Its common for many who learn to speak foreign languages these days. But when comes to dialect its kind of amaze me. I came across a japanese spoke fluent Hockchew. Of course, he grew up in Taiwan. But not everyone who can speak native dialect and that impressed me.
Mainland China Guangdong province is also known as Cantonese widely spoken too...not just HK ... I don't believe she can speak Cantonese!! there are many fraudsters from the internet!!! even she talks to a Cantonese Chinese person from the streets , they will respond back to her in English...
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding in the comments sections. Sharon Balcombe was born in Hong Kong, received full Chinese education, and speaks Cantonese as her mother tongue. Just like a Jamaican of Chinese descent speaking fluent English and fluent Patois.Sharon is a Hong Konger of white descent. So naturally she speaks the language like a native.
I remember seeing her at this church event, when she went on the stage alot of people were shocked...she could sing in manderin and canotese and has a beautiful voice...and when she spoke compare to her husband her cantonese was greater than his!
She grew up in HK.. kind of expected. Being raised in the USA i can shop just like they do in HK and adapt pretty easily. I never had an identity crisis like most kids that live in another nations.
In her situation she was the only white person surrounded by chinese. In your situation there were many ethnicities and colours around you. It depends on the individual and how those around you treat you as well. I was the one chinese person in a school of white people. But i only felt alien when i went to hong kong because i was like omg everyone speaks canto just like us! Then when i went to China i got another shock as they all spoke mandarin.
Hey Sharon, I think I have heard your dad preach in my church in Singapore several years back. He was preaching in English. He just said a few words of Cantonese because it was actually an English service. He was very good, very anointed. His face is so recognisable
It is so eerie hearing her speak. If I closed my eyes, I would bet money that she was Chinese. And she really is to be honest. She was born in Hong Kong. She just happens to be white in ethnicity. Its not just the way she so naturally speaks Cantonese, but she's even adopted all the mannerisms and inflections that I'm so used to seeing from my mom and my other Chinese friends.
Wow, that's a true native speaker for you. She speaks with no accents and very fluent. I speak Cantonese too, but I only understood 90% of the video. I related to her, when she said, she visited America with her family, and she and her brother had an Identify Crisis seeing all those white people. I too felt the same way, when I visited HK. It felt strange seeing all those Chinese people. I was at home but wasn't at the same time. It just so different. Great video.
Dear sister Sharon, how wonderful you talk the gospel and from our Lord Jesus . I also have problems of my health and am praying to God. I believe I will be recovered in one day as your witness from God. Amen!
I speak Cantonese too. She is really awesome. I am ten years old right now and my parents are from Hong Kong. I feel like a superstar for some dumb reason.
Still, she can speak putonghua, too. And her native English has not been neglected. If you listen closely to her cantonese, it's fluent and polished, better than the averaged Hong Konger. So she's a rare talent afterall. Way to go Sharon!
Not only she spoke so naturally, but her demeanor is totally Hong Kong as well! She's a Hong Kongner! I wonder what her demeanor would be like when she speaks English?
Sharon really has acquired some Chinese values -- she says she lives with her mother-in-law. She cherishes the New Year celebration. That's the 'wow' factor, not just only her mastery of Cantonese.
About comments like "She speaks very good!!"... Dude, she's a native! I'd learn any language if I grew up with it. ;) I understood a few words but I never actively learned Cantonese... Would love to speak that language. :D
That's right, it's like hearing a spanish person speak spanish, and saying "wow, his/her spanish is really good!!!" well, duh... Cantonese is such a beautiful language, isn't it? :-)
In Québec, Canada, we have a saying: you are a real quebecer the day you embrace our culture and speak our languages. So to me, Sharon is chinese even if she doesnt look like one because she embraced the culture and tries to blend in.
Oh god, first I thought that there was a off voice behind. I speak native cantonese, and she does speak perfectly, it's amazing, and let's be honest it's suprising too!
Yes, truly fascinating that someone who grew up in Hong Kong and studied cantonese her entire life can actually speak the language! It really does boggle the mind, i mean... HOW IS IT DONE? *scratches his head in total confusion*
wow...it's so interesting to hear her talk. I'm Cantonese American and Honestly she uses more vocab than I can understand. She does that HK-Cantonese thing where she says " yeehh.." a lot between her sentences. haha.
