American Mom Tries To Teach Cantonese 美國媽媽廣東話
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2018
- My name is Jordan. I am married to Steve who is an American Born Chinese (美國出生華裔). His family speaks Cantonese and I have been trying to learn. I really love the culture and am trying to teach a little bit of Cantonese to my children. I know that my Cantonese isn't the best, but I hope my kids will be able to speak a little bit of Cantonese in the future.
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it's not apparent in your videos, so maybe people will not realize, but raising 2 small kids and still able to learn cantonese from basically a blank slate takes a lot of dedication.
Thank you for your kind words!
pretty damn impressive!
And thank you for being refreshingly non-egotistical with the kind words the OP said . This humble attitude is something the current, entitled, hyper-glamorous, narcissistic generation is badly missing.
All the very best for your future married life.
Sweet baby! Does put a smile on my face...
You rock! You inspire a lot us to do the exact same thing, switch languages with baby every hour. Present each object to baby repeatedly and teach their names...
Fantastic language teaching method! ❤️
I love your videos, they always bring a smile to my face. You guys are such a lovely family! My siblings and I found that watching modern TVB dramas from the early 2000s super helpful for learning Cantonese when we were little, growing up in a western country. We didn't understand exactly what the actors were saying when we were your kids' age either, but it was super helpful in recognizing and thus being able to pronounce the correct tones and pronunciations as we got older. It also made learning Chinese more interesting and less of a chore to learn - you don't want to condition your kids into associating Chinese with something they dread. I'd recommend avoiding historical period TVB dramas though because the actors don't speak in modern conversational Cantonese so they are harder to understand (I still struggle with understanding literary Chinese but the stories are often really epic, and hanfu clothing is beautiful. Dressing up in hanfu would be a lot of fun, maybe you guys can try taking a family photo in hanfu). Here are some of the modern TVB dramas I really liked growing up: a TVB drama from the year 2000 called Return of the Cuckoo (Traditional Chinese: 十月初五的月光, literally "The Moonlight at the 5th of October [Street]", also known as 澳門街, literally "The Streets of Macao"), Triumph in the Skies (衝上雲霄), Heart of Greed (溏心風暴), Moonlight Resonance (溏心風暴之家好月圓), Forensic Heroes (法證先鋒) from the year 2006, Hippocratic Crush (also known as On Call 36 Hours (Chinese: On Call 36小時)) from the year 2012. A side note: No Regrets (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄之義海豪情) is a really good drama too but it's about wartimes so probably too heavy for kids, but definitely recommended otherwise, and Catch Me Now (原來愛上賊) is also good. Even if your kids don't want to watch it, it'll be helpful for the adults too, and the only reason I watched TVB dramas when I was little was because my parents watched it with us as a family. I am so glad my family did that because once I was older, it was a lot of fun to watch them since I understood what was going on. If I hadn't watched them since I was little, I think I wouldn't have tried watching them when I was older and would have less of an interest in Chinese culture and the language would've been much harder for me to grasp. Hope that helps and 加油! Add oil! Maintaining proficiency in a language is a lifelong journey.
I somehow was led to this video while looking at Chinese recipes. I’m so happy you video was recommended for me to find your channel!! I’m so impressed and inspired by you! My partner is also American-born Chinese, and I am l trying to learn. Although I’ve been living with him and his parents that don’t speak English, I still can’t produce sentences, so watching this video has really sparked something in me! Thank you for being such an inspiration! You’ve gained a subscriber in me! Hope you and your beautiful family are safe and well during this time!
I’m so glad you found our channel. What recipe were you trying to find lol?
Your baby is so cute! Your Cantonese is better than my Cantonese and I was born in Hong Kong! Amazing!
Your daughter is so beautiful and precious xx
Thank you! 😊
Wholesome overload 🤯
Cute I’m a fan for years and you speak good I know how to speak and hear Cantonese
Thank you!
What a cute baby. Chubby cheeks!
你既廣東話講得好好👍🏻
You'll do great!
Thanks!!!!
She can speak more canto than some cantonese born kids in America xD Great Job!!!!!
Thanks 😊
Pretty, pretty impressive.
I grew up in a family whose Po-po spoke only Toi-San. I hardly spoke Toi-San but the words from granny, we knew we were in trouble. I spoke conversational Toi-San (cannot read or write).
Cantonese is a very difficult language....mom's pronunciation and tones are excellent. Im from HK and we never sound this gentle haha. Very refreshing to see hear perfect cantonese expressed this way.
Thank you for the encouragement!
Jordan, watch more TVB series, I m sure you will learn a lot of Cantonese there.
👍👍👍👍
多可爱！
Jordan, your Cantonese is very good and deserves a lot of praise, but just a small correction. When your daughter kisses you, you don't say "um goy". This type of thank you is only for when someone does something for you, like serves you a glass of water. You can say "doh jye" for thank you to thank her for kissing you.
