Learn Cantonese with L1 Mandarin
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:01 am
I have started learning Cantonese for my trip to Hong Kong. As I am a native speaker of Mandarin, I thought it was an easy task to learn Cantonese. But when I started with materials for Mandarin speakers, I realised that it is way more difficult get going:
1) Many characters are pronounced differently in both "dialects"
2) Tones are hard, as it takes time to get used to the similar tones that are actually not present in Mandarin, and to stop the tendency to put Mandarin tones to Cantonese words while speaking.
That means, the approach needs to be different from other same family group such as the Romance languages.
Does anyone have other ways, so that I can effectively learn Cantonese with my L1 Mandarin?
1) Many characters are pronounced differently in both "dialects"
2) Tones are hard, as it takes time to get used to the similar tones that are actually not present in Mandarin, and to stop the tendency to put Mandarin tones to Cantonese words while speaking.
That means, the approach needs to be different from other same family group such as the Romance languages.
Does anyone have other ways, so that I can effectively learn Cantonese with my L1 Mandarin?