White Norwegian Cantonese Speaker - Part 3

[AngloIrish1989]

教人讲广东话，佢哩句好似英文。。。

[9irishdragons]

I'm a big fan of Cecilia! I "discovered" her podcasts and downloaded all 200 of them! Her style is great. She's funny and a great instructor. I'm an intermediate Cantonese speaker and it's next to impossible to find continuing instruction. Cecilia's like a gold mine.

[victorwinbillion]

嗱嗱嗱.... 佢d中文情度就=我的英文程囉. (不過我就唔敢教人英文.) btw 我真係好欣賞去咁放得低家鄉決心留在異地生活. (不會是生活所迫吧) 最後要講... 香港真係好好. 大家要珍惜. 做好自己工作, 珍惜和家人的關係, 及.... 愛香港.

[missfanning]

she looks like princess diana

[Polyglot0613]

Roushanna: 我係 『畀利是』 人！ :-D

[anderskhe]

I'm Norwegian and have stayed in HK for one year. I'm not as good as the Norwegian woman here, but I'm better than those other foreigners:P

[knight7fox2]

@anderskhe Hvorfor !? Wherefore speaketh thee the tongue of the barbarians ? lol kidding, I'm from Hong Kong myself. But she literally said "Eg har tre jobber" , Norwegian grammar with Cantonese.

[yukit91]

i was amazed when she use Cantonese to bargain to the salesperson =-=

[BayAreaShake]

I think many people overlook the ability to adapt. Its no different from a HKer coming to the US and learning English. It may not be perfect, but give someone 10 years and I'm sure they'll be able to communicate.

[Vehement00]

<3 Cantonese: language with the funniest puns... :D

Also one of the easiest languages to gets lost in translation :/

[BayAreaShake]

@Vehement00 You can say that again. Pronounce the word "shoe" wrong and you could be saying "yes", "crab" or "vagina".

[ginsinsan]

Cantonese should be the world's language.

[a2cow]

corinna chamberlain! corinna chamberlain! corinna chamberlain!

[2onegrams]

Talk about getting immersed into the language, they all use chopsticks even when it is not part of the language requirement

[Natsukashii3]

I love elevator music

[vnetenv]

"我係老闆兼阿四,所以無壓力."

果然是香港人.LOL

[FlippinPin0y]

I don't know why for some reason people think Canto sounds super bad, I think it actually sounds cooler than Mandarin sometimes :D

[espukr]

What's the big deal??? People come to Australia and no matter where they're from they learn English.  What's so strange about someone moving to Hong Kong and learning Cantonese???

[TheManGuyDude]

she has good vocabulary but her accent still have traces of english

[vangrails]

@TheManGuyDude, Traces of English or traces of Norwegian? She is from Norway!

[TheManGuyDude]

@vangrails Oh sorry, then it's norweigian.

[IamTheGreatestKhan]

I am jealous. How did she learn chinese so well???????

[spike378]

I hope she be careful in in shenzhen. haah my cousins always tell me to put the wallet in the front instead back.

[Adgirl160]

Wow you are impressive Lady!!!

[panzerschreck1942]

好想学广东话

[yumdomcha]

okei hun hette Cecilie Gamst Berg......skal prøve å se om eg klare få kontakt med henne!=P

[y0utub3useer]

@yumdomcha

hvordan da?

[yumdomcha]

@y0utub3useer

Hei! Mente du hvordan jeg skulle få kontakt med denne damen? Vel, jeg har oppsøkt henne flere ganger på Facebook, men klarer uheldigvis ikke å finne henne der til min skuffelse. Har funnet ut at det finnes en person med samme navn som henne, (både fornavn+etternavn) som står oppført på telefonlisten hos Gulesider. Denne personen bor da I Oslo, så jeg tviler sterkt på at det er henne siden jeg antar hun faktisk bor i Hong Kong. Litt problematisk når en person bor i utlandet da!=(

[y0utub3useer]

@yumdomcha

Ja, det var det jeg lurte på. Men jeg er ganske imponert av damen! :)

