The Linguistics Society Language Course --Cantonese Course 2007.

The Linguistics SocietyThe Linguistics Society

Language Course--Cantonese Course 2007

Instructors

Diana( 王婉姿 ) BBA (ACCT) Year 2 JoJo( 呂叡靜 ) BBA (MGTO) Year 2 Thomas( 甘國銳 ) BBA (MARK) Year 2

Course Introduction

Date: 21st Sept – 23rd Nov, 2007 (Friday) Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm Venue: (TBA) About: Pronunciations, daily lives Instructors: =D Notes: http://ihome.ust.hk/~su_lings E-mail: su_lings@stu.ust.hk

Yale System

Yale System for Cantonese syllable

Consists of 3 parts Initial ( 聲母 ) Consonant Final ( 韻母 ) vowel Tone ( 聲調 ) 6 different tones The pitch imposed on a syllable

Initials

Aspirated p t k ch kw

Unaspirated b p g j gw

Nasals m n ng

Fricative & Continuant

f l h s

Semi-Vowel y w

Initials - AspiratedInitials Romanization and

Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning

p pa1 趴 Prostrate

t ta1 他 He

k ka1 卡 Card

ch cha1 叉 Fork

kw kwa1 誇 Boast

Initials - UnaspiratedInitials Romanization and

Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning

b ba1 爸 Father

d da1 打 Dozen

k ga1 家 Family

j ja1 渣 Dregs

gw gwa1 瓜 Melon

Initials - NasalsInitials Romanization and

Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning

m ma1 媽 Mother

n na1 啦 La

ng nga1 鴉 Crow

Initials – Fricative & Continuant

Initials Romanization and Chinese characters

English Meaning

f fa1 花 Flower

l la1 啦 Final particle

h ha1 蝦 Shrimp

s sa1 沙 Sand

Initials – Semi-vowelsInitials Romanization and

Chinese charactersEnglish Meaning

y ya1 吔 interjection

w wa1 娃 baby

FinalsFinals Description (Similar sound in English)a Cut (short “a”)

aa Father (long “a”)

e Bed

eu Her with rounded lips

i Seed

o Law

u Noodle

yu ---

Tone

Examples of ToneTone Description Example Romanization

1 High level 夫 fu1

2 High rising 苦 fu2

3 Mid level 富 fu3

4 Low falling 扶 fu4

5 Low rising 婦 fu5

6 Low level 父 fu6

Cantonese Course 2007 Lesson 1

練習lin6 zaap6

Self-Practice

Numbers

Vocabulary – Numbers

零ling4ling

= zero

Vocabulary – Numbers

一yat1yut

= one

Vocabulary – Numbers

二yi6yee

= two

Vocabulary – Numbers

三saam1sarm

= three

Vocabulary – Numbers

四sei3say

= four

Vocabulary – Numbers

五ng5hm

= five

Vocabulary – Numbers

六luk6look

= six

Vocabulary – Numbers

七chat1chut

= seven

Vocabulary – Numbers

八baat3bard

= eight

Vocabulary – Numbers

九gau2gou

= nine

Vocabulary – Numbers

十sap6sub

= ten

Vocabulary - Numbers

十一sap6 yat1

sub yut[ 10 1 ]

= 11

Vocabulary - Numbers

三十一saam1 sap6 yat1

sarm sub yut [ 3 10 1 ]

= 31

Vocabulary - Numbers

七十九chat1 sap6 gau2

chut sub gou [ 7 10 9 ]

= 79

Vocabulary – Numbers

百baak3bark

= hundred

Vocabulary - Numbers

一百○二yat1 baak3 ling4 yi6

yut bark ling yee [ 1 100 0 2 ] .

= 102

Vocabulary - Numbers

一百六十七yat1 baak3 luk6 sap6 chat1

yut bark look sub chut[ 1 100 6 10 7 ].

100 60 7

= 167

Vocabulary - Numbers

六百六十六luk6 baak3 luk6 sap6 luk6

look bark look sub look [ 6 100 6 10 6 ].

600 60 6

= 666

Vocabulary – Numbers

千chin1chin

= thousand

Vocabulary – Numbers

萬maan6

man

= ten thousand(10000)

Vocabulary – Numbers

億yik1yick

= thousand million

(1 0000 0000)

Cantonese Course 2007 Lesson 1

活動wut6 dung6

Activity

Greetings

Vocabulary - Pronouns

我ngo5ngo

= I /me

Vocabulary - Pronouns

你néih / léihnay / lay

= you (singular)

Vocabulary - Pronouns

佢kéuih

kui

= he/ him / she / her

Vocabulary - Pronouns

我地ngo5 dei6

all day[ I pl. ]

= we / us

Vocabulary - Pronouns

你地nei5 dei6

lay dei[ you pl. ]

= you

Vocabulary - Pronouns

佢地keui5 dei6

kui day[ he/she pl. ]

= they / them

Vocabulary - Greetings

你好嗎nei5 hou2 ma3

lay hole ma

= How are you?

Vocabulary - Greetings

早晨jou2 san4

joe sun

= Good morning

Vocabulary - Greetings

早抖jou2 tau2

joe tau

= Good night

Vocabulary - Greetings

晚安maan5 on1

man on

= good night (more polite)

Vocabulary - Greetings

得閒再傾過= dak1 haan4 zoi3 king1 gwo3= duck han zhoi king gwo= chat again when we are free

Cantonese Course 2007 Lesson 1

練習lin6 zaap6

Self-Practice