16 July 2011

New Reading Class Starting July 2011

There's a new class starting for Cantonese speakers who can recognise roughly 250-300 traditional Chinese characters, but are not yet able to read a newspaper or novel. They'll be working on Beginning Chinese Reader Part 2 by John DeFrancis which is available from Amazon.co.uk and Abebooks.co.uk as well as 'real' novels

It will held on Monday evenings 6.15-7.15pm near Russell Square tube station let puipui know if you're interested. First session is on the 18th July 2011 but you can join at any time there after (no need to wait to the beginning of next term).

If you're a less advanced Cantonese student (like me!) there will be other reading classes starting in September; just let me know what level you roughly think you're at, and I'll suggest which class you could join.
The first class is free - to help you find the right level.

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Tones - the little numbers on this blog

Cantonese has six tones, we use numbers after each word to identify them
1 = High Falling - as in King
2 = Mid-rising - you??
3 = Mid-level - boon3 (half)
4 = Low Falling - kingdom
5 = Low-rising - ngoh5 (I, me)
6 = Low-level - ngoh5 dei6 (we) sounds like day

alas they're very important, see: