Any Cantonese Classes Recommendations (Sydney)?

Lteaspooon on 26/08/2017 - 18:53
Last edited 26/08/2017 - 19:30 by 1 other user

I am interested in learning cantonese at a formal institute or college after work.

I work in the Sydney CBD so plan to attend the classes after work.

Any recommendations that are of high quality and practical curriculum?

Thanks

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  altomic on 26/08/2017 - 20:49

  Cantonese speaking partner

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    airzone on 26/08/2017 - 21:00

    Which you can obtain by approaching a Chinese looking girl and saying "lang loy, hum chut". You'll know when you find a Cantonese speaking one.

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      netbies on 26/08/2017 - 22:07

      WTH is that?

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      Aniseed Steed on 26/08/2017 - 22:24

      Hum sup lo!

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        airzone on 26/08/2017 - 22:26

        Sohai.. Hum hai mo lol

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  ChillBro on 26/08/2017 - 20:59

  You can pick up 99% of the language through this advanced simulator.

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  Marcsie on 26/08/2017 - 22:13

  I rather learn Mandarin than Cantonese.

  It's the most spoken language in the world :)

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  retiredfeline on 26/08/2017 - 23:00

  +1

  A Cantonese joke after MH370 disappeared:

  At a press conference for Chinese passengers family and relatives ("C"):

  Hishammudin ("H"): MH370 has crashed
  C: Delay no more, we want prove
  H: According to satellite images and radar calculations, the plane has crashed into Indian Ocean
  C: Delay no more, we want real and concrete evidence
  H: We will do our very best on the search at Indian Ocean
  C: Delay no more, Malaysia did not despatch any assets for the search
  H: The search will continue until we find the plane
  C: Delay no more, we want the truth
  H: That's all for today, we will keep you updated on the progress and get to the bottom of this incident for the sake of the families and relatives
  C: Delay no more! Delay no more! Delay no more!

  Post press conference…
  H asked Ong Ka Ting: Why did the Chinese keep using the same English sentence (delay no more) to pressure us?
  OKT: Ohh… they are actually using Cantonese…

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    ihbh on 27/08/2017 - 06:37

    Can you pls translate punch line for non-C speakers.

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      netbies on 27/08/2017 - 07:23

      Swearing….

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      foxmulder on 27/08/2017 - 08:16

      Delay no more was heard but it was actually want eva-01 says above.

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      Aniseed Steed on 27/08/2017 - 09:08

      "Delay no more" sounds like "diu nei lo mo" (屌你老母) in Cantonese, which translates to "I f**k your mother".

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  citygal on 27/08/2017 - 00:24

  Not aware that there's a good formal institution to learn Cantonese in Sydney. But I think getting a one-to-one tutor will be a better idea to learn a new language as it's more personalised. What is your current level of learning Cantonese? Are you a beginner?

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  foxmulder on 27/08/2017 - 01:24

  Try pimsleur.

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  netbies on 27/08/2017 - 07:36

  Honestly, depend on what you want to achieve with the other languages. If only for casual communication, there is really not a need for formal classes. You'd better off find a language partner for that.

  Taking a class means you have to learn read and write at the same time. If you do not have chinese or japanese background, it is very difficult to recognize the characters.

  Most chinese people have spent all their kinder, primary and secondary school learning chinese, unless you want to do something similar. And without exposing to the language regularly, it is very difficult to move forward. Unless you have a very specify reason for learning cantonese.

  There are more classes for teaching mandarin instead of cantonese. Cantonese is only used in the very southern part of China. Mandarin is mostly used in everywhere in China and other part of the world.