The art of Hong Kongese by a Dummy

Disclaimer: please do not listen to this episode while driving or operating machinery. Only listen when you can safely relax and in a comfortable position. 

This episode is a guided hypnosis session for learning Cantonese colours while you are deeply relaxed or asleep. 

You can repeatedly listen to this episode and the end of this episode will not wake you.

Enjoy, sit back, lie down and relax and submerge yourself in the Cantonese garden full of colours. 

*Dummy has a certificate in Hypnosis from Hong Kong, but the goal of this episode is to help you relax and learn Cantonese. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. 

Continuing on the free time activities topic, we will go through some vocab on indoor activities in this episode. Enjoy!

Continuing on last week's topic, we will go through some vocab on outdoor activities in this episode. Enjoy!

This episode we will go through how to tell people what you do in your free time. Enjoy!

This episode we will be going through some practices of the linking words: 又...又... ALSO... ALSO... 越...越... THE MORE... THE MORE.... structures. Hope you will find this helpful.

This episode we will be going through some vocab on nature. You will learn words about general nature scenery, disasters, and some idioms. 

Happy learning! :D

Hi! We will be doing some practices on the structure of the 咗/ 完 Yes and no questions in past tense. For the next couple of months and you will also get to do some practice in this episode on the (have/ not have) questions.

Part 3 will be published first week of next month.

This episode you will find a list of vocab on jobs and occupation. Pretty long list but do email me if I missed anything, I will add it back. 

This episode I will introduce some colours to you, basic colours, a mix of colours, more complicated colours and how to systematically approach colours in Cantonese.  

Hi! We will be doing some practices on the different structures of the Yes and no questions in past tense  for the next couple of months and you will also get to do some practice in this episode on the (have/ not have) questions. 

I was running longer than expected. Part 2 will be published first week of next month. 

This episode is on double-character emotion sounds, 呀[a3]嘛[ma1/ma4], 嘅[ge3]喳[ja1], 嘅[ge3]啫[je1/jek1], 啦[la1]喂[wai3], 啦[la1]咩[me1] and 呢[ni1]可[ho2] as ending emotion sounds.

We will move onto triple-character emotion sounds next month. :) Keep it up!

In this episode, 榴[lau4]槤[lin4] Durian and 威[wai1]哥[go1] Brother Way came to my home to visit me during the Chinese New Year, you will hear some activities we do for Chinese New Year, some names of the decorations and food. Hopefully you will find this episode helpful, if not able to say or use these terms covered in this episode, as least you can understand what people are saying when you do go visit during Chinese New Year! 

In this episode, I will recap a little on Chinese New Year mentioned in the last 2 episodes on Chinese New Year (published last year). Then I will introduce a couple of new Chinese New Year lucky sayings, as well then I will tell you the folklore story about how the Chinese Zodiac came about. 

Next week, there will be a conversation on people visiting friends and family during Chinese New Year. Excited, stay tuned. 

This year we have leveled up and now we will begin to explore double-character emotion sounds. This episode will be on 㗎喇 (Dummy PY: Ga la), 喳嘛 (Dummy PY: Ja Ma), 囉噃 (Dummy PY: Lo Bor), 囉喎 (Dummy PY: Lo Wor) and 吓嘩(Dummy PY: Ha wah) as ending emotion sounds.

In this episode, I have prepared a conversation on new year and setting goal. This episode is paired with the last episode's vocab also about new year and setting goals. In this conversation, Dummy’s old friend John who is a Cantonese learner bumped into Dummy in the new year 2021. You will hear John talk about his goals and you will hear Dummy give him encouraging words.

This episode, I will share a couple of vocab with you about the new year and setting goals, perseverance and giving up, succeeding and failing, as well as two 4-character idioms and some slang terms. Hopefully you will find them helpful. 

Welcome to 2021! To begin the year, we are going back to the Cantonese basics, the pronouns (I, you, he/she/it, we, they), the possessive forms (my, your, his/ her/its, our, their) as well as the unit classifiers.  Exercises is posted on my webpage under exercises. 

In the upcoming year, I will be doing 4 episodes a month, first 4 weeks of the month. First week on random topics, second week on vocab and sentences, third week on story or conversations on what we have covered in week 2, final week will be on emotion sounds. 

Remember to check out my

This episode is on vocabs on kitchen appliances/ tool and cooking ingredients/ methods. Hopefully you will be able to have some vocab to talk about food and cooking this holiday :)

Happy learning!

