Learn Chinese - Do you speak Mandarin or Cantonese [part 1]

[wisesakura]

omg I love this guy. How come the link does not work, anybody knows his website?

[hmongboyz100]

heres one.can you teach me this sentence..."who do you like?"

[wisesakura]

Now this is a really great explanation!

[VesselOfGold555]

Hen hao Laoshi! :-)

[KoopaCastleKing]

I'm very little Chinese and still don't know the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese.

[cindy43cst]

牙齿有菜叶iba！

[EllaMichelle419]

POOOO WHOA

[flmngarrow]

@Budaki65 Mandarin is the language promoted by mainland China. People in Hong Kong speak Cantonese, but mainland is trying to get them to speak Mandarin now, along with the rest of China. There are 56 minorities in China and most of them have multiple dialects. I would suggest going with Mandarin because it is the official language and the Chinese government is trying to force everyone to learn it instead of, or at least along with, their native dialect.

[Budaki56]

im mad now I didnt know mandarin and cantonese was spoke througout china... Now I don't know which one to learn... does anyone know? Say im in hong kong or beijing

[UittoniiSuni]

@Budaki56 I personally speak Mandarin and I have had no problems. The only place I have actually heard Cantonese spoken is in America.

[SweetKandiez]

@Budaki56 in hong kong they speak canto but in beijing they speak mandarin... but its safer to learn mandarin cause everyone learns mandarin in china no matter where u live

[macrespo93]

do you "speck" chinese????

[rocamericansweethart]

No matter how hard I try, I fail at this. Chinese is so damn hard! :'(

[UittoniiSuni]

@rocamericansweethart Chinese is the hardest language for most westerners to learn because they use tones (use different voice pitches to change the meaning of a word) and because they use symbols instead of roman letters.

If you really want to learn then the work is worth it, but if you want an Asian language to learn suggest Korean. Korean characters ay simple and easy read and write plus the sounds in Korean are very similar to those already used in Western languages.

[pinyinhead]

@UittoniiSuni yep from Chinese I'm going to Korean!

It has taken me 3 months to fully understand "tones'...i'm a tone-def american..lol..next it took me 1 year to understand how to pronounce Chinese. It will possibly take me another year to learn Han-zi....

[rocamericansweethart]

@UittoniiSuni I'm actually very fluent in Vietnamese. I can read and write in Vietnamese as well. Vietnamese was my first language. I am having trouble learning how to speak Chinese even though I associate it with Vietnamese. The sounds aren't the same.

[pinyinhead]

@rocamericansweethart Chinese is hard because of your approach. See you have to clean the slate when it comes to Chinese BUMP ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS...a BABY starts off with a clean slate. No languages to compare her language to. She is quick to listen and she listens intently. If a baby can learn madarin in about 1 - 2 years SO CAN YOU!....

[rocamericansweethart]

@pinyinhead Youre actually wrong. There are many studies out there... A infant learn their first language in 1-2 years because that is when the brain is developing. But thanks for your encouragement. I've studied Spanish for 6 years and can speak it fine. But in contrast, I feel like I dont have a chance for Chinese!!

[jjmodglin]

cantonese im from china

[nocturnalserpent]

@kirakira4ever i can understand it well and remember the phrase because he keeps repeating the phrase over 10 times. which is good.

[msjessi14]

obvious that is a green screen. :)

[nocturnalserpent]

WOW he really tries to nail it into our brains.

[kirakira4ever]

@nocturnalserpent does it work in your brain?

[rafalbielec]

@nocturnalserpent but we are very resistant! I believe in us!

[infamouscha]

I heard tong hua. Good song.

[monptii]

aw my god. know I'm gonna know how to say "do you speak mandarin or cantonese" in chinese for always XD I so wanna go to a chinese restaurant here in austria and yell this question in loool

[TheGreatManThereIs]

Peking man

[TheGreatManThereIs]

I can speak ancient Chinese, he can't.

[groudonatior]

HOOAAAAA!



[summerslane016]

Very good teacher, thank you:) Wo feichang xie nin:)

[Br0k3nStr1ngs]

2:09 MY HAND IS A DOLPHIN lmao XD

[loksinsan]

The question is "Do you speak Mandarin or Cantonese?.And then you go on to say that this is how we say it in Chinese.Are you saying that Mandarin is Chinese,and Cantonese is not?.Actually there is no such language as Chinese.Just like there is no such language as American,or Canadian,or Mexican.I think this is an arrogant assumption and mis-conception that comes mostly from mainland chinese people.

