Hi Karen, 

It is a good question and yes. Mandarin and Cantonese are very similar but Cantonese speakers use some words differently to Mandarin speakers. 

Here are some examples:

We use "唔" instead of "不" and 中意 instead of 喜欢. 

我唔中意你 (ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 nei5) (I don't like you.)

我不喜欢你 (wǒ bù xǐ huan nǐ) (I don't like you.)

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a nice day. 

LingLing

@Jack哥 多谢塞曬，因為我起香港大嫁，所以由中學開始就要用全英文學習，所以可以寫下幾句英文 :P 你講既應該係"叻"，我識寫同睇簡繁體，其實你識唔識粵拼？其實你打粵拼都可以打到字。

Hi 呀Jack，係呀，香港、澳門同台灣都唔係用簡體字，所以對睇開簡體字既人係好難呀！我認為學寫作前，最緊要係學左識睇先，你係識睇繁體字？只係唔識寫？

Hi Jack, HK, Macau and Taiwan use traditional instead of simplified Chinese which can be quite difficult for Mandarin speakers. I think it's more important to learn how to read before start writing. Can you read traditional Chinese or you just simply do not know how to write it?

我以前都有學習過寫簡體字，因為識左繁體字就識得睇簡體字，但未必識寫，我既方法係我學左常用個幾百個簡體字先，因為會成日用到，我會拎支筆同紙，不停練習寫個D簡體字，咁樣會易D記得，寫寫下我就記得。我認為你可以上網查最常用既幾百個繁體字，之後你集中左溫習個幾百字先，因為你一定會成日見到同用到，同埋試下寫出來，寫寫下就會習慣，學識左寫常用個D就再學難D，慢慢一步一步來。我記得我以前考高考中國歷史，因為寫簡體字會快D，所以我不停寫簡體字，搞到我個時都有D唔記得有D繁體字係點寫。

I learnt how to writes simplified Chinese by myself. The thing is Cantonese speakers can read simplified Chinese but not necessarily know how to write. At first, I learnt the most common words and kept writing in hand. Practice makes perfect. The more you practice, the better you write. The reason why you should learn the most common words first is they are commonly used by native speakers so you have more chances to write them while typing or writing letters to someone. After you learn the basic and common words, you can go to the next level. I remembered when I was preparing for my high school Chinese history examination, my essays were mostly written in simplified Chinese because I could write faster with less strokes. I started to forget some traditional Chinese characters (not good haha) :P 

希望可以幫到你！

Hope it helps! 

自我一個介紹 my introduction

Great writing! 

I noticed that you are a bit confused with comma and full stop. Chinese and English have different grammar rules for punctuations. In English, it should be Hi, my name is Seth. I have 5 years teaching experience. I worked in Korea and Taiwan and have been working in beautiful Chile for 4 years now. There's a full stop for each sentence. But for Chinese, full stop is like finishing a single idea. 

For example, 對我而言，教學是一種榮譽，。 這是一種激情，這是我喜歡做的事情。

In this sentence, you are talking about how teaching means to you so you're conveying the same idea -teaching. That's why I think commas should be used. 

It's ok to write with many full stops but punctuations help you write like a native. Anyways, grammar and vocabulary are more important and you have done a good job! Keep it up. 加油！

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