I attended high school in Macau from HK. Saw some beautiful Portugees from another high school walking by and made a remark about them in Cantonese to my buddies. The girls turn around and confronted us and demanded an appology from me, or else! I was shocked because they spook perfect Cantonese and they cursed nastier then us. I appologized to them and later on we all became friends. Then I found out they were 4th generations in Macau...I learned not to prejudge (prejudice) from that on....
Sharon was raised in HK, so speaking perfect Canto is nothing amazing! We react with surprise, however, due to the disconnect of how she looks and how she sounds: it's very rare to see a Caucasian speak perfect Chinese, when Asians speaking English are common. Love seeing/hearing her regardless!
Totally agree. It’s nothing surprising when an Asian raised overseas speaks perfect English …so why should there be any surprises when a person of Caucasian decent speaks perfect Cantonese when she’s born and raised in Hong Kong and has also gone through the local HK education system? I think it’s because the proportion of someone like Sharon is infinitely smaller than Asians raised overseas who speaks perfect English.
Its funny how so many people think this is impossible when she was born in Hong Kong and speaks Cantonese everyday. It think it's amazing. I wish i could speak as well as this lady
This is what's newsworthy: Native American Mary Sue Johnson born and raised in Kentucky speaks perfect Cantonese! She never left her homeland of the USA.
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding in the comments sections. Sharon Balcombe was born in Hong Kong, received full Chinese education, and speaks Cantonese as her mother tongue. Just like a Jamaican of Chinese descent speaking fluent English and fluent Patois.Sharon is a Hong Konger of white descent. So naturally she speaks the language like a native.
Yeah, I speak Cantonese natively as well. I wasn't assuming she wasn't from HK, just stating that it sounds great. For a foreigner to speak that well I would be extremely impressed, it's nearly impossible to nail all the tones honestly. It is just also rare to see a non Chinese person speaking perfect Cantonese, being that I live in the US I have really only seen that a handful of times.
martin5190 It is unusual. Often the case in a country which has a majority race. In multicultural countries like Australia and the US no one makes a big deal seeing someone of Chinese descent for instance speaking English like a native. Cantonese looks very tough. My grandmother on my mother's side spoke it. I don't think I've got the energy to learn another language. I learnt Japanese and speak it a high level now. Learning a foreign language is hard work.
Hi Sharon or Pastor Dennis Balcombe, One of my family friend was diagnosed the same kind of illness as Sharon. Are you guys able to refer me to the doctor that you have mentioned? Please ! Look forward to hear from you soon
I grown up in HK and now I am in US. The Chinese people in US come from all different part of China (and the World). I have known Chinese people who were not a native Cantonese speakers and able to speak Cantonese perfectly after they came to the US. Maybe everyone is different but I think Cantonese is an "easier" dialect to learn and accomplished than other dialects.
You feel weird because Asian speaking English is commonplace, since English is a international language. Whereas Chinese (Cantonese) is not international language, therefore it makes it very rare or strange to see a Caucasian speak Cantonese. I love this video cuz its so amazing and entertaining. I kept watching it.
i speak cantonese, too, in usa, and this is so cool! its like a dubbed movie w/ the actress being able to lip sync the words... anyways her story is soo like mine. i went thru the same thing as an abc in usa when i was little and as a teenager. this is such an inspiration to usa, china, and christians! i wish her all the best!
@rivengle I think language has nothing to do with genetics. It's how well someone teaches you and how much a person uses it, with a mixture of the social surroundings.
Being born and raised in HK, and attending school speaking Cantonese, I'm not too surprised that she speaks Cantonese fluently. However, I do have to point out that she doesn't have the "lazy accent" that we often hear in HK these days, which puts some of the local Chinese to shame!!
my HK friend who stay in malaysia for more than 15 years also speaking cantonese that have malay accent....another friends' wife (vietnamese) also can speak perfect malay and mandarin after she married to his husband and stay here for more than 10 years....
She speak so natural n fluent Cantonese. My respect.
Henry Yap only natural. She grew up in Hong Kong. We don't get surprised hearing a Chinese person speak fluent English.
Its common for many who learn to speak foreign languages these days. But when comes to dialect its kind of amaze me. I came across a japanese spoke fluent Hockchew. Of course, he grew up in Taiwan. But not everyone who can speak native dialect and that impressed me.