[kirakira4ever]

@loksinsan both mandarin and catonese are Chinese. But they are the most spoken dialect in China. Since Mandarin and Chinese are so different from each other, it is not a surprise we take it as 2 languages.

[tharwpoop]

Pai - Mei is the reason why i want to learn cantonese...



[TheRaca94]

your a really good teacher. thank you so so much 

[samanunited555]

goodddddddddd

[aicaifen]

OMG! Fantastic energy & Amazing patience! Thank you Shifu! Awesome Teacher!

[kimberlakerfield]

i'm not trying to bring anyone down or anything but isn't chinese technically not a language?

[BusterLiRyan]

Very good!, Great teacher

[MKComboGuy]

@ShaolinMaester i know!! feell like doing a backflip to someones chin lol

[karry299]

So...this sentence he was trying to teach...was in in Cantonese or Mandarin ???

[MetalHeart8787]

@karry299 its in Mandarin. but the guangdonghua means cantonese Language

in cantonese also. keep studying their easy to tell apart. & Fun to study.

[karry299]

@MetalHeart8787

I just find it ironic, that the video has such a title - and yet i dont get told what language it itself is in. Obviously the guy fails as an educator.

[MetalHeart8787]

@karry299 i know what you mean But like i said they are easy to tell apart, with some practice you will be able to tell them apart. he focuses on one phrase & desribes it well.

He's a very good teacher, I think so

[zer05tar]

SHOOOOAAAA SHOOOOAAAA SHOOOOOAAAA

[000emma000]

CONGRATS! and so fynnuy :3

[AnonaNicole]

I loved the part where the sentence was repeated some 20 times.... how was that strangely relaxing and hypnotic. Like, speak it too me. Oh yeah. I don't think I will forget that sentence... might even dream about that sentence LOL, or not but I likey the repetition.

[Eldinarcus]

This guy fits Asian stereotypes so well!

[leesmithy7atgmail]

Did anyone else have trouble learning because they were laughing too much? :P

Nah, great video though!

[mizocutie]

Wow, thank you for this. It's really helpful. I'm trying to slowly learn Chinese again since pretty much I'm the only one in my family that can't speak Chinese. XD

[1037lex]

HAHAHA I have a lot of respect for the Chinese but sometimes they sound funny

[Experimental666]

DANG! I feel like I could actually learn this language with this guy. xDD

[axeleany19]

xie xie ni :3

[uelcu]

I admire your repeating with us 20 times! i love it.!!!

[PhoPhucLai02]

Wow this guy says "lets repeat this 20 times." this guy is hardcore.

[danielairy]

Cantonese is a language :)

[BRIYONCE1]

@danielairy Does Mandarin and Cantonese look the same in writing

[BAIYUE1]

@BRIYONCE1

Mandarin or Cantonese or Japanese or Korean or Vietnamese can use Chinese writing system which is hieroglyphic's character.But actually, it is difficult to learn.

But if Cantonese,Mandarin,Japanese,Ko­rean,Vietnamese use latin alphabet character, it will become 5 different writing system

[DaichiMage]

@BAIYUE1 Vietnamese uses the Latin Alphabet. It has a Chinese writing system, but that was long abandoned ago, and barely anyone knows it.

[BAIYUE1]

@DaichiMage

No need to use Han character

Use Latin alphabet is more useful.

Even Mandarin now also has Pinyin.

Cantonese has Cantonese latin "Yale"

HAn character is not useful for Cantonese,only for Mandarin.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Again, glossing over the characters, this sentence would be read in Jyutping as:

nei5 syut3 pou2 tung1 waa6 haai4 si6 gwong2 dung1 waa6?

Literal translation, character by character: "You say general common words (Mandarin) also is (or) wide east words (Cantonese)?"

[Doubl3Me]

Do you speck mandarin or cantonese? LOL.

[Raymasaki]

@simonxu1121

but he explains it & if you can speak cantonese all you need to ask is

do you speak mandarin? & know the word for mandarin in cantonese.

how do you say pu tong hua / Mandarin in cantonese?

sorry im confused because Mandarin is alot earyer tha cantonese

[lSaif]

This is mandarin right?

