r/Cantonese

a while ago I made this but I flaked out on my main. really should have posted it then but I didn't know if it was a good idea to do so especially considering © policies. © being how these things go with anime distributors. however, i'm going to post it anyways. on second thought too, since a lot of anime is now on the wbm or archived online, it's better than doing nothing.

if you're too lazy to mouse over the link, it's rezero01 in vernCan, for only educational purposes, please save this somewhere.

initially thought about being a total dumbass and posting this under my main content creator account but it's not worth the .8 subs that it would bring or getting my account nuked. I'm sure if you really tried you could find me anyways.

also, Rem is my favorite character in Re:Z, and I'd believe Subaru and I are of the same kind, and he'd do something stupid like this.

Earlier in the week a few of us got together in the YMT area after work and did a bit of a language exchange. A few of us were there to practise Cantonese, and a few others were practising Japanese.

Out of the 5 people attending:

• 1 native Cantonese (local HKer), 3 advanced Cantonese, 1 beginner (but born in HK)
• 4 native English speakers, 1 intermediate
• 1 high-beginner Japanese, the other was intermediate+ Japanese
• I was hoping to also practice a bit of Mandarin (intermediate~) but didn't get to do so at the time

It was the first time for everyone to meet each other, so the topics were generally light-hearted and we just chatted about ourselves as much as we could in our target language.

I wouldn't mind going to/organising a few more of these in the near future. Anyone here interested to join?

Location/dates/time is flexible so maybe we can all come forward first and then try to set something up.

喂, 我係Gracie。我23歲，鍾意學語言。我希望可以學多啲廣東話。我而家用緊翻譯器，不過之後會直接開始學詞彙 ^^

And in general, how do you refer to such a distant generation/family tree level?

Is it different if you are referring to someone else's great-great-grandpa vs your own?

I used to learn Cantonese from the tutor raised in Hong kong. I was able to make an order at the overseas dimsum restaurant with short Cantonese sentences.

However, when I was trying to communicate with Chinese friend from Guangdong province, I realized our pronunciation is quite different. We sometimes had to clarify each other if we’re saying the same word.

Please share me your experience about the typical differences between two regions’ pronunciation or different vocabulary. Thanks!!!

Help! My boyfriend is Chinese, has been teaching me his name, sent me the audio, but I've never seen it in writing. I'd love to surprise him by being able to spell it on his upcoming birthday card - can anyone help me understand what the characters are for this name?

https://reddit.com/link/1ti6t9p/video/ul6exkzj272h1/player

I have limited Cantonese knowledge and was only able to find these character after a lot of LLMs. My MIL speaker Cantonese with influences from Toishan and 四邑.

My wife knows that she is referring to workers south of the US border. They’re 3-4 gen Chinese immigrated to the US, so it might be something local.

Anyone know the exact term or etymology?