Just like oversea ethnic chinese speaking other language like a native because they grew there in foreign lands.
Mainland China Guangdong province is also known as Cantonese widely spoken too...not just HK ... I don't believe she can speak Cantonese!! there are many fraudsters from the internet!!! even she talks to a Cantonese Chinese person from the streets , they will respond back to her in English...
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding in the comments sections. Sharon Balcombe was born in Hong Kong, received full Chinese education, and speaks Cantonese as her mother tongue. Just like a Jamaican of Chinese descent speaking fluent English and fluent Patois.Sharon is a Hong Konger of white descent. So naturally she speaks the language like a native.
I died laughing when she said she returned to the US and go 'mommy, look! So many foreigner gwailo'
Bravo, Sharon. I fully concur with the narrator. You speak Cantonese better than many Hong Kongers. I close my eyes, your accent is 101% native.
I remember seeing her at this church event, when she went on the stage alot of people were shocked...she could sing in manderin and canotese and has a beautiful voice...and when she spoke compare to her husband her cantonese was greater than his!
Best thing is not that she speaks cantonese but when she is buying fruit she has adopted hong konger habits, asking if it is sweet or not! lol
She grew up in HK.. kind of expected. Being raised in the USA i can shop just like they do in HK and adapt pretty easily. I never had an identity crisis like most kids that live in another nations.
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Well not everyone has an identity crisis. Was everyone a markedly different colour than you?
theuglykwan yes... white, black, hispanic, and etc.
In her situation she was the only white person surrounded by chinese. In your situation there were many ethnicities and colours around you.
It depends on the individual and how those around you treat you as well. I was the one chinese person in a school of white people. But i only felt alien when i went to hong kong because i was like omg everyone speaks canto just like us! Then when i went to China i got another shock as they all spoke mandarin.
还 了 该 白 人 还吗。
Thank you, Sharon, Your family is a blessing to us!!
Hey Sharon, I think I have heard your dad preach in my church in Singapore several years back. He was preaching in English. He just said a few words of Cantonese because it was actually an English service. He was very good, very anointed. His face is so recognisable
Im so glad tht to know this kind wonam ;-)
God will be so proud of you, Sharon! God bless you and your family!
It is so eerie hearing her speak. If I closed my eyes, I would bet money that she was Chinese. And she really is to be honest. She was born in Hong Kong. She just happens to be white in ethnicity. Its not just the way she so naturally speaks Cantonese, but she's even adopted all the mannerisms and inflections that I'm so used to seeing from my mom and my other Chinese friends.
This blew my mind. I am Chinese-American, and this made me realize that I should not forget how to speak Cantonese!
Sharon Balcombe alot of respect for you and your familys' mission.Thank You
Holy shit, when she's talking about being an egg, it's one of the funniest and best things I've seen on UA-cam.
wow she's so fluent, so accurate, so quick so PERFECT
really Respect dis women ...i wish her all d best xx
her fluent Cantonese speaking is amazing .
She...is...AMAZING
Wow, that's a true native speaker for you. She speaks with no accents and very fluent. I speak Cantonese too, but I only understood 90% of the video. I related to her, when she said, she visited America with her family, and she and her brother had an Identify Crisis seeing all those white people. I too felt the same way, when I visited HK. It felt strange seeing all those Chinese people. I was at home but wasn't at the same time. It just so different. Great video.
She has such a pleasant voice.
She speaks perfect Cantonese. Fascinating!
Dear sister Sharon, how wonderful you talk the gospel and from our Lord Jesus . I also have problems of my health and am praying to God. I believe I will be recovered in one day as your witness from God. Amen!
Damn, her cantonese stomps mine and I've been speaking it since I was a kid.
I speak Cantonese too. She is really awesome. I am ten years old right now and my parents are from Hong Kong. I feel like a superstar for some dumb reason.
Still, she can speak putonghua, too. And her native English has not been neglected. If you listen closely to her cantonese, it's fluent and polished, better than the averaged Hong Konger. So she's a rare talent afterall. Way to go Sharon!
Rare talent? Nothing todo with talent
you have done well, you earn the respect, you well deserve
Not only she spoke so naturally, but her demeanor is totally Hong Kong as well! She's a Hong Kongner!
I wonder what her demeanor would be like when she speaks English?
I can't agree you more. The first impression was "wow, fluent Cantonese", afterwards, "oh yeah, she is already a Cantonese"
Wow amazing story!
