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The Linguistics SocietyThe Linguistics Society
Language Course--Cantonese Course 2007
Instructors
Diana( 王婉姿 ) BBA (ACCT) Year 2 JoJo( 呂叡靜 ) BBA (MGTO) Year 2 Thomas( 甘國銳 ) BBA (MARK) Year 2
Course Introduction
Date: 21st Sept – 23rd Nov, 2007 (Friday) Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm Venue: (TBA) About: Pronunciations, daily lives Instructors: =D Notes: http://ihome.ust.hk/~su_lings E-mail: [email protected]
Yale System
Yale System for Cantonese syllable
Consists of 3 parts Initial ( 聲母 ) Consonant Final ( 韻母 ) vowel Tone ( 聲調 ) 6 different tones The pitch imposed on a syllable
Initials
Aspirated p t k ch kw
Unaspirated b p g j gw
Nasals m n ng
Fricative & Continuant
f l h s
Semi-Vowel y w
Initials - AspiratedInitials Romanization and
Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning
p pa1 趴 Prostrate
t ta1 他 He
k ka1 卡 Card
ch cha1 叉 Fork
kw kwa1 誇 Boast
Initials - UnaspiratedInitials Romanization and
Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning
b ba1 爸 Father
d da1 打 Dozen
k ga1 家 Family
j ja1 渣 Dregs
gw gwa1 瓜 Melon
Initials - NasalsInitials Romanization and
Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning
m ma1 媽 Mother
n na1 啦 La
ng nga1 鴉 Crow
Initials – Fricative & Continuant
Initials Romanization and Chinese characters
English Meaning
f fa1 花 Flower
l la1 啦 Final particle
h ha1 蝦 Shrimp
s sa1 沙 Sand
Initials – Semi-vowelsInitials Romanization and
Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning
y ya1 吔 interjection
w wa1 娃 baby
FinalsFinals Description (Similar sound in English)a Cut (short “a”)
aa Father (long “a”)
e Bed
eu Her with rounded lips
i Seed
o Law
u Noodle
yu ---
Tone
Examples of ToneTone Description Example Romanization
1 High level 夫 fu1
2 High rising 苦 fu2
3 Mid level 富 fu3
4 Low falling 扶 fu4
5 Low rising 婦 fu5
6 Low level 父 fu6
Cantonese Course 2007 Lesson 1
練習lin6 zaap6
Self-Practice
Numbers
Vocabulary – Numbers
零ling4ling
= zero
Vocabulary – Numbers
一yat1yut
= one
Vocabulary – Numbers
二yi6yee
= two
Vocabulary – Numbers
三saam1sarm
= three
Vocabulary – Numbers
四sei3say
= four
Vocabulary – Numbers
五ng5hm
= five
Vocabulary – Numbers
六luk6look
= six
Vocabulary – Numbers
七chat1chut
= seven
Vocabulary – Numbers
八baat3bard
= eight
Vocabulary – Numbers
九gau2gou
= nine
Vocabulary – Numbers
十sap6sub
= ten
Vocabulary - Numbers
十一sap6 yat1
sub yut[ 10 1 ]
= 11
Vocabulary - Numbers
三十一saam1 sap6 yat1
sarm sub yut [ 3 10 1 ]
= 31
Vocabulary - Numbers
七十九chat1 sap6 gau2
chut sub gou [ 7 10 9 ]
= 79
Vocabulary – Numbers
百baak3bark
= hundred
Vocabulary - Numbers
一百○二yat1 baak3 ling4 yi6
yut bark ling yee [ 1 100 0 2 ] .
= 102
Vocabulary - Numbers
一百六十七yat1 baak3 luk6 sap6 chat1
yut bark look sub chut[ 1 100 6 10 7 ].
100 60 7
= 167
Vocabulary - Numbers
六百六十六luk6 baak3 luk6 sap6 luk6
look bark look sub look [ 6 100 6 10 6 ].
600 60 6
= 666
Vocabulary – Numbers
千chin1chin
= thousand
Vocabulary – Numbers
萬maan6
man
= ten thousand(10000)
Vocabulary – Numbers
億yik1yick
= thousand million
(1 0000 0000)
Cantonese Course 2007 Lesson 1
活動wut6 dung6
Activity
Greetings
Vocabulary - Pronouns
我ngo5ngo
= I /me
Vocabulary - Pronouns
你néih / léihnay / lay
= you (singular)
Vocabulary - Pronouns
佢kéuih
kui
= he/ him / she / her
Vocabulary - Pronouns
我地ngo5 dei6
all day[ I pl. ]
= we / us
Vocabulary - Pronouns
你地nei5 dei6
lay dei[ you pl. ]
= you
Vocabulary - Pronouns
佢地keui5 dei6
kui day[ he/she pl. ]
= they / them
Vocabulary - Greetings
你好嗎nei5 hou2 ma3
lay hole ma
= How are you?
Vocabulary - Greetings
早晨jou2 san4
joe sun
= Good morning
Vocabulary - Greetings
早抖jou2 tau2
joe tau
= Good night
Vocabulary - Greetings
晚安maan5 on1
man on
= good night (more polite)
Vocabulary - Greetings
得閒再傾過= dak1 haan4 zoi3 king1 gwo3= duck han zhoi king gwo= chat again when we are free
Cantonese Course 2007 Lesson 1
練習lin6 zaap6
Self-Practice
