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Thanks so much for your support and encouragement-I really appreciate it. I have a good friend who is also Filipino. I’m truly inspired by your efforts to settle into a new environment and make an effort to learn Cantonese. I pray that you will find some supportive co-workers. You got this! 加油 (gaa1 jau2). All the best!

Btw, I have an IG account @wecancanto that can be used for bite-sized revisions. It might come in handy, so please feel free to check it out!

That's so kind of you to leave such an encouraging message. I really appreciate it. I hope you will continue to enjoy your Cantonese learning journey. Cheers!

Thanks for dropping by! I appreciate your feedback. Languages cannot be separated from our ideas, everyday life, cultures and so on. Having said that, I’m not a religious person, and I don’t impose my beliefs on others. At the end of the day, we make our own decisions. Thanks for your understanding.

Hi, thanks for dropping by. Basically, there are two ways to say this number. If it is purely a number, then it’s 九百一十四點五 (gau2 baak3 jat1 sap6 sei3 dim2 ng5 )； if it is the amount of money, then it’s 九百一十四個半 (gau2 baak3 jat1 sap6 sei3 go3 bun3 ). Hope it helps.

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Thanks! I'm glad it's helpful. :)

I feel that the entering tone of '乜' makes it sound more fun. That's just my perspective.

Thanks for your feedback! Yes, you're right. "生日快樂" - saang1 jat6 faai3 lok6 and "生活" - sang1 wut6 are good examples.

Thanks for your encouragement!

Yes, you’re correct with the example of “樂”. Yes, there are more. For example “好”: “hou2” and “hou3”; “長": "zoeng2” and “coeng4”. Will try to make more videos on this topic in the future. :)

Pleasure as always!

Thanks for sharing your stories! I really appreciated it. I also have Shanghainese extended family members, but I haven't tried their mooncakes. I haven't really bought mooncakes here in Australia as they are beyond our budget, especially the ones from HK. But my friend told me that the cost of lotus seeds is expensive, so I could understand. I also like keeping mooncake boxes, egg rolls boxes... haha... And I like poems too. Thanks again for sharing. I love learning different cultures and stories from others.

Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad it's helpful! :)

This is so heartwarming. Thank you so much for your feedback. I'm so encouraged that you're making effort to learn Cantonese. I hope that you'll enjoy your journey. You got this! 加油 (gaa1 jau2 )！

Thanks for sharing with me! I love learning different cultures! Thank you! :)

It means a lot to me for saying that. Yes, I love my parents and I'm grateful to be called their daughter. Thank you!

宣揚粵語的確很重要。與此同時，我們亦需要擁有廣闊的胸襟。引用《莊子・秋水》裏面所提： 天下之水，莫大於海，萬川歸之，不知何時止而不盈⋯⋯其中的重點是：有容乃大。我的頻道集中於分享有關粵語的知識。謝謝支持。

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Same to you! Thanks for sharing. I'm excited for you to join this fun event. Enjoy. We usually share the big ones with others as they are too big to finish by one person. FYI, snow skin ones are a bit like monchi and they're stored in the fridge. I like them partly because I like monchi and they were first invented from HK, it's a bit like a special memory to me. If you like cookies pastry, the lava custard ones taste good too. 玩得開心啲。

Oh yes! I *love* mochi ! I remember on 長洲 they have huuuuge mango mochi-I love such treats so much 🥺 I am gonna step up the efforts at learning the language and culture, I feel so motivated 😁 多謝晒！

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov You're welcome! Mango mochi! Yummy! I'm glad you're motivated! I hope you've enjoyed your moon festival event!

The festival was overcrowded and they had run out of 月餅 😂 Took photos, got ourselves some fancy drinks and headed to a Chinese café not very far from there ☺️ Thank you 🙏

Classic! I grew up eating this. Thanks for your sharing! I'm so glad that you've enjoyed it. 🙌

Pleasure. I'm glad it is helpful! :) Thanks for dropping by.

You're welcome! Thanks for dropping by and I'm glad that you've found it helpful! May you enjoy your Cantonese learning journey. 加油 - gaa1 jau2 (You got this!)

