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Found a youtube video that talks about must know verbs which is good because of all the time I hear canto and only know a few of the verbs and hear them still a lot. Video was not bad with some good example sentences to further dissect but the list of verbs might not be…

Just did a random search for trying to figure out what I hear when someone is ordering takeout over the phone. Brought me to this website which was interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OahQsnM_F74 Interesting was the phrase: 食咗飯未呀sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3 Which is used for a good afternoon type greeting but literally means ‘Have you eaten (rice)…

Today I’m transcribing the entire conversation. 請問小姐, 你 識唔識聽 英文 呀？ceng2 maan6 siu2 ze2, nei5 sik1 m4 sik1 teng1 jing1 man4 aa3? 唔識聽m4 sik1 teng1. 我 唔識聽 英文ngo5 m4 sik1 teng1 jing1 man4. 我 識聽 一啲 廣東話ngo5 sik1 teng1 jat1 di1 gwong2 dung1 waa6 你係唔係 美國人 呀？nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 mei5 gwok3 jan4 aa3? 係,…

So I had been listening to audio mp3s on my way to work to try and learn cantonese but I’ve always known that if I can’t add some visual memory to it. This will never work. I’m going to revisit those mp3s and try to record the character and jyutping. Here is the conversation. (jyutping/pinyin)…

After I have imported 100+ episodes from ワールドトリガー, my first exercise is to lookup the grammar sequence I dread the most. Basing it off my first education of this which is Tae Kim’s page here. First here are the statistics I found based on the possible sequences which ignore shortcuts. だめ Whether it was は・と・ば.…

Although I need to stop focusing on trying to have software give me shortcuts, I would like to create a database of subtitles so I can lookup grammar patterns. This way if I’m having a hard time with certain phrases I can find real world usage rather than just reading them on the internet. Need…

It’s time for me to try and force myself to get serious at language learning again. As can be expected, results will only come from study and hard work. Here are the goals: Continue and improve Japanese learning. Has been stagnant for many months/years now. Create progress on Cantonese. I have the benefit of having…