[Raymasaki]

@lSaif YES it is Mandarin.

watch some chinese movies & youll be able to tell the difference

they are Different But both sound Good.

More people speak Mandarin 800 Million & its easyer to learn.

[JINXIAN2536]

funny 55

[sonicyoon135]

his english accent sucks.... 

[PhoPhucLai02]

@sonicyoon135 yeah well thats what happens when you speak multiple languages and you realize english is not the only language in the world.

[caseyysf]

The translation is wrong !!!

[klavierc]

your accent is so funny....

[saluege]

thanks alot friend.

[chinasia15]

keep the lessons like this

It is really helpful :D

[clauzitaz]

wooow!!! i love ur videos!! pleaseee put some moree!! regreats from mexicoo!! zai jian!

[pepsi89]

for chinese speaking people, this is supposed to be funny, lol

[SteveDGamer]

This is awesome. Thanks!

I want to learn more. How do I say "I'm learning chinese?"

[coolmojito]

ni shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua! ni shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua! ni shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua! ni shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua! ni shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua! ni shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua!

can't get it out of my head !!!!!! :@

[leehoming10]

Why not in Cantonese?

Cantonese is much more interesting than Mandarin.

[ThaoQuyenNquyenTran]

I love your Channel!!! <3 Please keep making more awesome and helpful vids like this one!!!~ (^____^)

[Trinivalts]

phuuu! this was alot harder that those other two lesson I watched, about ni mon, ji dian, kai mon and xian zai, ji dian, lo. Probably won't remember now. (if I even did the ones I mentioned, lol) But I really like how you teach pronunciation.

[MoustacheMyMoustache]

"up to daannn"

[spike378]

learning taiwanese mandarin is alot easier people

[RichieRich1489]

so easy probably cuz im chinese -_-

[cypresspuz]

You have such a great accent.

[idontmakeitrainsim]

You, the one in the video, is Lin, correct?

If so, you're hot!

*wink**wink**nudge**nudge*

[Azner2254]

Gosh, he sounds so happy teaching people.

[infinera06]

Damn these simplified characters. Now I can't read them.

[TameikaTins]

lol u wrote, 'DO YOU SPECK' at 0:53! Anyways：－） 你好 in HS I took Spanish! It really helped when my teacher taught us how to say, "Como Se Dice _____ en Espanol". It means ‘How do you say _______ in Spanish!’ Could you make a video teaching everyone how to say. "How do you say _______ in Chinese? It would really help when I'm speaking to someone but don't know how to say a certain word! 谢谢， 再见

[gwajadanji]

it's such a shame because i can't understand english...;i need to study english first than others....

[worldtravel101]

i have a hard time to hear the differance between shi4 and xie4 :(

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

I believe the Jyutping Cantonese transliteration of this phrase is: nei5 syut3 buk6 tung1 waa6*2 hoi4 si6 gwong2 dung1 waa6*2. Correct?

[chiuyan]

@ClassicTVMan1981X

你説普通話還是廣東話？would be nei5 syut3 pou2 tung1 wa6*2 waan4 si6 gwong2 dung1 wa6*2, but nobody would say that in cantonese. You would say something more like 你識講普通話定係廣東話？The big difference is that in cantonese you don't say 説 (syut3) you say 講 (gong2) and you don't say 還是 (waan4 si6) you say 定係 (ding6 hai6).

[De4sher]

why isn't there a "ma"? at the end?, because that's a question. 吗 - this thing.

or why not "ni shuo bu shuo pu tong hua hai shi gong dong hua"?

[YouStoleMyTube]

@De4sher But that's such an awkward sentence... It would be better "ni hui shuo pu tong hua hai shi guang dong hua?"

[De4sher]

@YouStoleMyTube

i took some chinese lessons, and that's why i'm asking. I know that when you ask a question, you either ask in the "shi bu shi" fashion, or add a toneless "ma" at the end.

does the "hai shi" make the sentence somehow into a question?

