You really sounds like how the majority of Hong Kong people talk!!!! but not the exaggerated one on other UA-cam channel, thank you for your detailed breakdown, this is definitely helpful for improving my accent
Honglish is a kind of English language which we unnaturally speak all the time. Sometimes, we find it so funny to speak in this way and didn't feel anything wrong. But we need to level up our English speaking and sound more native if we need to communicate with foreigners.
Wah, I've lived in HK for 29 years and have long been flummoxed by the accent - I've wanted to be able to learn it and produce it, but I never could. Now I have some insight into how it's formed. No linking! Stressing more words! This is genius-level gold. This is one of our intangible heritages.
This is a great video. It helped me to understand how my English sounds like and it's very interesting. Will be great if you can make another one for Australian accent!
Tiffany you are spot on! Honglish is quite harsh sounding generally compared to English spoken by Europeans. I wondered if it’s the result of having Cantonese as the mother tongue! We can also identify mainlanders from Hong Kongers by the way they pronounce the “th” , “v”, “n” sounds!
My supervisor from work is from Hong Kong and she totally speaks like this. I knew something is a bit off with the way she speaks but I could never pinpoint what it is exactly. When she mispronounces words, she always tells us about how her husband would tease her about her accent. I think I have gotten used to it. It's kinna cute to be honest :D
Thank you soooo much...I have been trying to find HongKlish for my acting role!!!! I was listening to Michelle Yeoh interviews non stop but know that her accent is Malay/English. And I looove the meow meow the end.
Tiffany, your HK English is really fine. Some English teachers in HK have no idea how bad their HK English is and have the guts to teach conversational English, thus, ruining hundreds and thousands of the young children and that a shame. My niece and nephew in HK tried to talk to my American born kids in Honglish and my kids said it sounds a little off but they have no problems understanding my niece because I have a HK accent although my English was mostly taught by Canadian nuns. But I am not sure if my American born grandkids will understand Honglish, I wish they do.
I observed that some Hong Kong people have accustomed to add the sound lol at end of a sentence since we introduced the family assistants from the Philippines.
Very interesting seeing how Cantonese and British English uniquely come together like this in Hong Kong. Would be interesting to have it compared to other Cantonese/English speaking urban centers like Macau or Guangzhou.
I am studying in form 5 in a English mediated secondary school and my brother is studying in form 1 . I speak in a relatively native accent because all my classes are taught in English and i have to prepare for the oral examination and my brother’s English classes mainly teach grammar and fundamental english, and he speaks in a relatively Hong Kong English accent. But I think I rather speak like a native but my brother is proud of his accent. He does not think speaking Konglish is a problem, maybe he still doesn't need to worry about the dse. Btw, love ur video so much
Thank you very much for providing this video. I’m now staying Hong Kong and sometimes I couldn’t understand what Hong Kong people say in English. This video really help me. I would like to getting used to it. Could tell me a channel you introduce at the beginning in the video? You might have said something Lok?
Normally when i speak English ,i always say Thai style English and put "krub" (male) , if u r the female you wanna put (ka) at the end of sentence,for example what do you want (krub)or (ka)?
That is interesting - the hard S - so as would sound like 'ass' and 'these' sound like 'thees' The 'linking' you mention and the F for 'th' are both characteristic of many south east England accents also.
On the surface, it is quite right what hk english is. If you want to learn more, except for practising mispronunciation which should never be encouraged, you could (1) emphasize the correctness in grammar always, (2) think of the entire sentence in your mind but never on your feet, (3) stop using idioms but show off hard vocabularies in a way that your audience have to keep looking them up in a dictionary
Funny, yours has already sounded like English from Hong Konger. Just you further emphasize the ending tone as primary student reading. Don't put down the art of linguistic. Phonics emphasize on syllable and vowel. Linking speech with minor and major stresses is a technique to articulate presentation of effective English communication.
You need to know that there are lots of Cantonese speakers Mainland Chinese. Cantonese is from Canton, not Hong Kong. Thus it is not inappropriate to represent Hong Kong in Cantonese and then Mainland China in Mandarin.
