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Hi there, I'm Gray. I'm a native English speaker from the US with a Ph.D. in English Literature. I'm looking for teachers and language partners to help me practice Cantonese. If you speak Cantonese and need a language partner who can help you with English, feel free to send me a message!
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Chinese (Cantonese)
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Wilma
Chinese (Cantonese)
May 31, 2021
I am impressed as always. Thank you for sharing 無間道 with me. It's indeed a nice movie. I am looking forward to your another Cantonese movie sharing. And we can dive into the photo and utilize all those new vocabularies next time.
Wilma
Chinese (Cantonese)
May 28, 2021
Gray is a dedicated and talented student. She is willing to learn new words and use them almost immediately. I am very looking forward to our next class and we can discuss more HK movies.
Zack
Chinese (Cantonese)
May 27, 2021
Gray only has the faintest of accent. She's already accumulated a wealth of vocabulary including some function words. I look forward to our next lesson.
Ms. Caron 多倫多黃老師
Chinese (Cantonese)
Mar 3, 2021
Hello Gray, our first class went really well and your Cantonese skills are very impressive! I am sure you will be able to communicate effectively in the near future and you can become fluent in Cantonese! Keep up your great work!
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  • Answered
    Yes, you can -- I usually say either "pretty well" or "pretty good." (Technically, "pretty well" is more correct, but "pretty good" is more common and sounds more casual, at least in the US.)
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    May 23, 2024
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    "There isn't much sun" sounds fine to me. I wouldn't use it formal writing, but I might say it in casual conversation.
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    May 23, 2024
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    I agree with Eric. Both "me too" and "you too" sound strange in this context. You could say "I want to marry you too."
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    May 22, 2024
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    If you're on a computer, you can find a link to the support page at the very bottom of the screen. (I'm not sure if it's the same on mobile.)
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    May 21, 2024
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    In this context, it means "belittling." To "diminish" something can mean to reduce its (real or perceived) value, importance, dignity, authority, etc.
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    May 21, 2024
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    I agree with Mel. It sounds like it's a huge book, and the writer is making a joke about how it could easily kill an insect.
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    May 21, 2024
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    Your paragraph is well-written and already sounds quite natural. I would suggest deleting the word "but" from "but she is also my unconditional supporter." Normally, when we say "not only X, ... also Y," we either use "but" OR we repeat the subject of the sentence -- not both. For example, we would say either: "He's not only smart, BUT also brave." or "He's not only smart, HE'S also brave." It sounds a bit unnatural to say "He's not only smart, BUT HE'S also brave." Everything else looks good! The last sentence is perhaps a little strange because it says she's "warm and sweet, like a river." Rivers aren't usually described as "warm" or "sweet," so the comparison seems a bit confusing. The grammar is fine, though. :)
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    May 20, 2024
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    It would be fine to say "it" in this case, but the speaker probably said "this" because there is (possibly) more than one hat. The speaker is making a contrast between "this" hat (Amy's hat) and some other hat (the one that belongs to the person who asked if this was their hat). "THIS is Amy's hat. The OTHER hat is your hat."
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    May 20, 2024
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    In many cases they're interchangeable, but if you say you watched someone "do" something, it often means you watched the whole process from beginning to end (you watched the person do the action and complete it). If you watched them "doing" something, you watched them *while* they were doing the thing, but you didn't necessarily watch them the whole time. "I watched him walk up the stairs." -- The sentence implies that he walked all the way to the top of the stairs, and I watched him the whole time. "I watched him walking up the stairs." -- I was watching for at least part of the time while he was walking up the stairs.
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    May 20, 2024
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    Hi, I have two questions. Many thanks for any help! 1) If I want to talk about someone acting in a TV series, should I say 佢出演電視劇? or 佢演電視劇? (Or something else?) 2) If I want to ask "would you consider [doing something] again," can I say 你會考慮再次...嗎? or 你會唔會考慮再...? (Or something else?)
    August 20, 2023
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