Thanks for the tip!
She speaks better chinese than every single ABC here
Hi! I love your videos! I am british and about to start a family with my british born HK husband. I would love to know how you alter between languages with your baby? Do you spend whole days speaking cantonese and another English or do you flip between them and say a word or phrase in cantonese and immediately repeat in English? Any insight would be great!
I flip back and forth. I’m not proficient enough to speak all day in Cantonese. I’m still learning myself!
@@CantoneseCouple that's awesome! And a relief as I too am nowhere near! Thanks for your reply!
😮👍👍👍👍
Your daughter is adorable and you speak Cantonese very well.
Thank you!
I salute you. I, as Cantonese native speaker, owe you and your husband a lot.
Wow! Thank you!!!
This is so relaxing just being talked to like a baby hahaha
Haha Glad to you enjoyed the video. :)
Yes, very soothing! Lol Feeling like a baby all over again... :-)
好犀利！amazing mother, and her canto is legit
Hey, thanks!
Jordan's Cantonese is so good!
I'm trying my best - thanks for your encouragement.
i always look forward to cantonese couple videos. They're so warm and friendly you just can't get this kind of feeling anywhere else anymore. I wish more people were like this.
I'm impressed, you've learnt a lot more Cantonese
So adorable. I’m so glad you are teaching her.
So cute... it's so adorable when you fed the baby.. Watching this has brightened up my day. :)
I'm so happy to hear that!
Baby is beautiful, you and Steve are awesome parents.
You really speaks fluent Cantonese..in such gentle tone..lovely.why hasn’t you both come out with more vid?..looking forward 🤗
Please keep making these videos, they are such a good way to improve my listening skills as a beginner!
Sorry for the late reply! We took a break from UA-cam. Thanks for watching this video!
So heart warming to watch your video! Your Cantonese has improved a lot and the baby can learn with you!
Thanks so much, Anthony!
Chinese here, wow I am so touched! Best wishes to your sweet beautiful family! 阖家幸福！
Hi Jordan! My fiance is Chinese and speaks Cantonese; I am American. It's so inspiring to see how you are speaking Cantonese to your daughter even though it's not your native language! :)
Thanks so much!
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just by watching this video, i can tell you're an amazing mother! Looking forward to watching more vids in the future :)
She's adorable! I can't wait to see how she learns both languages.
jordan i think you’re amazing ❤️. How you’ve embraced such a hard language to learn, with grace and patience is very admirable. Love your family x
You're very kind! So glad you enjoy our videos.
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Lovely family! And thank you for preserving Cantonese.
Thank you!
Omg respect, I really appreciate your effort in learning / speaking a foreign language and raising your kids!!! Me as a native Cantonese speaker knows how difficult Cantonese and Chinese are, 加油!
Can't wait for your next video! Love them!
Hi,
She is so adorable! Surprisingly you’re so well Chinese speaking! And well teaching.
Thank you!
So nice! Thanks for this video.
Wow, this is simply amazing. Great work Jordan! You have a new subscriber from England.
You are so amazing!!! Cantonese is one of the most difficult languages to learn. And u speak so fluently. Heads off to u
Randomly bumped into your video today. I really really love how Jordan your passionate in learning Cantonese, my mother tongue, and passing it onto your next generation. I hope everyone can be like you, treasuring this unique culture of Cantonese.
Keep it up!
Thank you! 😀
Jordan, it's amazing how much you embrace the Chinese/Cantonese culture!! I can you tell you have improved with your speaking. Keep up the good work!! Your family is lovely!! :) XOXO
I can't wait until she starts speaking Chinese AND English. it will be so adorable!
soooo cute! keep it up since children learn languages so easily at a young age
That's sooo awesome that you're teaching your daughter Cantonese! :) This video was very inspiring. :)
You are such sweet sweet mom, I feel so relax when watching you teaching your baby girl. Your family really really lucky to have you, 😍😍💝💝😳😳 I can fall asleep listening your voice
You are doing great with the Cantonese! Keep up the great lessons for these beautiful young ones!
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This is so sweet! Please keep doing more videos in Cantonese:)
Extremely impressive!! Your language skill and fluency and fluidity is stunning. It's definitely better than mine and I did grow up in a Cantonese home.. I regret not speaking Cantonese to my now 6-yo.. This video is inspirational - for the next child, I will try! Also, you are such a sweet and loving mother - it is a true pleasure to see.
Cantonese is my Mother tongue and you seriously can speak it really well . Just amazing 😉!!!
I love watching your videos
She is so adorable so cute
Elle Seon Wah is adorable and she is a great eater. Jordan, you are doing a great job in teaching Elle early.
Thank you!
Thumb up to you for your cantonese and your girl is a good eater .