You do speak with a very heavy Hong Kong accent wor! It's a joke. Hongkongers say or write wor and la just for fun and are clever enough to tell it's not real English. To be fair, some Hongkongers with higher level of English speak English more fluently and don't speak with so many 'efforts'. But most of what you said is true. Haha.
I think this is a pretty stupid lesson. Please, what is the point; teaching bad English the Hong Kongers already are good at?? In fact, most of the HKU graduates actually speak like that.
Personally I think learning English is a very serious matter. Some people learned English as something to do, some people learn it because the job requires. some learn it to show off. What I cannot stand is that people speaking English in phrases and broken sentences, not a complete thoughts which is what you hear on Jade Channel another Hong Kong media. As long as Hong Kong people speak Cantonese with the lazy accent, they will have a hard time with the accurate English pronunciation.I don't know how many times I heard the name Nancy and pronounce Lancey. I am a little bit critical about English because I have studied English for over 30 years and I did a lot of technical writing in my career as an engineer. I understand the Hong Kong accent is very hard to lose and I went through all the difficult hurdles that most learners have experienced. In order to be a good English speaker I have tried to minimize and eliminate that Hong Kong accent but I still catch myself every now and then. That's why I made that comment.
我真係香港人呀…今次呢條片我聽得明呀… 😅
You really sounds like how the majority of Hong Kong people talk!!!! but not the exaggerated one on other UA-cam channel, thank you for your detailed breakdown, this is definitely helpful for improving my accent
Honglish is a kind of English language which we unnaturally speak all the time. Sometimes, we find it so funny to speak in this way and didn't feel anything wrong. But we need to level up our English speaking and sound more native if we need to communicate with foreigners.
Wah, I've lived in HK for 29 years and have long been flummoxed by the accent - I've wanted to be able to learn it and produce it, but I never could. Now I have some insight into how it's formed. No linking! Stressing more words! This is genius-level gold. This is one of our intangible heritages.
You-did-not-pay-the-attention-in-class la
@@ceciliegamstberg90 I have an ear of tin.
@@greggschroeder I mean is the eng-lesh
@@ceciliegamstberg90 Learning Cantonese in your classes was much easier than learning HK English on the streets. (OK, I'm a bad student all around.)
@@greggschroeder Don't beat yourself up! Let me do it. I remember those evenings in the park with enormous fondness
今次聽得最清晰易明😂
This is a great video. It helped me to understand how my English sounds like and it's very interesting. Will be great if you can make another one for Australian accent!
Right on! I fink the "no linking" & "stress many syllables" points are key! 😂👍
Can't help laughing, thanks teacher, great work!
Tiffany you are spot on! Honglish is quite harsh sounding generally compared to English spoken by Europeans. I wondered if it’s the result of having Cantonese as the mother tongue!
We can also identify mainlanders from Hong Kongers by the way they pronounce the “th” , “v”, “n” sounds!
My supervisor from work is from Hong Kong and she totally speaks like this. I knew something is a bit off with the way she speaks but I could never pinpoint what it is exactly. When she mispronounces words, she always tells us about how her husband would tease her about her accent. I think I have gotten used to it. It's kinna cute to be honest :D
Ha ha ha....absolutely, Remind me a lot, that used to call "Chinglish" in our class. Thanks Tiffany, you are so great 😂👍👏👏👏
呢集好正又好笑，👍👍
You made me inadvertently laugh at certain points during this beautiful video, and at 5:52 you made my eyes tear up as well
好親切嘅Honglish😊😊😊
the no contraction example I am not from China is so spot on!
Thank you soooo much...I have been trying to find HongKlish for my acting role!!!! I was listening to Michelle Yeoh interviews non stop but know that her accent is Malay/English. And I looove the meow meow the end.
