Colloquial Cantonese: The Complete Course for Beginners

✍ Scribed by Dana Scott Bourgerie, Keith S T Tong, Gregory James

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Colloquial Cantonese is easy to use and completely up-to-date!

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Cantonese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Cantonese your best choice in personal language learning?

• Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice.
• Clear – concise grammar notes.
• Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide.
• Complete – including answer key and reference section.

Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday – if you'd like to get up and running with Cantonese this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations.

Two 60-minute CDs or MP3s are available to purchase separately. Recorded by native speakers, these complement the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Unit One Gaaujai: Meeting people......Page 24
Unit Two Máaih-yéh: Shopping......Page 39
Unit Three Sihou: Interests and leisure activities......Page 54
Unit Four Sìhgaan: Telling the time......Page 71
Unit Five Ngoihbíu: Physical appearances......Page 86
Unit Six Gachìhn: Prices......Page 103
Unit Seven Faan-geng: Commuting......Page 121
Unit Eight Kéuihdeih jouh-gán matyéh?: What are they doing?......Page 139
Unit Nine Bdng ngóh jouh di yéh: Can you help me?......Page 153
Unit Ten Hái bindouh?: Where is it?......Page 166
Unit Eleven Giu yéh sihk: Ordering food......Page 183
Unit Twelve Tinhei: The weather......Page 197
Unit Thirteen Yifuhk: The clothes we wear......Page 212
Unit Fourteen Léuihhàhng gingyihm: Traveling experiences......Page 224
Unit Fifteen Dá-dihnwá: On the telephone......Page 237
Translations of dialogues......Page 250
Key to the exercises......Page 263
Cantonese–English glossary......Page 277
English–Cantonese glossary......Page 289
Further reading......Page 300
Appendix......Page 301
Index of grammatical structures......Page 303