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我喺四川去旅行過一個月。我琴日返香港，所以會寫關於言語。我唔識普通話，所以喺四川我唔可以講同locals。我學過少少四川話（yes同I don't understand )。我傾計用四川話locals好開心。
我朋友都係鬼佬。佢識普通話，但當佢講同locals嘅時候，佢哋唔好開心。
我以為佢哋冇好開心，因為普通話唔係佢哋嘅母語。
當我去華山嘅時候，我同樣經歷有嘢
(No idea how to say it Cantonese, but should be "when I was at 華山, I experienced something similar)
華山唔係四川，但係我見幾個四川人。我傾計同佢哋用四川之後佢哋一齊食同我返。
(How to say "with mandarin that never happened)
我遲啲見廣東人。我終於可以講同有人。我識少少廣東話，廣東人超開心。我哋一齊行山。
我嘅旅途之後我記得一個曼德拉嘅引用：
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes into his head
If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
So this time I practise a sentece structure I learned last time ("When I~, I did...). I always have problems when I have to say "verb+with person". I'm never sure where to put 同, so i used it a lot in this text. Besides that I'm not sure about the tense, because actually I haven't learned anything about it yet, because everyone says there are no tenses.
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Language and Friends
我去過四川旅行一個月。我琴日返香港，所以會寫關於言語嘅嘢。我唔識普通話，所以喺四川我唔可以同locals講。我學過少少四川話（yes同I don't understand )。我用四川話同locals傾計好開心。我朋友都係鬼佬。佢識普通話，但當佢同locals講嘅時候，佢哋唔係好開心。
我覺得佢哋唔係好開心，係因為普通話唔係佢哋嘅母語。
當我去華山嘅時候，我經歷咗差唔多有嘢
(No idea how to say it Cantonese, but should be "when I was at 華山, I experienced something similar)
華山唔係四川，但係我見幾個四川人。我同佢哋用四川話傾計之後佢哋同我一齊食飯。
(How to say "with mandarin that never happened)
我遲啲見廣東人。我終於可以同人講廣東話。我識少少廣東話，廣東人超開心。我哋一齊行山。
經過我嘅旅行之後，我諗起一句曼德拉嘅說話：
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes into his head
If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
The sentence structure "verb+with person" in cantonese should be "同person+v.".
E.g. I go out with my friend. 我同我朋友出去.
And yes, there have no tenses. You'll get the meaning by reading its whole context.
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Language and Friends
我喺四川去旅行過咗一個月。我琴日返香港，所以會寫關於言語嘅嘢。我唔識講普通話，所以喺四川我唔可以講同locals（local is 當地人）溝通。我學過少少四川話（yes同I don't understand )。我傾計用四川話同locals傾計，佢哋好開心。我朋友都係鬼佬。佢識講普通話，但當佢講同locals講嘢嘅時候，佢哋唔係好開心。
我以為覺得佢哋冇好開心，係因為普通話唔係佢哋嘅母語。
當我去華山嘅時候，我同樣經歷咗同樣嘅嘢。有嘢
(No idea how to say it Cantonese, but should be "when I was at 華山, I experienced something similar)
華山唔係四川，但係我見到幾個四川人。我傾計同佢哋用四川話傾計之後佢哋同我一齊食同我返。食飯。
(How to say "with mandarin that never happened)
之後我遲啲見到廣東人。我終於可以講同有人講話啦。我識少少廣東話，廣東人超開心。我哋一齊行山。
我嘅旅途之後我記得一個曼德拉嘅引用：
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes into his head
If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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I can not more agree with you. 劲仔，犀利！
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woo I come from sicuan province 。so what do you think of this place
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Language and Friends
我喺四川去過一個月旅行。我琴日返香港，所以會寫關於言語。(You mean 'So I want to write something about it?) 我唔識普通話，所以喺四川同locals傾唔到計。我學過少少四川話（yes同I don't understand )。我傾計用四川話，locals好開心。我朋友都係鬼佬。佢識普通話，但當佢同locals講嘅普通話時候，佢哋唔好開心 --> 唔係好開心 (not so happy) or 好唔開心 (really sad) 。
我以為 諗 佢哋冇好開心，因為普通話唔係佢哋嘅母語。
當我去華山嘅時候，我同樣經歷有嘢 我有相似(similar)嘅經歷：
(No idea how to say it Cantonese, but should be "when I was at華山, I experienced something similar)
華山唔係喺四川，但係我見（到）幾個四川人。
我傾計同佢哋用四川之後佢哋一齊食同我返。 --> 我用四川話同佢傾計之後，佢哋同我一齊食飯。
(How to say "with mandarin that never happened) I think there is no similar expression in Cantonese, I would say smth like
--> 如果用普通話，呢件事一定唔會發生。
我遲啲見廣東人。我終於可以講同有人。 (I'm not sure what you mean)
我識少少廣東話，廣東人超開心。我哋一齊行山。
我嘅旅途之後我記得一個曼德拉嘅引用： 旅途完結之後，我諗起一句曼德拉嘅名言：
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes into his head
If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
So this time I practise a sentece structure I learned last time ("When I~, I did...). I always have problems when I have to say "verb+with person". I'm never sure where to put同, so i used it a lot in this text. Besides that I'm not sure about the tense, because actually I haven't learned anything about it yet, because everyone says there are no tenses.
--> There are no tenses in Cantonese indeed, but you have to indicate the time (琴日、聽日、前晚etc..) if that is important for your reader.
--> I think it is hard to learn the order of words in general, as most of my corrections are basically changing the word orders.
--> For the word 同, I think the word orders are quite random, but most of the time you hv to put the subject and 同xx first.
you can try to learn these sentences :
我同爸爸上年去咗香港旅行。我去咗香港旅行同爸爸 I have been to Hong Kong with my dad last year.
我同爸爸講：記得準時同媽媽去睇醫生。（see if you know wt does it mean, haha)
I am an native Cantonese speaker from Hong Kong. This is my first Italki post (actually I am just trying to find an English teacher to learn lol), so happy to see someone who is working on my language!
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