[YouStoleMyTube]

@De4sher Well it's like English in the way "hai shi" is used almost exclusively in a question. Not many people make statements in English using the word "or", sometimes they do, but usually it's reserved for when asking a comparative question. But in Mandarin I think it's a bit stricter. I've never heard anyone make a statement using "hai shi". Hmm, it might work in a sentence like "Zhe li hai shi na li, na li do ke yi." Meaning: Hear or there, anywhere is fine. But that's pretty much it :P

[YouStoleMyTube]

@De4sher I'll try to clarify a bit more. The "hai shi" doesn't make it a question. But, it is used only (mostly) when the sentence is ALREADY a question. It's purpose isn't to turn it into a question, rather, it just facilitates it.

[kennywoo206]

how do you say all this in Chinese? Cantonese Chinese?

[Tigergirloxoxo113]

i only speak cantonese not mandarin

[myfunkychannel]

not our fault northern people are dumb fucks..we (southern) can understand both cantonese and mandarin, we make the effort to learn your language so why shouldn't you....

[ayanuhito]

@myfunkychannel because Mandarin is the most modernised and grammatical language, and so we should learn it. even for the northerners and the north-easterners, it's a special language which is different from their home-using northern dialects. Cantonese is the only dialect which has developed its own media-cultures so far. you can be much proud of it. you should cheer up more the Shanghainese dialect to establish its own. China's diversity is beautiful.

[Crapidiot]

@myfunkychannel

because most ppl in china are not from guangdong. they have their own dialects as well. nowdays most chinese ppl can speak their own dialect AND mandarin. however a lot of cantonese people can only speak cantonese. besides mandarin is now chinas official language. why would they learn cantonese?

[bennybikini]

"Goes from up to daaaarn" :D

i love you, amazing lesson

[YouStoleMyTube]

“It’s the Cantonese speakers that have to change,” librarian Chen Ming Xia said. “If I speak Mandarin and you speak Cantonese, it’s your duty to switch to Mandarin for me.”

A little blurb from a Mandarin VS Cantonese article.

[crazyhanyu]

@YouStoleMyTube

It depends who gets to decide what sb's duty is, obviously. Personally, I wouldn't have thought that librarians were the ones who decided. And, the "librarian" in this example is a Mandarin speaker?

Let me guess the answer!

[jmlishere]

I'm taking mandarin chinese level 1 and it's so hard for me to say the tones, I can understand and hear the difference but I can't say them but thank you pu tong hua xie xie this video helped alot!

[ismailyonlinetv]

please Jiàoshī make more videos coz i think that you are the best mandarin teacher on the internet or may be the world .. useful videos for real

[ChineseLearn]

@hornetpalooza :D thank you very much!

[ChineseLearn]

@CDQN1105 Hi, yes I am a Cantonese speaker also, but I think it is more meaningful to learn Mandarin nowadays, even the Cantonese are doing so. Cheers ^_^

[ASilverPeony]

OH WOW... Good mouth exercise!! Awesome video!

[ChineseLearn]

@ASilverPeony :D haha thank you!

[ASilverPeony]

Thanks so much... This is very descriptive and very helpful!! I like it. SUBSCRIBING!!

[ChineseLearn]

@ASilverPeony ^_^ cheers!

[respeezy]

dude , you are soooo awesome!

[ChineseLearn]

@respeezy ^_^ thanks

[Stalarky]

What language is this being said in? Cantonese or Mandarin? Are there other languages outside these two dialects?

[ChineseLearn]

@Stalarky Hi, This is Mandarin, and there are too many dialects in China. Mandarin is a common language across the mainland. Cheers.

[nath3027]

谢谢老兄, 谢谢你的帮忙

[ChineseLearn]

@nath3027 不用谢！

[CowsLoled]

hahahahhaa i dont know why but this is hilarious xD

[XiaolongSimatong]

你英语说得非常好哦！ 你应该来美国教汉语。我是说真的。学习汉语的美国人就需要像你一­样的老师。^^

[ChineseLearn]

@XiaolongSimatong ：）谢谢！

[ChineseLearn]

@XiaolongSimatong 哈哈，谢谢。我现在在新西兰叫汉语。以后有机会一定去美国！

[Codylangaugesblog]

you spelled "speak" wrong.

speck is something else in English. The translation of "speck" into Chinese is 微粒wēi​lì​

[ChineseLearn]

@Codylangaugesblog Yes, there was a mistake when I made this video :) Thanks for spoting!

[Codylangaugesblog]

@ChineseLearn I just like helping people out. I really like it when people tell me my mistakes so I can work on them.

