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Basic Bootcamp: Self-Introduction
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Learn some Cantonese essentials such as introducing yourself, responding, and creating a Cantonese name for yourself
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Contents
24 Audio Lessons
1

Where Is Cantonese Spoken?

Learn where Cantonese is spoken

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 • 3 Minutes
2

What are tones?

Learn the six Cantonese tones

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 • 5 Minutes
3

What Are the Differences Between Cantonese and Mandarin?

Learn about the relationship between Cantonese and Mandarin

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 • 4 Minutes
4

Does Cantonese Use the Same Characters as Mandarin Chinese?

Learn about the Chinese characters used in Cantonese

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 • 5 Minutes
5

How Are Sentences Structured in Cantonese?

Learn the basic rules of Cantonese sentence structure

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 • 6 Minutes
6

What Are Some Common Loanwords in Cantonese?

Learn about loanwords in Cantonese

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 • 4 Minutes
7

Is Spoken Cantonese Different from Written Cantonese?

Learn about the relationship between spoken and written Cantonese

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 • 4 Minutes
8

Is it Common to Omit the Subject in Cantonese Sentences?

Learn how to recognize an implied subject in Cantonese

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 • 5 Minutes
9

What Types of Cantonese Romanization Are There?

Learn how to transcribe Cantonese using the Latin alphabet

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 • 7 Minutes
10

What Are Cantonese Classifiers?

Learn about Cantonese classifiers

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 • 6 Minutes
11

What Are Some Common Cantonese Idioms?

Learn some common Cantonese idioms

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 • 5 Minutes
12

What Are Some Common Mistakes Made by Native Cantonese Speakers?

Learn about some common mistakes made by native Cantonese speakers

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 • 4 Minutes
13

How Do You Greet Someone at Different times of the Day in Cantonese?

Learn all you need to know about greetings in Cantonese

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 • 4 Minutes
14

How Do You Ask for the Time in Cantonese?

Learn how to tell time in Cantonese

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 • 6 Minutes
15

What Are Chinese Radicals?

Learn what Chinese radicals are

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 • 7 Minutes
16

How Are Questions Made in Cantonese?

Learn how to make questions and question tags in Cantonese

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 • 6 Minutes
17

What Are the Sentence-Final Particles in Cantonese?

Learn about Cantonese sentence-final particles

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 • 6 Minutes
18

What Is Cantonese Slang Like?

Learn some common Cantonese slang

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 • 5 Minutes
19

What Are Some Prefixes in Cantonese?

Learn some common noun prefixes in Cantonese

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 • 5 Minutes
20

What Are Some Suffixes in Cantonese?

Learn some common suffixes in Cantonese

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 • 5 Minutes
21

What Are Diminutives and How Are They Formed in Cantonese?

Learn about diminutives in Cantonese

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 • 6 Minutes
22

Why Do Cantonese Speakers Put 阿 (aa3) in Front of Someone's Name?

Learn about the Cantonese word "aa3"

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 • 5 Minutes
23

Does Cantonese Have Honorifics?

Learn about Cantonese honorifics

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 • 4 Minutes
24

How Do Cantonese Names Work?

Learn the basic facts about names in Cantonese

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 • 6 Minutes