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    Cantonese help?

    I put this in the main forum, but didn't get much response.

    Can anyone tell me the Cantonese for the following basic terms?

    Counting, 1 to 10?

    Yes/No?

    Please/Thank you

    Hello/Goodbye

    Thanks in advance if anyone can do this for me. (Also, just spell it phonetically. I know that Cantonese doesn't really have a standard roman form).

    Thanks.
    "i can barely click the link. but i way why stop drinking .... i got ... moe .. fcke me ..im out of it" - GDA on Traditional vs Modern Wushu
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    Help!
    "i can barely click the link. but i way why stop drinking .... i got ... moe .. fcke me ..im out of it" - GDA on Traditional vs Modern Wushu
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    but what if the man of steel hasta fight another man of steel only that man of steel knows kung fu? - Kristoffer
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    How do you think monks/strippers got started before the internet? - Gene Ching
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    Find your peace in practice. - Gene Ching

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    I can give you some numbers...

    here ya go...

    1- Yut
    2- yee
    3- Saam
    4- say
    5- Ng (pronounce kinda like mmm)
    6- lok
    7- chut
    8- baat
    9- Gao
    10- Sup

    after 10 im im not sure we dont count that high in my school, we will just start over if we keep going past 10.
    thats the extent of my cantonese really...(im a lil better with manderin if you need that)

    peace,
    Wally

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    Thanks Zhou.

    What is it all in Mandarin, out of interest?
    "i can barely click the link. but i way why stop drinking .... i got ... moe .. fcke me ..im out of it" - GDA on Traditional vs Modern Wushu
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    but what if the man of steel hasta fight another man of steel only that man of steel knows kung fu? - Kristoffer
    ---------------------------------------------
    How do you think monks/strippers got started before the internet? - Gene Ching
    ---------------------------------------------
    Find your peace in practice. - Gene Ching

  5. one - yaht
    two - yee
    three - sahm
    four - say
    five - "ng" this is a nasal sound with no vowel like the end of "sing"
    six - luk
    seven - chaht
    eight - baht
    nine - gau
    ten - sahp

    yes - hai
    no - mm'hai, although expressing a negative in Cantonese is usually more involved than this (if I remember right; it's been quite a long time)


    I'm sorry I can't help you on the others. I simply don't remember, except that the colloquiolisms used in Hong Kong (where I was) aren't necessarily what you find in a textbook. I can't speak for Cantonese in general.

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    Thanks for your help everyone. This thread is actually going well in the main forum now as well.

    Thanks again.

    "i can barely click the link. but i way why stop drinking .... i got ... moe .. fcke me ..im out of it" - GDA on Traditional vs Modern Wushu
    ---------------------------------------------
    but what if the man of steel hasta fight another man of steel only that man of steel knows kung fu? - Kristoffer
    ---------------------------------------------
    How do you think monks/strippers got started before the internet? - Gene Ching
    ---------------------------------------------
    Find your peace in practice. - Gene Ching

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    manderin number

    No problem, you responed quick eh, haha

    1- Yi
    2- er
    3- san
    4 - si
    5- wu (like the wu in wushu)
    6- lu (same u sound as in Wu)
    7- chi
    8- Ba
    9- jiu
    10- Shi(pronounced Shr)
    11- Shi Yi
    12- Shi er
    etc..
    20 Er shi
    21 Er shi yi
    etc, it just goes on like that(if i remeber right

    (I will be coutning in class using canton and start thinking manderin numbers )

    peace,
    Wally

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    Hello,

    In Mandarin, I will spell it like it sounds

    1- ee
    2- er
    3- san
    4- shee
    5- wu
    6- liu
    7- chee
    8- ba
    9- jou
    10- sher

    In mandarin there are alot of sounds like the number 10, sher, sh, shi, etc...

    Back to Cantonese:

    Please is either:

    cheng, example asking someone to sit, or use mm coy which can be thank you for something you asked for. A more formal thank you would be Do Jay.

    Hello - Lay ho or Lay Ho Ma - How are you?

    Joi Geen - See you again, Chi dee geen - see you later, Ting yut geen - see you tomorrow

    Counting past 10 is pretty easy

    11- sup yut
    12- sup yee
    13- sup sam
    14- sup say
    15- sup ng
    16- sup lok
    17- sup chaat
    18- sup baat
    19- sup gow
    20- yee sup
    21- yee sup yut, or shorter- yah yut
    22- yee sup yee, or - yah yee
    30- sam sup
    31- sam sup yut, or sam yut
    40- say sup
    100- yut baat

    I hope that helps, good luck with your practice.

    Joe

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    ahhh

    ahh so thats how cantonese is past 10, i figured it would be(since manderin uses the same system)

    thanks

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    A word of caution.

    Er, in Cantonese, be careful how you say yes "hai" Start loud and taper down. DO not say it Japanese style, ending in an upward inflection.

    And don't add Do Mo!

    ....take my word for it...

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    If I remember right, after 10, it continues the same as Mandarin:

    11 Sup Yaat
    12 Sup Yee
    13 Sup Saam
    etc.
    20 Yee Sup
    30 Saam Sup

    (slang can make them quicker, eg Sa'up for Saam Sup)

    Hai and M'Hai are sort of yes and know (is and is not). You can also try Daak (okay), Chor (wrong), etc.

    Rgds,

    RR

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    YOU HAPPY NOW SERPENT

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    please (sit down) = cheng (cho)
    thank you = dor jie
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    Happy!

    Thanks all!
    "i can barely click the link. but i way why stop drinking .... i got ... moe .. fcke me ..im out of it" - GDA on Traditional vs Modern Wushu
    ---------------------------------------------
    but what if the man of steel hasta fight another man of steel only that man of steel knows kung fu? - Kristoffer
    ---------------------------------------------
    How do you think monks/strippers got started before the internet? - Gene Ching
    ---------------------------------------------
    Find your peace in practice. - Gene Ching

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    hello in cantonese haha, is like " allo!" hahAHaha

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