SUNDAY: New Year New Everything

Behold the new cover to my Cantonese teaching video Cantonese – The Movie! I’m just waiting for my web guy to change the covers that are there now (for you can click on them and upload the whole video in the twinkling of an eye so I don’t think I should mess with them) and then we’re good to go. Also I’m starting a new website – watch this space! Meanwhile I’ve had a lot of fun with my brand new knowledge: Screen shots.

In this video you’ll learn all the basics of Cantonese, how to solve the problem of there not being any Yes or No in Chinese, how to count to 10 (and therefore any number) how to visit a whorehouse (don’t worry – no nudity or profanity! That’s in the video for Level 2 Cantonese, Going Native…) and in general how to navigate the Canto-speaking world with ease.

The one thing my Level 1 course can’t help you with, unfortunately, is to make Hong Kong people answer you in Cantonese when you address them in their own language. But if you contact me on this site, I can give you tips and advice. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Rule number 1: Don’t be “kind”! Deferring to people and switching to English because they want you to won’t teach you a single word of Cantonese. You have to stand your ground – even if it’s for your own detriment, for example that it takes 3 seconds longer to carry out whatever transaction that you’re engaged in…

More tomorrow!

教 – gau (teach)
好玩 – hou waan (fun)
答 －dap (answer)

Bonus: In a Whorehouse