Cantonese Lessons

Lessons are divided up into Sounds and Tones Lessons, Grammar Lessons, Language Skills, and Vocabulary.  The Grammar and Language Skills lessons build upon each other, while the Vocabulary and Sounds and Tones are more stand-alone.  Lessons include many sound files.  Please be patient while they load.

Yale Romanization
(ping \yam\)

The lessons below use Yale Romanization.  Understanding the romanization is important for Westerners trying to learn the language.

Chinese New Years

Sounds and Tones

Grammar Lessons

Language Skills

Vocabulary Lessons
ST1:
General Notes		 GL1:
Personal Pronouns		 SL1:
Greetings		 VL1:
Colors
ST2:
Initials Quiz		 GL2:
Equative Verb		 SL2:
Introductions		 VL2:
Continents and Countries
ST3:
Vowel Distinctions		 GL3:
Predicate Adjectives		 SL3:
Numbers and Counting		 VL3:
Places
ST4:
Tone Distinctions		 GL4:
Locative Marker		 SL4:
Telling Time		 VL4:
Family Terms
ST5:
Sounds Quiz		 GL5:
Possessives		 SL5:
Days and Dates		 VL5:
Occupations
ST6:
Tones Quiz		 GL6:
Choice-Type Questions		 SL6:
Common Phrases		 VL6:
Adjectives: State of Being
  GL7:
Measure Words		 SL7:
Telephone		 VL7:
Classroom Objects
  GL8:
Aspect Markers		 SL8:
Comparison/Contrast		 VL8:
Animals
      VL9:
Verbs O, 1, 2, 3, 4

Essays

Why learn Cantonese?
(and a few challenges you will face)

A Few Points on Learning Cantonese

Comparing Cantonese and Mandarin
which is more difficult?

Additional lessons will be posted periodically
Last update: 23 September 2006

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