God bless you sister! Beautiful lady with a beautiful heart ❤️
This lady is Soooooo Cool.
Her canto is better than mine 😁😁😄😄😂😂
I love it when she says "identity crises" :D
Sharon really has acquired some Chinese values -- she says she lives with her mother-in-law. She cherishes the New Year celebration. That's the 'wow' factor, not just only her mastery of Cantonese.
is there a part 2. I love Sharon and would like to see more of her.
thank you for sharing God bless both of you!!
God bless her!!!!
About comments like "She speaks very good!!"... Dude, she's a native! I'd learn any language if I grew up with it. ;) I understood a few words but I never actively learned Cantonese... Would love to speak that language. :D
That's right, it's like hearing a spanish person speak spanish, and saying "wow, his/her spanish is really good!!!" well, duh...
Cantonese is such a beautiful language, isn't it? :-)
Yep, it's sad that people see her as an outsider just because she has a different skin colour.
Talk very gentle. Nice.
Excellent Cantonese -- better than most Cantonese, I would say. A moving story too.
In Québec, Canada, we have a saying: you are a real quebecer the day you embrace our culture and speak our languages. So to me, Sharon is chinese even if she doesnt look like one because she embraced the culture and tries to blend in.
She spoeaks without an accent! Wow! Thumbs up for her!
You truly are a native Cantonese speaker. I can't tell the difference if I don't watch the screen.
Oh god, first I thought that there was a off voice behind. I speak native cantonese, and she does speak perfectly, it's amazing, and let's be honest it's suprising too!
OMG... Speaking so well...
Very interesting need to see part 2.
lol "im like an egg, white on the outside, yellow on the inside" xD
Twinkie or Banana
she speaks very good!!!
She was actually my neighbour in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Island?
Don't be surprised that Sharon can handle Cantonese as a native speaker, because there is an environment for her learning.
I'm amazed because it's not very often to find a foreigner who can speak perfect Cantonese in Hong Kong..
Her cantonese is perfect. I tried to listen to her words without looking at her face, her accent is barely noticeable. I's born and raised in hk
incredible woman.
Yes, truly fascinating that someone who grew up in Hong Kong and studied cantonese her entire life can actually speak the language! It really does boggle the mind, i mean... HOW IS IT DONE?
*scratches his head in total confusion*
Only one word " GOD IS LOVE " great video i love it so much. thanks for sharing.
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wow...it's so interesting to hear her talk. I'm Cantonese American and Honestly she uses more vocab than I can understand. She does that HK-Cantonese thing where she says " yeehh.." a lot between her sentences. haha.
tu vivencia es muy divertida, felicitaciones
the story of her little brother in the supermarket made me lol IRL
For part 2 she speaks English and speak like perfect
Sflacali for president! Thank you for your insightful, logical comment!!!
I attended high school in Macau from HK. Saw some beautiful Portugees from another high school walking by and made a remark about them in Cantonese to my buddies. The girls turn around and confronted us and demanded an appology from me, or else! I was shocked because they spook perfect Cantonese and they cursed nastier then us. I appologized to them and later on we all became friends. Then I found out they were 4th generations in Macau...I learned not to prejudge (prejudice) from that on....
Sharon was raised in HK, so speaking perfect Canto is nothing amazing! We react with surprise, however, due to the disconnect of how she looks and how she sounds: it's very rare to see a Caucasian speak perfect Chinese, when Asians speaking English are common. Love seeing/hearing her regardless!
Totally agree. It’s nothing surprising when an Asian raised overseas speaks perfect English …so why should there be any surprises when a person of Caucasian decent speaks perfect Cantonese when she’s born and raised in Hong Kong and has also gone through the local HK education system? I think it’s because the proportion of someone like Sharon is infinitely smaller than Asians raised overseas who speaks perfect English.
Its funny how so many people think this is impossible when she was born in Hong Kong and speaks Cantonese everyday. It think it's amazing. I wish i could speak as well as this lady
@juiweiYang2000 Is Corinna Chamberlain and Sharon Balcombe The Same Personal?
Is there a video of Mary Sue Johnson?
WOW. I was born in HK but her cantonese is like a billion times better than me.
Man she can teach me Cantonese!!! and I was born in HK.
incredible
Respect ❤️
wow she is so fluent
She has excellent accent.
