19 October 2011

Want to join a Beginners Cantonese class?

If you're new to Cantonese and would like to join a 'level 1' class, now is good time to let PuiPui know that you're interested!

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: