Cantonese listening practice- Learning slowly to understand fast speech!.

歡迎收睇Learn Cantonese Literally 點解佢唔返工都咁有錢嘅? 你唔好飲咁多酒啦,對身體唔好呀 你把傘咁濕,頭先出面落雨呀? 香港啲公共交通工具好方便㗎 我轉咗工之後真係開心咗好多呀 Hi guys, today we will do a listening practice. Many learners of foreign languages have encountered this problem, which is you can understand almost everything during lessons or when you are using learning materials to self-learn. But when in real life you want to listen to what native speakers are saying in conversation, suddenly the language that you are learning becomes yet another foreign language to you. That's because in natural speech, native speakers usually do not articulate words that well as in your learning materials. We try to save time, save effort, so we swallow some words, some sounds. While this is a frustrating experience, it doesn't mean that learning materials that demonstrate the pronunciation slowly and clearly are not helpful. Because still we have to start from there, and eventually as soon as we get used to the sounds, we will be able to understand rapid natural speech as well. Therefore today I would like to demonstrate 7 sentences in Cantonese in 4 different versions. The first one is a very slow version where you can say after me and to learn the correct pronunciation of every single word. The second version would be an articulated version. I will articulate every word clearly, but still I will not speak very fast. This will be the version in which people may use when they know you are a learner and they want to be helpful. They will try to speak clearly to you. And the third version would be a natural version. Most people speak like that in real life. It is not particularly articulated, yet it is still supposed to be instantly understandable to other native speakers or advanced learners. The last version would also be a natural version. However in this version, I will intentionally speak really fast and even almost lazily, because in real life some people do speak like that. You can listen to them again and again and try to recognize certain sounds because when we are trying to understand a sentence, usually even for native speakers, we pick up the sounds of those keywords. Ok, without further ado, let's get into the lesson. 你把遮咁濕,頭先出面落雨呀? Articulated version 你把遮咁濕,頭先出面落雨呀? Natural version 你把遮咁濕,頭先出面落雨呀? Natural lazy version 你把遮咁濕,頭先出面落雨呀? You've been taking a whole hour to prepare. Are you ready to head out yet? Slow version Repeat after me. Articulated version 你搞咗成個鐘啦,出得門口未啫? Natural version 你搞咗成個鐘啦,出得門口未啫? Natural lazy version 你搞咗成個鐘啦,出得門口未啫? Three Public transport in Hong Kong is very convenient, so not buying a car is totally fine. Slow version Repeat after me. Articulated version 香港啲公共交通工具好方便㗎, 唔買車都冇問題。 Natural version 香港啲公共交通工具好方便㗎, 唔買車都冇問題。 Natural lazy version 香港啲公共交通工具好方便㗎, 唔買車都冇問題。 Four Don't drink so much alcohol. It's bad for your health. Slow version Repeat after me. 你唔好飲咁多酒啦, 對身體唔好呀。 Articulated version 你唔好飲咁多酒啦, 對身體唔好呀。 Natural version 你唔好飲咁多酒啦, 對身體唔好呀。 Natural lazy version 你唔好飲咁多酒啦, 對身體唔好呀。 Five I just can't figure out why she's so rich despite not working. Slow version Repeat after me. 我 諗極 都 唔明 點解 佢 唔 返工 都 咁 有 錢 嘅? Articulated version 我諗極都唔明 點解佢唔返工都咁有錢嘅? Natural version 我諗極都唔明 點解佢唔返工都咁有錢嘅? Natural lazy version 我諗極都唔明 點解佢唔返工都咁有錢嘅? Six We keep eating the same old things. Why don't we try that newly opened Slow version Repeat after me. Articulated version 食嚟食去都係呢啲 不如試下新開嗰間素食餐廳囉 Natural version 食嚟食去都係呢啲 不如試下新開嗰間素食餐廳囉 Natural lazy version 食嚟食去都係呢啲 不如試下新開嗰間素食餐廳囉 Seven The last one I've become so much happier since I switched jobs. You should consider it too. Slow version Repeat after me. 都考慮下啦 Articulated version 我轉咗工之後真係開心咗好多呀 你都考慮下啦 Natural version 我轉咗工之後真係開心咗好多呀 你都考慮下啦 Natural lazy version 我轉咗工之後真係開心咗好多呀 你都考慮下啦 That's all! Do you understand the usage of 「嘅」、「呀」、「啦」、「隻」、「囉」、「啦」 in the seven example sentences? There are at least 44 basic sentence final particles in Cantonese. If you want to learn about them, check out my book in my shop at BuyMeACoffee. And if you like this lesson, let me know in the comments. See you next time! 多謝收睇! 讚好、留言、訂閱 Learn Cantonese Literally 啦!