Cantonese/Conversational Cantonese One
Néih hóu 你好! Welcome to Cantonese One! This self-paced course will help introduce students to the basic spoken Cantonese Chinese language as learned spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangzhou. This course is meant to be as practical as possible for the person that simply wants to pick up some Cantonese before their next trip.
- Those wishing to learn Chinese Characters can do so by using the translation tool Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese translation tool on Google while studying these lessions in combination with a Cantonese Input Method Editor (IME) for the Yale Romanization or an online Cantonese/Yale dictionary. Also for students without a good Cantonese IME, studying the characters in the vocabulary lists in the following regular full spoken and written Chinese language courses including Mandarin One, for simplified characters, or Cantonese One, for traditional characters, is another approach to learning the characters.
Course Outline
[edit | edit source]- Chapter One - Pronouncing Single Syllables
- The tones and Yale Romanization.
- Finals and Initials
- Chapter One Quiz
Lesson Two
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Two - Pronouncing Syllables in Combination
- Numbers 1-10
- Brief Chinese History
- Chapter Two Quiz
Lesson Three
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Three Vocabulary - ! (Hello!)
- Introductions
- Chinese Names
- Numbers 11-99
- Asking for Help
- Chapter Three Quiz
- Chapters One-Three Test
Lesson Four
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Four Vocabulary - . (Glad to meet you.)
- Introduction to Chinese Writing
- Grammer - Pronouns
- Numbers 100-300
Lesson Five
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Four Quiz
Lesson Six
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Five Vocabulary - ? (Do you have brothers or sisters?)
- Family
Lesson Seven
[edit | edit source]- Celebrations and Festivals
- Chapter Five Quiz
Lesson Eight
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Six Vocabulary - ? (Is there anything you have to do now?)
- Writing Chinese Characters
Lesson Nine
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Six Quiz
- Chapters Four-Six Test
Lesson Ten
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Seven Vocabulary - ? (Well, then what do you sell?)
- Shopping, How Much?
Lesson Eleven
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Seven Quiz
Lesson Twelve
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Eight Vocabulary - ? (Do you have any rooms?)
Lesson Thirteen
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Eight Quiz
Lesson Fourteen
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Nine Vocabulary - ? (How long do you plan to stay?)
Lesson Fifteen
[edit | edit source]- Chapter Nine Quiz
- Final Exam
Materials Needed for Cantonese One
[edit | edit source]Required Texts
[edit | edit source]Required Free Software
[edit | edit source]- MDBG Free English - Cantonese/Mandarin Dictionary
- Shared Talk Language Exchange Network - for email and chatting with fluent speakers
- Lab Recording: Cantonese syllables recorded on the Cantones_sounds.zip file from chinese-lessons.com.
Supplemental Materials
[edit | edit source]- A comprehensive Cantonese (Yale) - English Dictionary