Cantonese Lesson 1 - Count from 0 to 99 - Learn from tkviper

[Cathexis256]

im mandarin chinese but english is my first language. i find canto pronounciation easier since most of the sounds are closer to english

[ginsinsan]

good pointers. Thanks

[Greystone4653]

My friends sound like they make fun of me and I couldn't teach them better..... I have so much to learn from you! Best regards: a grateful Cantonese

[Greystone4653]

You are truly amazing in explaining! Like the muted t:s, I tried to explaining those to my friends for over 20 years..... They sounds

[tkviper]

@Greystone4653 I've been teaching since I was high school; tutoring my friends. My grandfather was a teacher, his father was a teacher. I guess the ability to explain things runs in the family. hahaha. Thank you for your support.

[amhung]

sir, you are one great phonologist .. i have been searching online for a long time to hear cantonese phrases spoken by a man whom i could mimic. this is  the method i too use in teaching languages .. thank you for your excellent video lesson.

[tkviper]

@amhung ur welcome. i'm glad u liked it. please tell others about my channel. thank you.

[mcsons13]

the numbers sound a lot like counting in thai. good job by the way, it's very easy to listen to you explaining the language.

[TheBathroombear]

Could you give the tones for each word?

[Muckincontemplation]

Whoa, you did CSE!!!!!! Respect.

[apcelestino0724]

hi..im waiting for your next video..your the best teacher,unlike the other,they put cantonese lesson video without english translation all useless..who will be interested in cantonese lesson???,of course the foriegner,,not the person who already understand cantonese, mean the local person...come to think of it???but you..you explain every little thing,more power,,your the best!!!

[JGIHO]

my parents won't teach me cantonese because they say its a working class language :( they'd rather i learn mandarin

[BigDishGuy]

Do yo have a Cantonese keyboard?

[tkviper]

@BigDishGuy Not a hardware Cantonese keyboard. Just a software cantonese keyboard layout for Macs.

[hannahfan2712]

sorry i mean 11am

[tkviper]

@hannahfan2712 dzo seung sap yat dim

dzo 早 seung 上 = morning or AM

ha 下 ng 午 = afternoon or PM

[hannahfan2712]

how do you sat 11m in cantonese?

[jlhello]

Very, very good!...Dor jer.

[parasitius]

I just watched the mispronunciations video and now this one. Specifically I noticed this with "7 - tsat - 七 " but -- I'm thinking there MUST be a reason romanization systems used "ch" like "chat". I feel like if I literally pronounce tsat as if it were English, that any American could transcribe it to "tsat". So I'm guessing it has too much "t" in it if I pronounce it that way>> could I be right? I feel like you pronounce 'tsat' to sound as much like 'ch' as possible w/o rounding lips at all.(?)

[tkviper]

@parasitius ch is just easier to read because we are familiar with the sound it makes even though it's only an approximation of ts. I'm guessing they tell all learners that 'ch' is pronounced 'ts' but to speed up reading, they use 'ch' instead.

and yes, 'ts' has too much 't' sound in it if we are talking about the english 'ts' sound.

Note 'ts' is also an approximation so 'ch' is an approximation of an approximation. The best to learn the sound is by listening to native speakers/audio clip.

[parasitius]

@tkviper Woah thanks for replying so quick! And thanks for the lessons :) Yeah when you say the 'ts' sound, it definitely sounds very much like 'ch' to me. So I think I can do the best I can (without a native speaker by my side to help) by saying "ts" with my lips not round but trying to make that "ts" sound as much like "ch" as possible (as in sounding as much like you as possible). Hope I'm not thattttt farrrr off!! =)

[YouStoleMyTube]

I speak Mandarin, will I be able to speak Cantonese (more or less correctly and understandably) with Mandarin grammar? Or is Cantonese really different in that respect?

[tkviper]

@YouStoleMyTube Spoken Cantonese grammar is different so you'd sound very strange using Mandarin grammar like you're a book because Mandarin is more conventional and should I say formal. But you will however have an advantage over many other learners since we use the writing system and there are grammar similarities. Good luck.

[veuvecliquot]

sorry to annoy w this question but do you know who this cantonese song is by? /watch?v=bKXv_qm9NqY

[se2cond]

cantonese word are similar to the north vietnamese....................­espeacially the counting..............

our acestor are both Yue/viet cantonese are nan yue and vietnames are lac yue

[MiimiiNguyen]

A big THANK YOU !!!

[bluedonkeyman]

awsome thanks, now this gwei-lo can pick up some hottie girls

[tkviper]

@bluedonkeyman Dude, I don't think knowing how to say numbers in Cantonese will help you get hotties unless they are prostitutes. hahaha. LOL

[melindafleming]

Just what I wanted.

Nuanced & detailed, yet simple for a plodder like me.

Thanks! Will check out your other projects as soon as time allows.

PS: What started as a desire to pronounce my son's Kung Fu moves correctly, has developed into a fascination with the language itself.

[nikojune]

Thank you! It's really useful. 

[echion2]

Thanks - nice exposition and repetition

[echion2]

@echion2 ...and thanks for putting the salient points in the description/text

[heiankyo794]

This is great! I love how you repeat the words over and over to get us used to it.

[runesmith63]

Fantastic! I'm want to learn cantonese (I'm from Sweden, Europe). So I'm starting with Plimsleur Cantonese and your numbers! Perfect! Will subscribe!

M goi! Do you have facebook? :)

[rexzel98]

You made it easy for someone who wants to learn cantonese, thanks a lot! = )

[minnaslyfan]

I started studying today with you :) You explain everything clearly and it makes it easy to follow. I'll go check the other videos!

[tonyborbony]

lol, eventhough I already speak cantonese fluently, it's still fun to watch your videos :3

[tkviper]

thanx man. I might ask for you help in the future. If you find any mistakes or have any suggestions, message me.

[tonyborbony]

lol, Will do ^^

[tokumeijin]

the silent t thing is the same as in australia, we dont say the t ending most words properly, like in the word "that" many people say "tha (then the t position)"

[tkviper]

true true. even in America, people do that all the time. It just helps connect words together. It's not called a silent T, it's more like a swallowed T. Like "take Matt to the game', we swallow the k in take and the t in Matt. Thanks for the comment.

[tokumeijin]

yeah! thats cool :3 im def gonna learn cantonese :3

be like my hero ho kwok wing, the australian that speaks cantonese :3

[capo420420]

NiCE !! .. I would love to visit China some day . Such a beautiful country, so much art ..

Thanks for your tutorials .. it's great to bring people closer.

Cheers

Jeff

Jeff Williams Publishing / ASCAP

White Wolf Film & Audio Productions

Charlotte NC USA

[tkviper]

Thanks for checking out my videos. One day, I wanna try playing some of your stuff.. but it seems pretty hard.

[perothing]

Thanx also. gau sap gau stars.

[tkviper]

Thank you or doh tseh

sei sap sei + sei sap m = gau sap gau

plus - gaa - 加

equal - dang yue - 等如

[TrobinT]

Can you really teach me Cantonese??

[tkviper]

It only depends on your willingness to put in the effort needed. I teach my kids English and Cantonese in Japan.

I will definitely start you off.

[TrobinT]

I am willing to push myself but your lesson seems pretty simple so i write it down on a book so i remember but i am very happy to learn from you can't wait to start on the next lesson

thank you :)

[tkviper]

This is an absolute beginner's program. But don't worry, the speed will pick up quickly once we've gone over the basics. This is how babies learn. Small stuff first. Then once the foundation is there, learning becomes natural. There are 4 lessons online now.. I will make more soon.

[youryourtube]

As a Hong Kong "Zai", it is quite interesting for me to watch someone teaching Cantonese. But I believe you made this very systematic and simple! Good Job!!!

[tkviper]

Thanx. I'm a computer programmer so I like to keep thing simple and find short cuts by pointing out the patterns.

By the way, I may need to ask for your help in the future.