Selv holder jeg på med å lære mandarin. Håper på å være flytende i språket en dag! :D

[yumdomcha]

@y0utub3useer

Så bra=) jeg ønsker deg lykke til så mye med å lære deg flytende mandarin!=) Jeg kan bare snakke flytende Kantonesisk, det er det jeg gjør hjemma, og forstå litt Mandarin i tillegg. Nå ønsker jeg også å lære meg Mandarin ford jeg syns at tonefallet og lyden høres på en måte mye mer "pensligere" enn Kantonesisk som er ganske stivt. Kan jeg spør hvor er det du lærer deg Mandarin, hvilken skole tilbyr et slikt kurs?

[yumdomcha]

HAHA eg forstår hva hun sier så interessan! Slutt å banne=P Hun snakker nemlig mitt morsmål Kantonesisk! yeyey=D Fytti, nå ble eg sjokkert over denne videoen, så stolt over at en norsk dame kan snakke såpass bra kinesisk! det er jo helt utrolig men kan tenke meg at hun hor bodd i HK ganske lenge før hun klare å komme til det nivået. Det beste er at hun praktisere kinesisk daglig!! dette likte eg...knallbra!=D

[AndyTheGoat]

Hva i helvete er det hun sier? :P

[infinera06]

These are 2 different speakers...is this video trying to fool anyone?

[nobordercool]

Does Chinese people happy because caucasian speaks Chinese?

What a inferiority complex. You guys are really animals.

[bbly096]

@nobordercool 天之大地之广甘多人死晤见你死。。。冤啊。。。

[kinkn23]

@nobordercool We like those ppl can speak Chinese not just the language, but the culture and civilization behind the language.

Chinese people talk in mean not like you brutes just talking shit, act fucking foolish!

[nobordercool]

@kinkn23

NO, You are wrong.

Chinese people are piece of shit in this earth.

World people are fed up with you Chinese people.

Trust me. If you can not believe me, just get an air tickets right away, and flight to all over the world. You'll see your nation anywhere even inside of public toilet with shit.

Shame on you. I give you back your passport even if it's free.

[kinkn23]

@nobordercool you are just a idiot! Eating the shit we made and talking more shit.

I am out of the mainland and i am still proud of what Chinese have done to the world. You gay should thanks China give you everything you have. And we should use you as our salve again.

Shame on motherfuck you! You are the gay want to eat our shit and will damage your brain and fucking hopeless.

Totally feel sorry for you, whatever you are. you are not even deserve to let me put shit on your face. you wanker

[nobordercool]

@kinkn23

puhahahahahha

You so funny. See you don't want to live in your mainland because it's sucks right.

How dare you could say you proud of what Chinese have done to the world?

You mean criminals, illegal immigrants, rubbers, killing?

Watch the TV news, It's already Chinese economy started to back in poverty time.

Next economy growing is moving to the other Asian countries.

Sorry you could not achieve your fantasy.

Keep to staying out of mainland of China. It's the best choice. lol

[kinkn23]

@nobordercool

Jap,狗日的小日本～Do you have a BRAIN??? Stuck with shits already? I am out of Mainland doesn't mean don't want to live in my country.

If you don't like Chinese, Fucking shut up your shit mouth! We don't care your fucking weeny idea。

Stay at your little wankers' island! your home's gonna sink in next 10 years~

Japs are pigs and dogs descendants~ makes people sick~

just go swim~ We are all watching you~

[nobordercool]

@kinkn23

You are BAD just like any of other CHINESE.lol

[kinkn23]

@nobordercool

haha, face to your kind of stink racist. There is not bad or good.

Because you are the Devil, you don't deserve to live. We can easily see you be punished and die by the justice. 

read all the comments on your page, see what other people thought what you are? Typical racist shitmind.

Do you want me copy your link and show other people around world to see what kind shit you are? How dare you even speak here? Come back to your crave. This is human's world.

[nobordercool]

@kinkn23

You so childish just like other primitive ching chongnese.

