Now that I actually have the time to learn the language I'm left with limited learning resources. No local universities have a good course, Rosetta Stone only carries Mandarin, and Pimsleur is archaic and overly formal. I have found one Popup Cantonese however. It's more of a daily podcast than a structured lesson, but they do provide documents explaining the podcast for download. This is one of the first language resources I've encountered which teaches the language as it is used today on the streets, not how it was used 70 years ago. Given the fact that my Asian fiancé no longer laughs hysterically when I speak Cantonese, I'd say it's worth a look.
Yeah it's hard to find good language courses especially if you don't live in a major metro area
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing that out. Learning a new language can be rewarding in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's just plain fun, which doesn't hurt.
haha. Good luck! I can imagine it is tough to learn a whole new language. My boyfriend is learning polish for me, apparently he researched it is one of the hardest languages, but what would i know? I was born speaking it lol
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn Cantonese, it sounds so much more different from Mandarin.
ReplyDeleteAsian languages are very difficult to learn. I visit Thailand frequently but still only know enough Thai to get by.
ReplyDeleteEveryone in American will be speaking it soon as we go to work for China to pay off our debt.
ReplyDeleteEven if you're far from fluent it's always good to know a little bit of it :D
ReplyDeleteLearning a whole new language is difficult, that's why I only know one :(
ReplyDeletecrazy picture that looks like a nuts city!
ReplyDeleteI need to go to Hong Kong, but I only went there when I landed mid flight for a short stop. Asian languages are difficult to learn in my view.
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