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Colloquial Cantonese

The Complete Course for Beginners, 2nd Edition

By Dana Scott Bourgerie, Keith S T Tong, Gregory James

Published May 26th 2010 by Routledge – 296 pages

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Description

Colloquial Cantonese is easy to use and completely up-to-date!

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Cantonese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Cantonese your best choice in personal language learning?

  • Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice.
  • Clear – concise grammar notes.
  • Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide.
  • Complete – including answer key and reference section.

Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday – if you'd like to get up and running with Cantonese this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations.

Two 60-minute CDs or MP3s are available to purchase separately. Recorded by native speakers, these complement the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Gaāujai Meeting People 2. Máaih-yéh Shopping 3. Sihou Interests and Leisure Activities 4. Sìhgaan Telling the Time 5. Ngoihbíu Physical Appearances 6. Gachìhn Prices 7. Fāan-gōng Commuting 8. Kéuihdeih jouh-gán mātyéh? What are they Doing? 9. Bōng ngóh jouh dī yéh Can You Help Me? 10. Hái bīndouh? Where is it? 11. Giu yéh sihk Ordering Food 12. Tīnhei The Weather 13. Yīfuhk The Clothes We Wear 14. Léuihhàhng gīngyihm Traveling Experiences 15. Dá-dihnwá On the Telephone Key to Exercises Cantonese–English Glossary English–Cantonese Glossary Further Reading Appendix Index of Grammatical Structures

Author Bio

Dana Bourgerie is an Associate Professor of Chinese at Brigham Young University.

Listen to Sample Audio For The Course:

If you’re thinking about buying this course, why not listen to the audio tracks below for a taster?

These are samples from the audio CD, to accompany this paperback, or included in our great value Colloquial Pack.

Unit 1, Dialogue 1 Role Play

Unit 1, Dialogue 1