Learning Tip: Thanking in Cantonese, do1 ze6 vs. m4 goi1 (English/粵語)
Inspired by a listener question, this episode addresses an issue all beginning Cantonese students face: in thanking someone, when should you use do1 ze6 (多謝) and when should you use m4 goi1 (唔該)? The...
25 Maj 202323min
Conversation: Hong Kong Beverages (粵語)
A discussion about where Hongkongers found cool refreshment in the olden days leads Raymond to share some unique drinks. Wonder what "a monk jumping into the ocean" is? Or how you could drink "veggie ...
13 Apr 202311min
Guest Episode: Bernice Chan, Part 2 (粵語)
Bernice Chan is a reporter whose career has stretched across the Pacific, reporting for both the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and CBC in Vancouver. She also hosted the award-winning podcast E...
4 Mars 202318min
Guest Episode: Bernice Chan, Part 1 (粵語)
Bernice Chan is a reporter whose career has stretched across the Pacific, reporting for both the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and CBC in Vancouver. She also hosted the award-winning podcast E...
21 Jan 202317min
Learning Tip: SFPs 4 - gwaa3, wo3/bo3, wo4, and wo5 (English/粵語)
How can this be happening?! In this episode, we dig into SFPs (sentence final particles) useful for expressing surprise, reacting to information that should have been known previously, or relaying ske...
20 Dec 202212min
Conversation: Time in the Digital Age (粵語)
A little chat about time in the digital age... How do we stay focused when there are so many distractions out there? And what do you call a "bedside table" in Cantonese? Transcript and vocabulary
5 Dec 20226min
Guest Episode: Gina Anne Tam, Part 2 (English, 粵語)
This episode features the second half of our discussion with Dr. Gina Anne Tam, Associate Professor of History at Trinity University, and author of Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860 – 1960 from C...
4 Nov 202227min
Guest Episode: Gina Anne Tam, Part 1 (English, 粵語)
This episode features the first half of our discussion with Dr. Gina Anne Tam, Associate Professor of History at Trinity University, and author of Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860-1960 from Camb...
12 Okt 202233min