[kinkn23]

@nobordercool

you are small short wennie pig, Japs are poor animal. ready be my pet PIG!

[kinkn23]

@nobordercool

you'd better shut up and piss off! PIG, Fuck you small japs!

[itsNOTrational]

@kinkn23 @nobordercool YO RACISM IS LIKE A COOL STORY BROZ BUT ITS MAD OLD, UR GWAI LO GAIJIN GRINGOS ANYWAY AMIRITE?

[popeyeisgood]

@itsNOTrational

well.. it is hard not to discriminate people who speak improper english like you. way to go to pollute the world with your ghetto way of speaking. stop listening to hip hop and go read some book please. learn how to write. it is good for you.

[MonsieurDecent]

很有趣！除了廣東話講得好，中國人的一些特點都瞭解。佩服！

[Sukyhoi]

2:35 hahaha she's awesomeeee

[homing1017]

唔該你用下你個豬腦 LOL XD

[vitasoy1437]

pretty funny..=]

even though some mainlanders dun seem nice plus the corrupted gov... many mainlanders are still pretty honest and nice in nature...

[alancwwong]

i think because we HK people believe most of the kweilo can't and are unwilling to learn Cantonese seriously, that's why we answer them in English just for their convenience.

[toufenhoover]

I don't know. Should we write for every video that has a Chinese person, "Chinese person speaking English?" Move into the 20th, much less the 21st century.

[djonutube]

@toufenhoover

and why would you do that? it's too boring.

[Super4188]

This Vid is Funny. Cool Analogy on HK Stress.

[Hozms]

梗係冇壓力啦！間屋咁大。。。

[MrManMade]

LOL I love her bargaining technique!! So very similar!

[speedstakerguy]

yess xD

 white person bargaining xD WIN

[djonutube]

She is hilarious!!!

[ChoiFungWa]

上次德航個空姐由德國飛香港逼我講國語嬲到我爆﹗

[bigfatdick5000]

Her Cantonese isn't that smooth actually. I know caucasians who can speak fluent smooth cantonese. But for a foreigner it's impressive already.

[ryuuseiSoul]

Her Canto ain't that great (I cringe), but I guess it's impressive.

[MyMemories19]

I really like her story, but I'm not totally aware of the traditional characters. Too bad this doesn't have simplified characters. ~_~

[knight7fox2]

haha , jeg elsker norsk og..ja..jeg snakker litt norsk ( i'm a native cantonese speaker)

[gc65531941]

Pretty impressive...! ^^

[KathriinT]

lool cooool, norwegian too ^^ i live in sweden and im cantonese HIHI

[Tommydudez]

@KathriinT oh cool i can speak canto too and i am malaysian chinese,i speak mandarin better. Anyway, hows life in Sweden? i always want to work there? may i know if one can survives soley on English language ONLY? and is it hard to apply for working Visa or ome sort? thank you for ur answer.

[Jovitinha]

@Tommydudez You probably can survive there soley on English. I know people who only speak English, get by, have jobs, have friends in countries like Denmark and Sweden. Most Scandinavians I have ever come across master the English language at the back of their hands. They seem to have more awareness in learning other languages, unlike most British in the UK.

[marcusjhung]

nice! rarely seen skill

[NavyBabyBlue]

AWEsome! i love white people who speak chinese..esp canto (oinly because that's what i know xD)

[hagame955]

So much better than mandarin. Mandarin is the white man Chinese. Its so fucking easy to learn. No versatility. Adopted because its soo easy to learn.

[angryaznman]

lol that was the point. it reduced Chinas illiteracy rate to very low levels.

[Coltsfan]

lol i guess you're smoking something

[ryuuseiSoul]

Except for learning how to read and write...Honestly, in Chinese, that's probably the hardest part cuz there are just so many unique characters. Okay, maybe not the hardest, but the longest anyways.

