Cantonese Speakers (with VIDEOS)

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: mrkun
More making fun of the Vietnamese accent.

funny with the mannerisms. But I've seen both chinese and vietnamese places having similar accents, though I am tired of nail salon jokes. seriously we vietnamese people have tons of other stuff but I don't get why there's so many nail salon jokes

 

[McGyver]

that aussie is hawt!! woot, i'm horny tonite

 

[freebee]

Originally posted by: herkulease

Originally posted by: mrkun
More making fun of the Vietnamese accent.

funny with the mannerisms. But I've seen both chinese and vietnamese places having similar accents, though I am tired of nail salon jokes. seriously we vietnamese people have tons of other stuff but I don't get why there's so many nail salon jokes

I think she used to be a cheerleader (with bikini pic)

 

[Kaieye]

I wonder if they can drive...

 

[erniec]

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
Blasphemy! Hokkien dialect has to be the most rude sounding dialect.

As a person who speaks Hokkien and Teochew (maternal and paternal sides are Teochew), I have to say this :
Dua Lan ah!

I don't begrudge you that though, since some choice Teochew greetings include :
"Lau Pu Bo!", "Kan Ya Bo!", etc.

 

[erniec]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya

Originally posted by: UncleWai
Blasphemy! Hokkien dialect has to be the most rude sounding dialect.

As a person who speaks Hokkien and Teochew (maternal and paternal sides are Teochew), I have to say this :
Dua Lan ah!

I dont' speak Hokkien what does Dua Lan ah mean?

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: erniec
I dont' speak Hokkien what does Dua Lan ah mean?

Literally, big c*ck. But the way it's used, it actually means bullsh*t. eg.
Person A : "I'm having Natasha Henstridge, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romjin over for a "get together" tonight."
Person B : "Dua lan ah!"

 

[sdifox]

I've met a 60 year old Canadian (white) who spoke to me in perfect Mandarin and Taiwanese. Quite a shocker for me, Mandarin I can sort of figure, but Taiwanese...

 

[virtuamike]

#1 and #3 are good, can barely tell. #2 is pretty obvious though, and #4 I can barely understand (enunciation all over the place).

 

[cheesygoldfish]

I never knew that there were so many chinese-speaking people on AT

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: cheesygoldfish
I never knew that there were so many chinese-speaking people on AT

Yu Stin Ki Pu!

 

[uhohs]

heh

 

[JS80]

Cantonese has to be one of the ugliest languages on earth.

 

[eelw]

3 has perfect Cantonese. Just listening to her, you couldn't tell she wasn't Chinese. Plus she's hot.

 

[goodoptics]

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
Vietnamese I find is very rough on the ears. Sounds like they're constantly in yelling matches with one another.

Mandarin comes out smooth like butter.

True that!

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

wow

 

[Triumph]

Di dau mat droi.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
2 of my sisters have perfect English and they were born in Vietnam. One sis is an English teacher in Canada, and the other is an English teacher in Japan.

There is nothing amazing about a Caucasian that speaks perfect Cantonese, because many were born in Hong Kong or lived there since their youth.

Dalena is a Caucasian American that live in the US, and she sings Vietnamese songs with absolutely perfect North/Central/South Vietnamese dialect/accents. The wild thing is that she hasn't been to Vietnam and doesn't know how to speak Vietnamese.

She has been to Vietnam. The first time was July 2000.

 

[razor2025]

#2 has some accent at end of her sentences. Her voice ends abruptly at the end, so her Cantonese doesn't really "flow". She still has good way to go before sounding native.

#1 is the perfect one. She actually sounds like regular Cantonese who lives in Guangzhou or Hong Kong (same people as Guangzhou).

#3 has near-perfect Cantonese. Some of her words are still a bit off, but if I wasn't only focusing her pronunciation, I wouldn't be able to tell much.

I'm native Cantonese speaker, and I think Cantonese is quite hard. It's more tone-orientated than Mandarin, and have its own set of regional vocabulary. I'm glad I was born into it rather than having to learn it. I've learned Japanese and English, and Cantonese would be by far the hardest language to learn.

Also, for accents. Cantonese is very common in SE Asia and Southern China. Guandong/Canton province alone has several distinct regional dialect-variation of Cantonese. My Hakka relatives have pretty strong accent in their Cantonese as result. Personally, I would prefer Cantonese over Mandarin as official Chinese dialect. It's much more elegant sounding language , simply because you have to control complex tones. Once you've mastered it, you can easily communicate your thoughts using the simplest vocabulary with correct use of tone.

On a sidenote, my parents would kill to have me married to that women #1. Don't know what their obsession with "gotta get a Chinese girl" deal.

 

[0roo0roo]

heh the ausis parents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJuBOGpz_8k

they sound like gwai loes... still not bad.

 

[habib89]

from listening to the first video, it sounds pretty much perfect.. i wouldn't have guessed she was white.. but then again, she was born there, so really she is a native cantonese speaker... now what i wonder is how her english is....

 

[erniec]

Originally posted by: habib89
from listening to the first video, it sounds pretty much perfect.. i wouldn't have guessed she was white.. but then again, she was born there, so really she is a native cantonese speaker... now what i wonder is how her english is....

I bet she still speaks English at home with her parents

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: habib89
from listening to the first video, it sounds pretty much perfect.. i wouldn't have guessed she was white.. but then again, she was born there, so really she is a native cantonese speaker... now what i wonder is how her english is....

if you check out another vid on you tube here she is speaking english.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: JS80
Cantonese has to be one of the ugliest languages on earth.

umm that title is reserved for german