This is what's newsworthy: Native American Mary Sue Johnson born and raised in Kentucky speaks perfect Cantonese! She never left her homeland of the USA.
Wow, your cantonese sounds great
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding in the comments sections. Sharon Balcombe was born in Hong Kong, received full Chinese education, and speaks Cantonese as her mother tongue. Just like a Jamaican of Chinese descent speaking fluent English and fluent Patois.Sharon is a Hong Konger of white descent. So naturally she speaks the language like a native.
Yeah, I speak Cantonese natively as well. I wasn't assuming she wasn't from HK, just stating that it sounds great. For a foreigner to speak that well I would be extremely impressed, it's nearly impossible to nail all the tones honestly. It is just also rare to see a non Chinese person speaking perfect Cantonese, being that I live in the US I have really only seen that a handful of times.
martin5190 It is unusual. Often the case in a country which has a majority race. In multicultural countries like Australia and the US no one makes a big deal seeing someone of Chinese descent for instance speaking English like a native. Cantonese looks very tough. My grandmother on my mother's side spoke it. I don't think I've got the energy to learn another language. I learnt Japanese and speak it a high level now. Learning a foreign language is hard work.
oh my god it's amazing...it's better than mine and i'm half cantonese!
Très Bien!
Hi Sharon or Pastor Dennis Balcombe,
One of my family friend was diagnosed the same kind of illness as Sharon.
Are you guys able to refer me to the doctor that you have mentioned? Please !
Look forward to hear from you soon
HAHAHAHA i laughed when she was talking about her brother "mom look at all the white people!"
I can't imagine she is American when I hearing without watching her face, and She speak English with a strong Cantonese accent.
waaah. Goh guh siu jeh de Guangdong wah ho si lik.
I grown up in HK and now I am in US. The Chinese people in US come from all different part of China (and the World). I have known Chinese people who were not a native Cantonese speakers and able to speak Cantonese perfectly after they came to the US. Maybe everyone is different but I think Cantonese is an "easier" dialect to learn and accomplished than other dialects.
damn. her canto is a thousand times better than mine.
Haha, I'm a American Born Chinese living in the suburbs of Boston and this is the exact same experience in reverse.
EGG? Better than what I get called....BANANA...but only just better lol
wow this is amazing! she makes me proud to be a hong konger :)
你好姊妹，感謝主我在今晚看到你的分享哦! 令我感受到主的奇妙和大愛!其實我在一個安息禮拜中聽過你唱詩歌架，都已經有十六年了!
我祝福你在新的一年在主裡活得更豐盛，更喜樂哦!🥰🥰🥰☘🌹☘🌹
You feel weird because Asian speaking English is commonplace, since English is a international language. Whereas Chinese (Cantonese) is not international language, therefore it makes it very rare or strange to see a Caucasian speak Cantonese. I love this video cuz its so amazing and entertaining. I kept watching it.
Is she still in hk?
WOW!
Just close your eyes and listen her speak lol
You know what surprises me? Her English has an obvious Cantonese accent!!
whooa.. was she born in hk? or grew up speaking cantonese?
Very polished and accurate pronunciation. I think her Cantonese is better than mine.
she is good, really good
She is really fantastic. Chinois Kuai Low...
u'r right lol. agree 100%
zomg she owned my Cantonese vocabulary 0_0
i speak cantonese, too, in usa, and this is so cool! its like a dubbed movie w/ the actress being able to lip sync the words...
anyways her story is soo like mine. i went thru the same thing as an abc in usa when i was little and as a teenager. this is such an inspiration to usa, china, and christians! i wish her all the best!
@rivengle I think language has nothing to do with genetics. It's how well someone teaches you and how much a person uses it, with a mixture of the social surroundings.
Being born and raised in HK, and attending school speaking Cantonese, I'm not too surprised that she speaks Cantonese fluently. However, I do have to point out that she doesn't have the "lazy accent" that we often hear in HK these days, which puts some of the local Chinese to shame!!
Loverly Sharon what a clever good girl. x
I'm from Canton/Guangzhou living in australia, her cantonese is better then mine.
my HK friend who stay in malaysia for more than 15 years also speaking cantonese that have malay accent....another friends' wife (vietnamese) also can speak perfect malay and mandarin after she married to his husband and stay here for more than 10 years....