[kin880806]

睇睇下有d 慚愧, 第一件事 係佢覺得香港人唔用廣東話答佢, 無禮貌, 所以要走去深圳搵人講廣東話, 話佢地仲老實o的. 第二樣就係, 佢對內地人冇介心, 同佢地好friend, 但係香港人同內地人就硬係火星撞地球咁... 我自己係香港人都唔明點解會咁

[plwun48]

@kin880806 原因其實好簡單，你要知道，中國人是很會裝假的，他們對待外國人­（只限白人）的態度，跟對待自己種族的人的態度有差異，很多了解­中國人性格和文化的人都明白這一點，所以有很多外國人都被這種假­象騙到。（參看來生不做中國人）

[anzmilanfan]

@plwun48 I agree with you 中國人是很會裝假的，他們對待外國人­（只限白人）的態度，跟對­待自己種族的人的態度有差異

[kin880806]

i think it is sometimes good that they speak with their own accent... so that they can retain some of their originality.. it 's cute anyway!! very good skill

[t3vion]

Strong accent and not so fluent... her vocabulary is a bit limited. But anyway, her cantonese is good ^^

[bravoalphahk]

Well, her English has an accent, so her Cantonese might as well too. Grammar is more important than accent.

[GICking]

It's great to hear Caucasians fluent in any Asian language. Good on her for being so good!

But since her accent is quite strong, I'm not sure I like that she teaches Canto though....

[Hozms]

super skilled.

[Shihuangdi221]

Still a pretty heavy accent. However, her Cantonese is understandable and its better than most white people speaking Cantonese (but Sharon Balcombe and the Australian have native pronunciation, the videos are at the side).

[adrianchen19888]

chee sin por ah XDDDDDDDDDDD.

She got great sence of humor.

[xxwslxx]

Life is good, god bless you.

[bhibatsu]

I take that back. The video finally loaded, i see my accent is way better than hers. you can still detect a foreign accent in her, whereas once when playing CS on a China server other players commented I spoke good English. I said but of course, I'm Caucasian American, they all laughed and said if I was white then they're God...... didnt believe me...

Here's a hint: If they still tell you you're Chinese/Cantonese is good, then it's still just ok. If they stop complimenting! Then you got it.

[bhibatsu]

nice. I can do that with Mandarin myself but my Cantonese though same on the accent lacks the vocab. I'd kill for a Norweigian passport......

Vikings!

[danpt2000]

Your Cantonese is Amazing, I'm kind of a Banana Chinese living in U.S., but I still understand Cantonese and Fuzhou. Good Vid!

[z24017147]

awesome!!!

[johnhk01]

I want speak cantonese like that.please help me

[yoka955]

i luv the cantonese language!

it sounds so cool.

[lilslant]

where did that girl with the green shirt say she was from?

[dpay02]

I want to meet this lady! She is my hero.

[DeoxysvRayquaza1]

Her accent is a bit off though.

[jamesjiao]

Actually, it's true that if you look caucasian, you are treated differently (this can be either good or bad, bad in her situation) even if your nationality reveals otherwise. This doesn't happen in European countries. Now who's the racist here?

[fztsgalison]

some of them speak Mandarin but not canto...= =

so weird~

i heard Mandarin is easier??

[lonewolf604]

well i guess canto might be harder cuz it has 9 tones

[gariadara]

in normal daily speech we just use like 6, and with the younger generation being all lazy and stuff people use about 5 and just sort of slurr the words.

[ChieflauNYC]

God bless her. Good documentary series.

[ssusanliu]

admire Ah-Sai for her outgoing personality and street knowledge in China. Her Cantonese? Her accent sounds more natural and comfortable after a few minutes. Ah-Sai has a gift for Chinese languages.

[DeadGriffin]

her accent is AWFUL and so are the people at the end, although she can speak it well

[polites]

Very nice, the white accent is almost unnoticeable, like 1%. She speaks with the feminine version of Cantonese too, sounds appropriately girly (though she's a tiny bit older). That's something you don't learn easily.

[djcritikalmusik]

haha, "maybe if they weren't so damn annoying I would buy something from them."

