Today’s Classifier

Repeat after me: YAT JEK GAU 一隻狗 ONE DOG That’s right! “Jek” (隻) is the classifier for mammals, things of which there are two (一隻眼睛）yat jek an jeng (one eye), round things, so an eye →

Living The Vida Canto

Every Wednesday I meet these two delightful women, Ah Bek and Ah Wai, plus three others, in a Jau Lau （酒樓，Chinese restaurant) for tea, dim sam and Canto. All the waiters and waitresses love us! →

Learn Chinese Characters Without Really Trying

This is ah-Fa, one of my long-term Cantonese students. You see that piece of paper she’s reading? I wrote that the same morning and emailed it to her. Out of all those Chinese characters, there →

2010 – The Year Of The Canto

Perhaps you’ve made some new year resolutions this year, and broken them already. Here is one that won’t hurt, but on the contrary will enrich you no end for the decades to come: Decide that →

Now I Know How Mothers Feel …

… when their children take their first steps etc. Intense pride! And laughing their heads off. At least I did. This is Kelly, aka Ah-Gei, who has been learning Cantonese for a few weeks. Bloody →

Learn Cantonese – Then Sit Back And Wait For The English

I’ve made a film about my experiences during 20 years of learning Cantonese. Cantonese is a really easy language to learn (contrary to people’s deep-held, sacred beliefs) – it’s just that it’s so damned difficult →

Write About Your Experiences

Wei, students and others: I work day and night to make Cantonese a world language. You are my tools for accomplishing this. I would like to hear about your experiences using Cantonese in your daily →

A terrible happening from ah-Mok’s past

A terrible happening from ah-Mok’s past comes back to haunt him. See episode 22 first!

Wei hey all you groovy Canto-learners out there. Check out “Return Of The Cantonese Fundamentalists.” We put the fun back in mental!

That Threatening Breakfast

I’ve just come back from a very pleasurable quiz night with some friends- and incredibly knowledgeable they were too. I knew nothing about tennis and Hot Chocolate, and stood helpless before a picture of chickens →