Thanks for sharing this video. Your little girl is such a darling especially during meal time. She eats like a champ!
Wendy Teow Hehe Thank you!!
Wow! You are amazing mom and speaking amazing Cantonese ❤️
Thanks for your encouragement. :)
Cutest video ever and your Cantonese pronunciation and vocabulary are truly impressive
Thank you :-)
That is sooooooooo awesome! Keep up the good work!
Terri thank you!
Jordan's Cantonese is so good
she is so precious !!!
Your little girl is so cute! She is like a mini version of you, Jordan! And I must say your Cantonese is better than your husband!
What a beautiful family! I'm on a similar journey but in England, by bfs family speaks Cantonese and were planing to teach our future kids his language too, I'm just starting out, your videos are so inspiring!
Sorry for the late reply! We took a break from UA-cam. Thanks for watching this video!
Wow your Cantonese sounds really good and great video by the way!
You are an inspiration! :-)
If a second-language speaker can speak fluent Cantonese to her child, then a heritage speaker can do the same.
I grew up with a Mandarin-speaking family, but for a long time, I remained illiterate. Recently, I have studying Mandarin on my own time since August of last year, and I also speak and write to my parents and extended relatives in Mandarin. When I get married and have kids someday, I will definitely speak to my kids in Mandarin. Hopefully, I will be fully literate by then and can read books to my kids as well.
That's so fantastic! Thanks for watching.
kiwifruitkl you can do it. 加油别放弃
kiwifruitkl please share your tips for learning. I've been trying to learn another language too
kiwifruitkl That all sounds great! :-) But there's no such thing as "writing in Mandarin". Mandarin is a spoken language, just like Cantonese. While having some minor differences, they both share the same Chinese writing system/characters.
@@sayjaibao01188 So the correct answer should be "writing in Chinese". However, that opens up another can of worms.....there's simplified Chinese which is now widely use. The traditional Chinese writing is mostly in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
So cute baby!! Nice to know you are teaching Cantonese to your kids. Cantonese is the oldest form of Chinese language actually. :)
Growing up I learned how to speak 4 languages from as early as I could remember, I was just surrounded. Children are like sponges and they can absorb many languages so good on you for speaking to her and encouraging your children :)
aww so cute. God bless your child :)
This is so sweet! ❤
Just discovered your Channel and I love what your family represent!! ❤️
Sorry for the late reply! We took a break from UA-cam. Thank you for watching this!
Thank you so much for sharing this video with us!! You did an excellent job in speaking Cantonese! As native Cantonese speaker I would really like to thank you for learning Cantonese and teaching our native language to your children. I know not a lot of people speak Cantonese and it is currently under the crisis of being replaced by Mandarin.. Thank you for saving our language. really.
Thanks for the encouragement!
sara fung We must all do our part in preserving this colorful language that they are trying to wash away.
Your cantonese has improved so much! Keep up the great work
Thanks for your encouragement!
Your Cantonese is really good! It's not an easy language to learn so kudos!
Your Cantonese is amazing! And your children are adorable ❤️😍
Sorry for the late reply! We took a break from UA-cam. Thanks for watching this video!
Look at the baby. So cute
New subscribers and love your family's sweet spirit with each other! Beautiful children. God bless your family.
Elizabeth Morgan
Sorry for the late reply! I took a break from UA-cam. Thank you for watching this!
廣東話講得好好喎！ 好犀利呀！ 呢個BB真係好得意 媽咪好溫柔啊 ，video好睇！加油啊
Kudos to you for speaking Cantonese to your daughter.....
those little chubby cheeks just melts my heart
Great stuff mum!
Your half Chinese half American baby is adorable. But remember you can be 100% Chinese and be 100% American :)
Love your videos!
So beautiful...you're awesome!
Thank you for preserving and teaching your kids cantonese. Also let them watch tvb dramas will improve vocabulary.
This my my dream 😍 my bfs Cantonese, currently learning Cantonese for his family and future. 💕❤️👪
Hope you keep up with it bilangu is good to have ❤💋
I just came across your channel 1 week ago. It is so enjoyable to watch. Your Cantonese improved a lot over time . You inspired me to start learning another language too. By the way, your kids are so adorable! :-)
That is so wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
I love how gentle you speak in Cantonese . Reminds me of the black and white Hong Kong movies where the ladies are gentle and elegant(and so do u!)
Darling Meri Thanks 😀
I was born in Canada with Cantonese as my mother tongue. Unfortunately my parents wanted me to teach my siblings English so we spoke English as much as possible at home and now my vocabulary has really suffered. But listening to your video, amazing accent by the way!, I am relearning my language! Thank you!
BB好得意！媽媽廣東話好好聽！
Such a sweet video 😍
i like when people speak cantonese with an accent . its so cute
so cute baby !!!