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Conversation: Written vs. Spoken Cantonese (粵語)
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Pop quiz: How would you write "Give me that book" in Cantonese?「畀嗰本書我」or 「給我那本書」? The answer is... well, complicated. But where might you read the former vs. latter? In this episode we chat about the different ways Cantonese is written, as well as the fancy term "diglossia."
Don's Snow's Cantonese as Written Language
Vocabulary and transcript
43 episodes
Manage episode 338992642 series 2990914
Pop quiz: How would you write "Give me that book" in Cantonese?「畀嗰本書我」or 「給我那本書」? The answer is... well, complicated. But where might you read the former vs. latter? In this episode we chat about the different ways Cantonese is written, as well as the fancy term "diglossia."
Don's Snow's Cantonese as Written Language
Vocabulary and transcript
43 episodes
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