Yes, I understand. Well done! You could try this next time: "我食過山楂餅。每次我都係("都係/都" usually goes with 每次 to emphasise "everytime") 去唐人舖 (Chinese grocery)買山楂餅。好食！"

Ah ! Thank you 🙏 I think I get it, things relating to time are usually in the beginning of the sentence

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov In general, we have the subject first before the adverb and the verb phrase, followed by the object. However, it is also common to have the time before the subject, that is why I didn't change your sentence. You can also say, "我每次都係去唐人舖買山楂餅。" To give you another example, "我琴晚去咗睇演唱會。" (I went to watch a concert last night.) The focus is on "睇演唱會". I can also say, " 琴晚我去咗睇演唱會。" And this sentence focuses on "琴晚". This is a reference, because sometimes when people express themselves in Cantonese, it is quite flexible with their sentence structure, but we usually don't put a verb phrase at the beginning, unless in exceptional cases, like "做嘢啦你，仲喺度玩。" (literal translation: start working now, you are still playing.) This sentence is a bit like a command. Hope it helps.

This is very helpful, thank you 🙏

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You're most welcome! :)

Sounds delicious! Does it taste like those Taiwanese pineapple cake (鳳梨酥)? Would love to try. It's 新式月餅.

@@wecancanto Mother uses the same filling to make pineapple mooncake (菠蘿月餅) and pineapple cake (鳳梨酥). Whenever the pineapples at the store go on discount, Mother would consider on buying a ton of them. Some of them will be eaten fresh. Others will be used to make pineapple filling. And some will be used to make pineapple fried rice (菠蘿炒飯).

@@kiwifruitkl Thank you for sharing! Your mother is so smart and wise. I love 鳯朵酥 and 菠蘿炒飯. You're so blessed to have so much homemade yummy food. ^_^ I am happy for you!

What is a "mood cake"? :)

Thank you as always!

What a classic. I had a lot growing up. 童年回憶 - Childhood memories.

Thanks for sharing! Pasta with cheese, yummy! Glass noodles (粉絲) tastes so good with so many things. It also goes well with hotpot. Thanks for teaching me Russian.

You're always so encouraging. I really appreciate it. Thank you.

That so makes sense. Thanks for sharing!

Anytime!

That's beautiful! I think you did a good job. It's very hard to do translation, especially with poems. Thanks for making effort to share this beautiful poem with me. Thank you! I love literature as it shares cultures and history.

Thanks for your sharing. I love learning different cultures and different ways of thinking. In that sense, it's quite similar to Chinese cultures. I'm so glad to learn that your neighbour has a good relationship with you. There is a saying in Cantonese, "遠親不如近鄰" , similar to what the bible teaches: " for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off." (Proverbs 27:10 )

Thank you! I actually learned both the Cantonese phrase and the saying from the Bible Here I live we have a rather tight-knit community, but despite people being indeed straightforward, it is proverbial in Russia that neibours usually don't know each other, and it is common in more affluent areas that people don't even respond to a simple 'hello', which always confused me-do they get nervous? Do they feel anything? They get into the same elevator after all

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov I kind of understand what you mean. We might not know what's behind those stories, I still believe that we can do our own part to be nice and kind. And I'm sure you are nice to others. :)

Thank you for your kind words!

You're most welcome!

Thank you :)

I miss 飲茶, but it's quite expensive to have 飲茶 here in Australia. Your friend is so sweet to get you a very meaningful cardholder. FYI, 閑 and 閒 are interchangeable when it refers to leisure.

Are the restaurants in Australia different or they are just more expensive ? Thank you for the insight 🙏

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov There are authentic Yum Cha in Australia as there are chefs from Hong Kong. It is just that it is more expensive here, especially compared with HK.

Hm, got it!

This is such a good strategy. Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated! :)

That's a good thing to be able to be calm regardless of circumstances. Thanks for sharing your stories as always. I've learned something new!

