ★Donutz☆ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I do and Cantonese is my mother tongue (I also speak fluent Mandarin as most of the Chinese population do).
Historically Cantonese can be said to combine Mandarin and SE Asian languages in phonetics (althought Cantonese and Mandarin adopt the same writing system). You'll discover how hard it is to pronounce certain consonants when you learn Cantonese.
I see no point in learning Cantonese. The Cantonese province (Guangdong) uses Mandarin in favour of Cantonese. Soon Hong Kong and Macau will follow suit. Don't waste you time to learn a dying language unless you want to research on the ancient southern Chinese culture.
2007-03-06 02:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by charleyrickey 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cantonese is just a local dialects in Guangdong Province and almost all the Cantonese can speak Mandarin well.
That's right.
The only difference between Mandarin and Cantonese is speaking,not writing.
2007-03-04 23:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by Bernie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why study Cantonese? That is enough for you to speak Mandarin well. Mandarin is the standard language in China. Cantonese is just a local dialects in Guangdong Province and almost all the Cantonese can speak Mandarin well.
2007-03-04 21:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by Big Digger 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
oh..i'm fluent in Cantonese and I can teach you if you want to know it...
You can IM me = ]
2007-03-08 10:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
dui bu qi. wo bu hui shuo guandonghua. ...shuo y dian(r) putonghua.....too many tones in Cantonese...up to 9....
2007-03-04 21:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a couple of billion Chinese speak it. You could ask one of them.
2007-03-04 21:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by Aldo the Apache 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