Hw abt cantonese?

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by xiaowang@Jan 31 2006, 01:52 PM

Eehh, it does not mean you are 100% if you are from Hong Kong. HK is a mix of different dialect groups. Cantonese is their spoken language but may not represent their dialect. Only if you are from Guangzhou, then you can consider urself a pure Cantonese.

 

Why I know, My family moved from Guangzhou to HK , then to SIngapore. BUt does it really matter? We are all citizens of the world. All Chinese unite.

Oic, thank for info.

 

to the chinese

[xiao xue]

Originally posted by redbeacon@Jan 25 2006, 10:32 PM

Hello,

 

I'm signing in with ngoh gong siu gong dong wah, hope you guys don't mind.

wat is the meaning huh???

 

 

[adrient]

Originally posted by xiao xue@Mar 14 2006, 10:13 AM

wat is the meaning huh???

 

 

I think he meant 'I know abit of cantonese'

 

Ngoh sek tak siew siew gong dong wah. Dai ga hoe, ham bah lang kam da han lei li dou keng gai ar?

 

(I know a little bit of Cantonese. Hi everyone, all (everyone) so free can come here and chat ah??)

[adrient]

Originally posted by Jilleen@Oct 24 2005, 03:29 PM

I wan to lean those words to scold ppl... incase I kenna bully by cantoese colleagues. EV can teach some?

Ngoh deng lei gor fai. ÎÒ¶¥Äã¸ö·Î.

 

(loosely translated is I Fcuk U up to ur lungs.)

 

Sor hai ɵ*

 

(Silly/stupid 'ermm...women's private)

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by adrient@Apr 6 2006, 02:44 PM

Ngoh deng lei gor fai. ÎÒ¶¥Äã¸ö·Î.

 

(loosely translated is I Fcuk U up to ur lungs.)

 

Sor hai ɵ*

 

(Silly/stupid 'ermm...women's private)

[beautifuLlies]

m'sian laugh at sg cantonese

hong kong condemn msia cantonese

[beautifuLlies]

sg canto laughs at msia canto's slangs.

hong kong condemns malaysian canto

[redbeacon]

Wow, that's surprising...

 

My grandmother (cantonese dialect) once told me that the way Singaporeans speak cantonese is the same way Singaporeans harbour the usage of Singlish:

 

Singlish vs proper (ang moh) English

can be considered somewhat like

Singaporean Cantonese vs pure (HK?) Cantonese

 

For me, I feel that it's better learning how our local Singacantonese people speak the Cantonese language despite the fact that as members of the Singaporean culture those Singacantonese people borrow a lot of words from the languages of Singachinese and Singlish -- I believe this is one of the reasons why it isn't pure Cantonese.

 

Pure HK cantonese is quite high-level to me...It's more like going to China to learn proper chinese, and to finally speak it, with no allowances of rojak-type Chinese/cantonese + English language that we've grown accustomed to.

 

I'd say, let the "condemnation" continue. As long as we can convey what we want to Cantonese people, ni goh hai gao dim lo.

 

(By the way, I think it's called prejudice, not condemnation)

[adrient]

Well, I personally look at it as EVOLUTION.

 

Ever wondered why there are so many dialects in the world. In China, even tho the main genere or official language is Mandarin, the number of dialects here are numerous, even neighbouring provinces have different local lingo. Some are quite similiar to each other, while others are completely different.

 

Take Fujian for example, we would assume that they would speak Hokkien (as affectionately known in SG). But they have at least 3 different versions of hokkien that I know of. (Sha Xian Hua, FuZhou Hua, FuJian Hua.) There is definitely more depending on which region of the Fujian Province you come from.

 

So its not entirely surprising that our own lingo evolved in Singalish and SingaCantonese...In the end, as long as we can understand each other, who cares if I'm speaking SingaCanto, China Canto or HK Canto? Right?

 

just my 2 cents worth

[Angry]

Hum chim pan.....................Hum kar chan.................Hum tan.....................Hum choy.........Hum sup loh................Hum lan....

 

 

[xiao xue]

wat is that meaning??? so chim sia

 

 

[xiao xue]

how to say 'don't know what you talking about' and 'can't hear what you say' in canto huh...

 

 

[redbeacon]

[1]

Lei gong de wah

Norh mm hiu

 

(informal) Lei gong meh wah?

 

 

[2]

Lei tau sing gong de wah, norh teng mm zhor leh

 

(correct me if I'm wrong because I'm using Singacantonese)

[adrient]

Originally posted by xiao xue@Oct 16 2006, 07:08 PM

how to say 'don't know what you talking about' and 'can't hear what you say' in canto huh...

 

 

1. mm *zhi (zhi dou) lei gong mat ye.

2. ten mm dou lei gong mat ye.

[redbeacon]

Originally posted by adrient@Oct 17 2006, 07:57 AM

1. mm *zhi (zhi dou) lei gong mat ye.

2. ten mm dou lei gong mat ye.

Hey, can I ask you a question?

 

When I asked my grandmother which was appropriate: mat yeh or meh yeh, she concluded that the first one was common in everyday speech.

 

When I went to an online dictionary, they had those 2 entries.

 

So my question is thus far: Which one should I use?

[redbeacon]

Ack, where's the [Edit] button to this section of the forum?!

 

Anyways, I need to correct something:

 

My grandmother says she use "meh yeh"

[adrient]

Originally posted by redbeacon@Oct 18 2006, 12:40 AM

Hey, can I ask you a question?

 

When I asked my grandmother which was appropriate: mat yeh or meh yeh, she concluded that the first one was common in everyday speech.

 

When I went to an online dictionary, they had those 2 entries.

 

So my question is thus far: Which one should I use?

Hi redbeacon,

 

I think both phrases are acceptable. but since your granny is using "meh ye", that could be the more 'traditional' phrase to use?

 

As I'm not cantonese, I am just sharing what I know. Hope the Cantonese experts can come in and comment

[BlurLing]

ngo mm hai gong dong yan. mm sek teng mm sek gong. ;S

[anakin]

it should be gong fu yan, not gong dong yan

[DNotorious]

i malay but watch young n dangerous..ha ha...

[BlurLing]

Originally posted by anakin@Dec 7 2006, 12:10 AM

it should be gong fu yan, not gong dong yan

gong fu yan???

[J73]

Originally posted by BlurLing@Nov 23 2006, 09:44 AM

ngo mm hai gong dong yan. mm sek teng mm sek gong. ;S

mm sek teng mm sek gong?? dim gai sek seh leh??

[DNotorious]

Originally posted by BlurLing@Dec 7 2006, 06:23 PM

gong fu yan???

means wat? gong fu master?

[DNotorious]

Originally posted by johnny73@Dec 7 2006, 07:23 PM

mm sek teng mm sek gong?? dim gai sek seh leh??

.....

[BlurLing]

Originally posted by johnny73@Dec 7 2006, 07:23 PM

mm sek teng mm sek gong?? dim gai sek seh leh??

ngo sek siu siu ja