This is so interesting. I think I sort of understand after looking for some examples. So it's common to reply: Да нет, наверное, right? Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me! I think Cantonese is logical and straightforward so it's easy to grasp the ideas once you get how it works. I like 龍貓 too, but I’m not fond of mice or rats, especially if they’re found near restaurants or residential areas.

It can be 'да нет, наверное' too (which is 'yes no, maybe'), but that would narrow the meaning to a negative response with a certain doubt, and да нет by itself can be even assertive, not doubtful, though always with a pinch of hesitance Something like 'well, no'-it's just softer than outright 'no' 😄 And with mice I meant that-if taken literally-it's an adorably straightforward way to call animals-松鼠，花鼠... ☺️ In my area rodents are alright, entirely harmless, I even know an organisation which helps ailing wild rats-they take some of them home and some vets specialise in these animals (I had a hamster, he had an operation performed by a hamster surgeon!); we don't allow them inside any building though, residential or otherwise, and people are often afraid of them as they would be afraid of a spider 😄

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov Thanks for teaching me again! Wow! You’ve a 倉鼠. That’s so cool. A hamster surgeon, amazing! Good that your area is alright.

Have you been there? Our family loves Vietnamese food! Especially bánh mì and Phở! Yum!

Nah, but I would definitely go there when I move to Hong Kong 😄 I go to a rather underground Vietnamese place here in St. Petersburg, and the owner is a very oldschool, strict yet kind grandpa from Hanoi He actually told me that I could go to Vietnam and have a good job there, but it feels like selling out my dream about Hong Kong, so I decided not to go (things are not going well in Russia, so for me moving somewhere is the only way to travel) The food is excellent, but I mostly eat plain rice or noodles with vegetables, because I 食齋 😄 Bánh mì looks supercool, I guess this can be made into a vegetarian dish; it's always harder with soups because of the broth 😅 Is phở yum like a sour and spicy variety of phở? Ah, I am very happy for you 😌

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov Thank you! When you say 食齋, you meant "Buddhist vegetarian” (which don’t eat garlic, etc… as well) or just “vegetarian” “食素”? I feel that there would be vegetarian version of both bánh mì and Phở. I like Phở as it has a clear soup (the soup itself isn’t sour or spicy) and I like the noodles too. Thanks for sharing your current circumstances. I will pray for you. Thank you for taking HK as your option to move to. Take care!

Whoa, that's most insightful, I never knew about garlic and other things! I actually meant something in-between, because it seems to me that religious connotations kind of hint at the principle behind my vegetarian diet (otherwise it's hard for people to make sense of my beliefs), which has do to with suffering, even though I am not following any particular religious tradition or doctine-I am in-between different cultures, so it gets confusing So I 食素 from now on 😄, thank you for the insight 🙏 They actually cook vegetarian Phở at one place in St. Petersburg, but the staff is not very friendly so I don't go there 😄 Thank you very much for the kind words 🙏

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov Thanks for your sharing. For some reason, this conversation reminds me of a meaningful sermon that I listened a while ago. I was benefited by watching it. If you're interested, please take a look: ua-cam.com/video/WKobdoB5STs/v-deo.html

Thanks for sharing such detailed information. That’s amazing! I actually studied Russian history intensively in high school for a public exam, trying to memorise as much as possible. Of course, I've forgotten most of it (you don't use it, you lose it :P). So, it's lovely that how you’ve brought back some of those memories for me.

Ah, I'm so glad! 😄 You sure have tonnes of education under you belt, that's amazing!

@@Daniil星夜Kuznetsov hahaha, far from it. But one of the things I've learned after moving to Australia was that Formal Education is only a small part of learning. There is so much isn't taught at school.

Thanks for dropping by :)

haha... you were innocent. Thanks for sharing your story with me! 😄

I'm so excited for you! I will pray for your plan. Sometimes we just need to wait for the right timing for different things. Also, treat this period of time as a training ground. You may be surprised how it turns out. I love drama since a kid, so I could feel your excitement. I pray that you can turn your frustration into motivation. 加油呀！

Thank you, this means a lot 😌

Well done! 😃

Thanks for dropping by.