Modern Cantonese Book 1
eBook - ePub

Modern Cantonese Book 1

A textbook for global learners

  1. 18 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Modern Cantonese Book 1

A textbook for global learners

About this book

The first volume of Modern Cantonese aims to provide solid linguistic training to beginner Cantonese learners, highlighting cultural points with lively language scenarios.

This book provides daily conversational scenarios, such as introducing yourself and others, ordering food, going out with friends, shopping, planning a weekend, and talking about hobbies and leisure activities, as well as holidays and festivals. The scenarios cover daily settings with essential learning points, and on completion of the course, learners will be able to understand questions and statements in Cantonese conversations and will be able to discuss familiar everyday topics using simple sentences in Cantonese.

The book is ideal for students seeking to learn Cantonese as a second language at the novice level, based on ACTFL speaking proficiency guidelines. It may also be of interest to language teachers and linguists in the field of Cantonese as a second language.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. A note on the volumes
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. How to use this book
  10. Meet the characters in this book
  11. 1 What is your name? – NĂ©ih giu mātyĂ©h mĂ©ng a?
  12. 2 What do you like doing? – NĂ©ih jĆ«ngyi jouh mātyĂ©h a?
  13. 3 Where can we go to see an art exhibition? – NgĂłhdeih hĂłyĂ­h hĂĄi bÄ«n douh tĂĄi wĂĄjĂ­n a?
  14. 4 What is the date today? – Gāmyaht haih gĂ©i yuht gĂ©i houh a?
  15. 5 What time are we going to see a movie? – NgĂłhdeih gĂ©i dĂ­m heui tĂĄi hei a?
  16. 6 How much is this phone? – NÄ« go dihnwĂĄ gĂ©i dƍ chĂ­n a?
  17. 7 What presents do you give to your friends? – NĂ©ih sung mātyĂ©h bĂ©i pĂ hngyĂĄuh a?
  18. 8 What is your phone number? – NĂ©ih ge dihnwĂĄ houhmĂĄh haih gĂ©i dƍ houh a?
  19. 9 What kind of dim sum do you like to eat? – NĂ©ih sĂ©ung sihk mātyĂ©h dĂ­msām a?
  20. 10 What do you do at Chinese New Year? – JĆ«ngwok SānnĂŹhn nĂ©ih jouh mātyĂ©h a?
  21. Appendix 1 Glossary of linguistic terms
  22. Appendix 2 English translation of questions
  23. Appendix 3 List of learning points
  24. Appendix 4 List of relevant phrases