好親切🤣😂🥰
Tiffany, your HK English is really fine. Some English teachers in HK have no idea how bad their HK English is and have the guts to teach conversational English, thus, ruining hundreds and thousands of the young children and that a shame. My niece and nephew in HK tried to talk to my American born kids in Honglish and my kids said it sounds a little off but they have no problems understanding my niece because I have a HK accent although my English was mostly taught by Canadian nuns. But I am not sure if my American born grandkids will understand Honglish, I wish they do.
I love Honglish. It so soothing to hear
Just Love it ! Thank you for making this video ❤️
I observed that some Hong Kong people have accustomed to add the sound lol at end of a sentence since we introduced the family assistants from the Philippines.
I'm always accidently using f instead of th so I've got that tip nailed haha
Very interesting seeing how Cantonese and British English uniquely come together like this in Hong Kong. Would be interesting to have it compared to other Cantonese/English speaking urban centers like Macau or Guangzhou.
如果以前LISTENING用呢D英文黎講
我一定可以拎高分
TKS
its really interesting
Hahahaaa, very funny, I am Hong Kongese and love this series 😂
Suuuper job Tiff! Hong Kong forever yeaaaa!!
"I am not from China" Omg...you made me laugh lol
I am studying in form 5 in a English mediated secondary school and my brother is studying in form 1 . I speak in a relatively native accent because all my classes are taught in English and i have to prepare for the oral examination and my brother’s English classes mainly teach grammar and fundamental english, and he speaks in a relatively Hong Kong English accent. But I think I rather speak like a native but my brother is proud of his accent. He does not think speaking Konglish is a problem, maybe he still doesn't need to worry about the dse. Btw, love ur video so much
thank you!
👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for making my day today❤
I miss HK very much🍹
Newly subscribed to your channel!✌️✨️
It’s a really interesting video for a foreigner who works with triple countries people 🤣🤣
You are helping me to improve my english
You got this so right.
Haha, interesting! I am from Hk la so I am very understand what are you talking law!
I couldn't stop laughing. But that was really how we were taught in school back then.
This episode is weli interesting loh~
This is a very interesting and informative video ar ….
Very helpful to improve English
WOW, like it! 😁
真係希望早點認識你！辛苦哂！多謝你
I like this! Remind me of my secondary school days :)
This is exactly the accent of my primary school's English teacher haha dang
👍🏼👍🏼 i can understand 100% lor. Love Honglish
Liked! Exactly what i needed for my project thank you,
Glad it helped!
終於聽得明喇
Thank you very much for providing this video. I’m now staying Hong Kong and sometimes I couldn’t understand what Hong Kong people say in English. This video really help me. I would like to getting used to it. Could tell me a channel you introduce at the beginning in the video? You might have said something Lok?
Normally when i speak English ,i always say Thai style English and put "krub" (male) , if u r the female you wanna put (ka) at the end of sentence,for example what do you want (krub)or (ka)?
Yes I would like to learn more for acting work! Great video!
Traditional English DOES use "S" not "zee" Brilliant video. It is perfect.
Love this!
I love this video!!!
Love this accent so much
Good video. I like your idea.
I love the voice of Hong Kong female air traffic controller
Malaysia 🇲🇾 有Manglish,Singapore🇸🇬 有 Singlish,HK🇭🇰有Honglish 😂😂
That is interesting - the hard S - so as would sound like 'ass' and 'these' sound like 'thees'
The 'linking' you mention and the F for 'th' are both characteristic of many south east England accents also.
Can you put a video out to talk about how to move away from this accent? This’s something I’ve been struggling with
芬尼真漂亮！
On the surface, it is quite right what hk english is. If you want to learn more, except for practising mispronunciation which should never be encouraged, you could (1) emphasize the correctness in grammar always, (2) think of the entire sentence in your mind but never on your feet, (3) stop using idioms but show off hard vocabularies in a way that your audience have to keep looking them up in a dictionary
Thanks Tiff
very interesting.tiffany
I luf this wideo
I quite like it. I am not from China. Absolutely no.
The content is very funny !!!
