Cantonese Conversation With My Chinese Mother-In-Law
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- My Chinese Mother-In-Law called me today. This was helpful for me to practice my Cantonese.
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I'm sure everyone, from Steve's family, to us viewers, can appreciate the effort Jordan puts in just to connect with Steven's family. Her level is also really good!
Thank you! Putting in the effort has paid dividends. I feel like I can connect on another level with Steve’s family.
Jordan, Your mother-in-law is so lucky to have you as her daughter-in-law, you tried so hard to learn and practice Cantonese with your in-laws, you are very sweet and thoughtful. I married my husband for 30 years, I never once thought about learning Cantonese so i can communicate with my late mother-in-law, so we basically didn't really speak that much when she was alive. She spoke Cantonese and I speak mandarin. I remember all i said to her every time I saw her was....have you eaten yet? how are you doing? (in Cantonese, that's all I know in Cantonese) 😉😉😉
Thanks for the kind words 😊
Your mother in law sounds so much like my Aunty speaking English! Brings back fond memories ❤️
Thanks for watching 😀
Your mother in law’s English is really good and your Cantonese is perfect too!
Wow! What a compliment!
Wow Jordan’s canto is getting better every time!
Thank you so much!
This is such a great video--the patience w/ Steve's mom, Jordan's natural and organic conversation w/ Steve's mom, and your children hearing the conversation between Jordan & Steve's mom is so wonderful.
Thank you!!
奶奶一定好鍾意你！(Your mother in law must love you so much ! ) 你學廣東話好有耐性！(You are being so patient when you learn cantonese!)
Thanks! We have a great relationship! A lot of fun speaking Cantonese with her!
I love Jordan.
You are so incredibly sweet and the effort you put into learning our language is really heartwarming to see. I really respect you for that ❤️
Thank you. Your kind comment encourages me to learn more.
Jordan, I am always pleasantly surprised with your speaking and comprehension in Cantonese! Do keep it up. I have let my Canto / Toisan get rusty over the years. My family is all bilingual but is English/French.
Thanks! I’ll keep learning!
This helps so much to see, on youtube we see so many people who aren't prefect but still really good at their second language speakers and it feels like they are "flexing" their skills, but I love seeing fellow normal people trying to speak and making some mistakes like normal people. You guys are making so much progress though to it's good to see, and makes me want to practice my Japanese more.
Edit: Your mother-in-law is so patient too, the perfect conversation partner.
Edit (again) I should watch that PBS program. just saw Andrew Yang tweeting about it.
Thanks for the encouragement!
@@CantoneseCouple Of course, I hope we can all improve our speaking, I'm sure you too are getting better each day. It's fun to see the journey.
Will use these video to pre-qualify my future daughter-n-law for sure. Jordan is a model for all daughter-in-law to be to a chinese family.
Haha! Thanks!
I really admire your persistence, Jordan. Keep up the good work!
Steve, treasure Jordan forever. She's better than most Chinese wives. Be blessed
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Amazing job Jordan with your communication with your mother-in law. I'm always impressed when you speak Cantonese. Keep up the great work with you and Steve!
Thank you!!!!!!!
Jordan.... I am so happy that Mom-in-Law is so willing to teach you Cantonese. You always try to speak to in Cantonese as much as possible.... She so blessed to have you as Daughter-in-Law. Soon enough.. You will be able to speak to them without any english..... BRAVO Jordan... You know what will help you learn even more. Watch the Chinese videos. On youtube there is TVB...
Thank you so much! 👍
Jordan has to be one of the coolest "Chinese" daughter in law. I am sure Steve's mom loves her as one of her own
She does!
Keep it up Jordan! I cannot convey how amazing it is that you're committing so much of your time and energy to learn Cantonese! It shows how much you care. And I quite honestly think your grammar and vocab are actually spot-on. It's just learning more vocab and hearing it more that will propel you further.
Thank you so much 😊
You're a wonderful daughter in law~
Thank you!
Jordan you are such a sweet daughter in law! your in-laws so lucky to have you because you put so much effort to learn and be a part of their culture! so funny also bc watching you, you not only working hard to learn the language but i see you picking up small gestures like how cantonese people act 😂
Haha 😂. I have been around Chinese people for half of my life now!!!
Cantonese Couple 🤣 the mannerisms you pick up is cute!
I feel you, Jordan! Whenever I was trying to learn Tagalog as a pre-teen/teenager, I kept asking my parents to speak with me exclusively in the language, but they kept responding in English most of the time! I guess they had a hard time switching to communicating with me in a different language since they started me with English first. I’ve found that in a lot of multilingual families - people get conditioned as to which language goes with which person and it can be awkward to change.
Haha Thanks! I appreciate you taking time to comment. Stay safe!
Same... It used to be very weird for me to speak to my parents in anything other than English. Only when our kids were born, and we focused speaking Chinese to them, did it become more natural for me to speak Cantonese to my own parents. And my dad still responds to me in English
This was a very endearing video. My wife-to-be is learning Japanese from my Mom and me. This video reminds me of some of their conversations. This was GREAT content. Keep it coming!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it! Do you live in Japan?
@@CantoneseCouple No, I was born in Japan. I was a military brat, and my Dad was stationed there at the time. I grew up in California, where we live now.
At 2:45 to see your mother in law patiently listen and teach is such a wonderful moment. A joy to listen to your everyday-conversation in Cantonese. Superb job Jordan + Steve's mom!
