My first attempt at speaking Cantonese.
I have just started learning Cantonese, so I know my tones are going to be very wrong lol. I have no one I can talk to on line etc and I am not on line much so I have decided to post a video of my first attempts. It is just some random sentences from the first 3 pod cast lessons I have been studying. If you understand a word I say I will be very surprised lol! Native Cantonese speakers, Any constructive feedback on pronunciation etc etc is very welcome, Thank you!
If you can see You tube you can watch here
http://youtu.be/dX4kLijNzwU
If you cant see You tube you can watch on Tudou here http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/6-Bz2SHHAHg/
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the first sentence pronunciation its so good(the sentence mean hello).
but the second i am try to listen many times then i know what do you want to talk.your name is best?when you said"my name is"your tone is going up.its wrong. you said "best"your tone is going down and too strong.
when you said "i am British" the tone style similar English...going up and going down,its wrong.
the last sentence"pleas (help me) write down" some word pronunciation is wrong,
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That is good. I think you have good begining. My suggestion is many words' pronunciation in cantonese need you open your mouth a little bigger, and voice supposed to be strongger, lounder ( hong kong and guangzhou is a place with many people, people need to speak lounder, haha). when you say yes or no in cantonese, you can have you mouth close at end of the words' pronunciation. and the others, you just assume that you are pronoucing word of "English".
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Cheers everyone! :)
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a smart woman.
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wow it's impressive! Great work. Agree with Jonathan that it takes time to grasp the tones, and you will be able to do it :)
I guess you would like to say "唔該慢啲 Please be slower". 慢 maan6 the final and the tone aan6 you did pretty well, so just the initial m (close mouth) instead of n (open mouth).
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