Funny, yours has already sounded like English from Hong Konger. Just you further emphasize the ending tone as primary student reading. Don't put down the art of linguistic.
Phonics emphasize on syllable and vowel. Linking speech with minor and major stresses is a technique to articulate presentation of effective English communication.
I’m a Cantonese and I speak pretty great Honglish!
I am Cantonese too but I don't speak Honglish so I want to see see how to speak🤣
@@harrylee8963 Do you speak Cantolish?
@@Feudorkannabro Well, in fact, I don't know🤣
for exam蒲 我笑左成分鐘😂😂😂
A great great film before Hongkong fall 😭😭😭😭
This is so hilarious! I’m from hk by the way
Perfect
曲到圓，明哂😂
5:36
But what if i want a free table? do i say "teeboh fo free fo free"?
This is interesting
Honglish is better than Singlish I suppose, especially in accent.
好搞笑！
This video reminds me some NPC's in sleeping dogs
我在广东学的英语，发音也像这种港式英语
Do we need to speak Honglish with eyes open wide?
You can do it either with your eyes shut or eyes wide open of course!
睇咗兩分鐘, 笑到睇唔到落去
Very funny one
我是香港人但是我用美式英文😭
Z 好難
我經常被笑發唔清：n, l, r…. 這些輔音…. 而且也會搞錯單字的重音. 唯有多查字典多練習多朗誦.
You need to know that there are lots of Cantonese speakers Mainland Chinese. Cantonese is from Canton, not Hong Kong. Thus it is not inappropriate to represent Hong Kong in Cantonese and then Mainland China in Mandarin.
So funny
😂😂😂
有點類似新加坡英語
It's hilarious.
You do speak with a very heavy Hong Kong accent wor! It's a joke. Hongkongers say or write wor and la just for fun and are clever enough to tell it's not real English. To be fair, some Hongkongers with higher level of English speak English more fluently and don't speak with so many 'efforts'. But most of what you said is true. Haha.
I want to thumb up, but it is just at 666. So I did not do that.
Hong Kong English taught in local schools is disgusting, I wish they knew
燒生的英語發音，真是不敢恭維，老是說英文单字，但又不能全用英語發表，这是大部份香江人的弱处，但又老是暴露出來
其實好多非英語國家也一樣中意夾英文
香港教育制度做成,根本唔應該搵d英文唔好既人教小學英文
香港之前是英國管理的殖民地，現在是中國管理。
Oh god. This is just bad english.
Honglish 確係幾難聽
I think this is a pretty stupid lesson. Please, what is the point; teaching bad English the Hong Kongers already are good at?? In fact, most of the HKU graduates actually speak like that.
Many members in the audience think it’s fun, and it has attracted a comment like yours! I think it’s a big success lor.
Personally I think learning English is a very serious matter. Some people learned English as something to do, some people learn it because the job requires. some learn it to show off. What I cannot stand is that people speaking English in phrases and broken sentences, not a complete thoughts which is what you hear on Jade Channel another Hong Kong media. As long as Hong Kong people speak Cantonese with the lazy accent, they will have a hard time with the accurate English pronunciation.I don't know how many times I heard the name Nancy and pronounce Lancey. I am a little bit critical about English because I have studied English for over 30 years and I did a lot of technical writing in my career as an engineer. I understand the Hong Kong accent is very hard to lose and I went through all the difficult hurdles that most learners have experienced. In order to be a good English speaker I have tried to minimize and eliminate that Hong Kong accent but I still catch myself every now and then. That's why I made that comment.
I think it's a good lesson. You need to be able to hear the differences between different accents to master English.
@@stephenlam7677 you dont have to write a whole essay about it. its literally just a joke. learn to take one.
The video is linguistically fascinating. Things don't have to be useful.
This isn't good, teach'em English but not Honglish😒😪
Hong Kong accent can be embraced. Communication should be the focus, not the accent.
It’s very confusing 👎👎👎
There is no Honglish, there is no such saying in the world.it is called Cantonese