Thank you!!!
I love how much patience you have! Goals to find someone like you!! Your husband is lucky to find someone like you 👍
Thank you so much! 😊
as a Cantonese speaking Canadian, Jordan is awesome to her mother in law
Thank you!!
I seldom comment on youtube but I will drop a line here. Your Cantonese is simply amazing, and I had no trouble understanding every word you said in this clip. I am sure you are very talented in mastering languages, but I am more certain that you put a lot of effort in learning Cantonese. Keep it up! Just for fun, maybe you can start reciting ancient Chinese poems. They do go well with Cantonese. Mulan poem is an interesting piece, you can see how easily it rolls off your tongue in Cantonese, and you can also learn about the original Mulan story instead of the one by Disney :-)
Thanks for commenting! What an honor!!
I hope one day I'll be able to speak with my Cantonese mother in law like that. She tries to speak English now but I think she will be much more comfortable if we speak just Canto which can deepen our relationship. You're such an inspiration Jordan :)
Thank you so much 😊
you had "bao gwo" right the whole time tho lol ... and the pbs documentary is A++
Good job Jordan...keep it up.
Thanks!
Wow, wow! I grow more impressed with each video Jordan. If you and your family were to move to Hong Kong, you guys would be stars. Btw, sow tai (cell phone), direct translation is hand machine.
Hope to visit Hong Kong one day!! 🇭🇰
You speak fluent Cantonese. Being an American, do you think it is hard to learn it? Chinese is considered to be one of the most difficult languages to learn, you must have taken a lot of efforts to learn it. A supporter from China! Add oil!
I think it’s hard because I’m not surrounded by it everyday. I’m picking up bits and pieces week over week. With 3 kids, it’s tough to dedicate say an hour a day just to focus and practice.
@@CantoneseCouple Oh three kids! I thought you only had one.
Man, your parents must love it that Jordan speaks such good Cantonese. I feel embarrassed how bad my pronunciation is? I lived in HK for 4 years too? 😑
They are very good encouragers and great people all around? 4 years?! You have no excuse lol
Cantonese Couple lol, yeah the problem was I was living with my mom in T.S.T. so a lot of my friend were expats. Even all my chinese friends liked practising their English with me. Not an excuse, very embarrassing. I mainly can order food and bargain somewhat? That’s it lol. The funniest is I’m CBC and when my mom starts talking English to me in an elevator everyone would just stare at us? 😂 the memories, I miss HK!
Jordan, Steve 加油！好好努力学广东话
Thank you!
LOVE IT
Thanks!
love the way you use canto interchangeably with english to build meaning in sentences - it's just like how my parents and I speak with each other aka chinglish! :)
I love Chinglish!
Great job again Jordan. I haven’t heard those words in a long time. send and package. I think you have memorized more canto than I.
Lol! I totally forgot how to say package! 📦
this is so cute. I wish my wife knows a lot more vietnamese. I hope one day, she can have a conversation like this with my parents. right now, I m the middle man
It is never too late to start!!!
That's so sweet! Asian = 亞洲人
Thank you! 😊
I'm half Cantonese and half white and it warms my heart to see that there are couples out there who are willing to put in the effort to maintain the language!! Language is so important for being able to connect, and also for your kids' understanding of their identity later on! Gaa yau
Do you think if you learned more Cantonese you would be learning more of your identity?
@@CantoneseCouple It definitely helps since it gives you more power to connect with the wider Cantonese community (on top of being able to speak to family which I think is the most important part). I was able to learn some Mandarin in college and it felt like I was unlocking a whole new side of my identity since I could understand a lot more talking with friends and picking up cultural knowledge online. Before that I think I wanted to engage with my identity more but I didn't have resources to explore beyond what I had picked up from my mom.
@@eminemma Thanks for sharing!
Jordan, love you ! you a good learner, never be easy to learn a second language, especially Cantonese. but at the beginning, I thought you speak Thai, ha ha
Haha! I don’t speak any Thai. Maybe I should learn!
This is so great to watch. I'm ethnically chinese but my mum never spoke Cantonese to me and I was raised in Britain. I've always wanted to learn but haven't known where to start, can I ask how you began? Did you have classes or are there any resources you can recommend? Many thanks, Jade
My husband speaks it with me. Sometimes he will just talk with me for 30 minutes and I just pick it up. I have no curriculum or other resources. Speaking with my mother in law just like this video helps a lot.
@@CantoneseCouple thanks for replying, that's great to hear. My mum's Malaysian Chinese and their Cantonese is slightly different and they also speak other dialects, so it's much more basic than the HK style. But would definitely be great to learn! Thank you for showing us your journey, it's really inspiring
Not bad 👍👍👍
Thanks!
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You should try an italki class
Is that an app?
@@CantoneseCouple there is an app! and a website too
@@CantoneseCouple they're relatively cheap and really helpful. I've learned a lot in an hour
I'm enjoying your channel as I am Italian-Canadian and learning Cantonese to communicate with my boyfriend's family :D. It is a super fun language! I have been using CantoneseClass101.com and really like the structured lessons, plus supplementing with youtube videos and any Cantonese content I can find.
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Vacation Bible school? 😂👍
PBS!!!!
Haha her English is typical Hong Kong accent😂
Lol!
Where is your MIL? Package. That's a hard one to pronounce and very similar to Mandarin.
Michigan as well.