This episode is a continued episode about Cantonese single-character emotion sounds end sentences, what do they mean and how to use them. This week we will chat about the 嘅 (Dummy PY: Ge), 啩 (Dummy PY: Gua), 咩 (Dummy PY: Meh), 咋 (Dummy PY: Ja) and 啫 (Dummy PY: Je) sounds.

This episode is a continued episode about Cantonese single-character emotion sounds end sentences, what do they mean and how to use them. This week we will chat about the 囉/ 咯/ 囖 (Dummy PY: Lo)/ 嚕 (Dummy PY: Loo)/ 噃 (Dummy PY: Ball)/ 喎/啝 (Dummy PY: Wo) sounds.

This episode is about the 4 character idiom 知恩圖報 (know your favours and attempt to repay them), the background story of how the 4 character idiom came about, how to use it, and what it means. 

**Pay attention to how the emotion sounds are used in the story. 

This episode is a continued episode about Cantonese single-character emotion sounds that begin sentences & end sentences, what do they mean and how to use them. This week we will chat about the 呀 吖 啊 (Dummy PY: Ah)/ 啦 喇 嘞 (Dummy PY: La)/ 哩 (Dummy PY: Le)/ 呢(Dummy PY: Ne) / 㗎 (Dummy PY: Ga) sounds. 

The whole conversation can be found at 18:56/ 18 min 56 sec of the podcast. 

This episode explores the different usages and meanings of 咗 (Dummy PY: Jaw), 完 (Dummy PY: Yuen) and 晒 (Dummy PY: Sai), 過 (Dummy PY: Gwoh), how they are applied to form Basic past, present perfect, "Future past tense" sentences.

In this episode, I will share some of the origins of the ghost festival盂蘭節or 鬼節. Will be talking about some rituals we do for this festival, and some haunted places in Hong Kong and a personal Hong Kong ghost story.

This episode focuses on how to ask the what, who, where, why, which and how questions in Cantonese. I hope you will find this useful and start truly conversing with other Cantonese learners and speakers.

Written material:

This episode is on Cantonese auxiliary verbs (Need to/ Willing to/ Dare to), pretty straightforward lesson. 

Vocab & sentences start at around 19:00.

In this episode I am talking about grammar, linking words (and & but). I am created some exercises on my webpage, feel free to visit and practice. 

In this episode, I am going to talk about some learning techniques from "Learning how to learn: powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects" by Dr. Barbara Oakley & Dr. Terry Sejnowski provided by McMaster University and the University of California San Diego. These techniques are not exclusive to learning Cantonese but it might be very helpful in your journey of language learning. Hope you will find some golden nuggets in this episode. 

In this episode, I will be talking about how to order food from a more casual Cantonese restaurant - 茶餐廳 Tea cafe. I will be talking about some dishes and their names. Enjoy!

**Vocab starts at 25:00

In this episode I am responding to a question I got from a listener on Cantonese pronunciations. I will be talking a bit about the different Cantonese romanization systems as well as some suggestions when pronouncing words.

This episode I have invited my student Hobert to chat together about some tips and technique with learning Cantonese with Movies, some movies recommendations, and more.

This episode is on emotions. I will explain a little on Chinese sense of emotions and desires, then move onto smaller emotions and a story :) hope everyone is safe and healthy at this time.

This is a special episode for you to fall asleep while learning number 1-10 in Cantonese. ONLY listen when you are safely relaxed, and not while driving or operating machinery.

Visual Material:

In this episode, you will learn more about conversational greetings, different ways of saying “how are you”, how to respond to how are you, the degrees of wellness. Enjoy!

In this episode, we will be exploring coronavirus 冠狀病毒, Wuhan Pneumonia 武漢肺炎, What Hong Kong government has done so far, what you can do to prevent it, and some random Mandarin when you are in contact with a Chinese person who might’ve travelled to China and been infected. Wishing you all 身體健康good health！

This episode, I will talk about some important dates in the Chinese New Year, some lucky sayings, and some foods to eat during Chinese New Year. Enjoy!

In this episode, we will look into some Chinese New Year Traditions in Hong Kong. You will hear about why red is the go to colour during CNY, where to do firecrackers, and some traditions during CNY. Enjoy!

In this podcast you will learn about common greetings used by Hong Kongers in daily life.