[bunnyrabi]

At the end of the sentence do you need to have a 吗？

[ChineseLearn]

@bunnyrabi Hi, I think you can break it into 2 sentences, and add 吗 at the end of first sentence, such as 你说普通话吗？还是广东话？ But if you are asking a selective question, you don't intend to add 吗 in the end. For more understanding of Chinese, please feel free to attend my formal course on my website, chineselearnlessons(.)com. Cheers!

[karpalov]

@bunnyrabi No, the question word 'hai shi' makes 'ma' unnecessary.

[mushtaq38]

ni hao bro

how to say you are very good looking

[ChineseLearn]

@mushtaq38 ^_^ hi! I will add it into my list of lessons to make. I have stop making new lessons temperary, but I will continue to make new lessons on my website. Cheers! Short in Chinese, it will be 你很漂亮 (ni hen piao liang). Cheers!

[ChineseLearn]

@dizcrt :D Cheers!

[Omega7adam]

Thank you so much for this video it's awesome.

[ChineseLearn]

@Omega7adam :) you are welcome! Hope you enjoy learning Chinese more!

[randomchaos606]

cool the tones are similar to hmong. great vid

[ChineseLearn]

@randomchaos606 ^_^ thanks a lot!

[strgaltdelete]

haha you're full of energy in this video :D

as always: thanks a lot for your lessons :)

[ChineseLearn]

@strgaltdelete :D haha, thanks for your appreciation as always too!

[MissFroglover]

This one is useful indeed - one question though.

Can I cut it in half and use it as it is: "ni chou pu tong hua" (this sounds like a statement rather than a question) or can I say it like this "qingwen ni chou pu tong hua ma"

(now I'm trying to build my own sentences with what I know and learned)

Thnx Lan for a good lesson as always =o) // Pim

[ChineseLearn]

^_^ Hi Pim, great to hear from you again!

Yes, "Qing wen ni shuo pu tong hua ma?" is a correct and complete sentence for asking if you speak Mandarin :)

I am glad that you are picking it up ^_^ Cheers!

[MissFroglover]

@ChineseLearn

Thnx Lan!

Yeah! It feels good to hear that I actually got the "thinking" right.

It is easy to want to put 'wo' in there (because we do so) but it is not necesary.

Then I guess if you want to ask someone if they speak english in mandarin (to be polite that is) one can say: "Qing wen ni shuo ying yu hua ma?"

or should it be wén ?

Have a great day // Pim

[Bandaids4ever]

Now, if we are asking in Mandarin if someone speaks Mandarin OR Cantonese, I guess if they don't answer it means they speak Cantonese. <_<

Seriously, it's an odd question. It's like me asking someone in English if they speak English. It isn't gonna do me much good if they don't, is it? Or is this sentence the same in both languages?

[ChineseLearn]

@Bandaids4ever Hi, I guess you have a good point. But in reality, more and more Cantonese can speak both Mandarin and Cantonese nowadays. Or at least, they will be able to have some Mandarin skills. Therefore, they can recgonize what you are asking even in Mandarin, but they might not be able to speak Mandarin themselves. It is a huge grey area and I guess it does make sense to even Cantonese too.

Thanks for your question :)

[Bandaids4ever]

@ChineseLearn No problem! Thank you for the answer! Keep making great videos. They're REALLY helpful. : )

[gragrn]

Great lesson. Thank you!

[ChineseLearn]

^_^ cheers!

[baseballdude3430]

you are such a great teacher.

could you possibly teach us a few commonly used Chinese idioms?

-米岩

[exilius333]

mamahuhu

it mean your mother is the tiger... :(

p.s. i'm jk.

[exilius333]

before i get thumbs down to oblivion.... i am just joking cause... it's common to refer to angry mothers as tigers and switching the tones.... nvm... i'm foreign and stupid (:

[ChineseLearn]

Thanks a lot 米岩 ^_^ I will put your request onto my list of lessons to make... thanks a lot for watching~~

[LiSaSuKz]

but nonetheless, great job ...lan xiansheng :D

[ChineseLearn]

^_^ haha, thanks a lot! I will keep myself going!

[LiSaSuKz]

@1:15, there's an error, it should be speak not speck :)

[exilius333]

You speck the good inglesh, can you do teaching me? :)

[ChineseLearn]

Yeah I realised the mistake when it was too late for me to change... good spotting ^_^ Cheers!