[hongzai1993]

Wow you can speak cantonese

[funymage]

how...i wish i can talk like that...even 1/10 as gud will satisfy me

[waeoalan]

She is so sweeeeeeeeet!!!!!

[waeoalan]

She is still so

[ltp9735]

I'm very proud of her ,how to speak and learn new culter.I'm very impress

[paulmaxion]

very nice!!

[ifrit1780]

she's good.

[LoveNeonpink]

Hahha, the other people suckkkkkk.

[sworly]

accent!!!

but it's pretty damn good.

[blazn8]

this was great.. what an awesome lady!!

lots of energy, lots of fun. you can just tell she's an inspirational person to be around.

[howardleung]

wow i hear the accent...but this is just amazing~!!! wow shes good!!

[pz04c]

I'm so inspired by these people because they are making effort to fully adapted to the Cantonese culture and language. She craked me up when she was able to use local slangs and able to cook authentic Chinese food. Coming to America when I was twelve years old, I also learn how to assimilate into the American culture too. Therefore, all these foreigners in this documentary series earned my full respect and I hope I could able to have a conversation with them the next time I'm in Hong Kong.

[chaxdymt]

Haha, her accent is fun !

But honestly, she's good at it

[fluidicmethod]

endelig! norske er snakker kinesisk!

[LoveNeonpink]

Er du norsk? Eller har du bare lært det? O_o Fordi... Øh. Ja. xD

[fluidicmethod]

haha i speak crappy norsk

[LoveNeonpink]

Haha, you just had one word too much.

I live in Norway, so I'm a native speaker. I'm Chinese, too, so... Hehe.

[dragons7764]

Are there a lot of Chinese people in Norway or are you a very visible minority? It seems that Chinese people have immigrated to many countries, especially Canada and the US...I've heard of Chinese people living even in Peru, but I've never thought of Norway!

[LoveNeonpink]

Well, there aren't exactly a lot of Chinese people here, but it's not like there are no Asians in Norway, 'cause there are. I think Canada and the US has people from all over the world anyway, and the countries are huge.

[DrewJ16]

My friend, I'm sure you know Asians comprise what 1/5 of the Earth's population. China has roughly 1.3 billion people; that's 1billion more than US! Given the high rise of immigration, historical context and various external forces, there are lots of Chinese people living in other countries. This includes even the most unthinkable countries like Norway. Check out the countries demographic statistics.

[danpt2000]

Yes, 130 mil Japanese, 50 or so mil Koreans, 80 mil Viets, not to mention Thai, Mongolian, Cambodian, Phillipino etc etc...

[dennischi]

By today there are roughly 10,000 Chinese people living in Norway.

[lobelia2]

lol funny

[lobelia2]

has an accent but very good.

[Flawless524]

lol the two ppl at the end speaking cantonese haha. wow that girl has been in hk for 9 years and just started learning cantonese 2 months ago? lol. The guy did better then the girl.

[Flawless524]

LOL "$20 leng lui" wow she even barters like a real hker hahahaha

[jianlian]

LOL i watched it just to hear that line

[bigsean628]

oh, i listen to her podcast in itunes these days, really fun...

[Adgec3]

she went to my school!

[Grabandgo]

lol cantonese is a lzay langauge :P

[swtxlove]

whys that?

[angeluscomplex]

ho kwei k ying ah!

[Fairy206]

Her accent's a bit off but she's good!

[bluedestiny]

Insane, she's good. I wonder how she's so good.

[darkestdragon]

wonder how my parents would react if i brought home a white girl and she spoke cantonese like this women.. that would b well funny! my search begins! lol

[brandon485]

LOLZ, are you chinese? I know my parents would be like "AH?????  lay sick gwong doong wah??? ?___? Wwahhh, ho-sai-lay ahhhh" ROFLROFL...

[darkestdragon]

yeh man..heung gong yun.. dan hai ngor hai bbc ah.. yeh man my mum prob b the same lollololol

[Konfucius]

i love how she loves chinese people (the ones in sichuan, specifically).

[kaikera]

wow shes quite good even tho shes norwegian o.O