Any good Cantonese learning book recommended? Hi all, 

I am doing a little research now. 

Any good Cantonese learning book recommended? 

Why do you think it's good? 

Cheers, 
Flossie

What are your best tips in learning Spanish? I am learning Spanish at the moment. 

However, all grammar rules are a mess in my head right now. 

Compared to English, Spanish has quite a lot of irregular verbs and exceptions. 

How do you get through this? 

What keep you going in learning Spanish? 

Love to hear your thoughts. 

How do you choose your teacher? What are your priorities in choosing a teacher? 

1/ Price? 
2/ How many classes did she have? 
3/ Certification? 

Or what other elements would you take into consideration? 

If you are given a chance, would you learn Cantonese or Mandarin? I am a tutor of both languages. 

I want to understand why some people want to learn Mandarin over Cantonese.

Why some people have a particular love about Cantonese even though Mandarin is gaining importance? 

Love to hear your thoughts! 

How do you see death? Mexicans have a brand new way In Chinese culture, death is usually considered something dark and sad. 

But when I am living in Mexico, death is a completely different concept to Mexicans. 

On the Day of Death (Dia de Muertos), they celebrate this day with their loved ones in a cemetery with flowers and music. I have never seen cemeteries as colourful as Mexican ones. 

What is your opinion about death? How does your culture deal with this concept? 

Love to hear some of your opinions!

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We all have emotions. How to express anger in a proper way not only is good for our health but also an inevitable part in a language. 

Cantonese has 9 tones in general and it has a much more ancient language than Mandarin. Here are some of the ways we show our anger: 

1 你搞咩呀?

nei5 gaau2 me1 aa3 ?

Eng: What's wrong with you? 

2 咩事呀你?

me1 si6 aa3 nei5 ?

Eng: What's wrong with you? 

3 你唔好用啲噉嘅語氣同我講嘢。

nei5 m4 hou2 jung6 di1 gam2 ge3 jyu5 hei3 tung4 ngo5 gong2 je5 。

Eng: Don't talk to me like this

4 咩料呀你？

me1 liu2 aa3 nei5 ？

Eng: What's wrong with you 

5 你痴線架？

nei5 ci1 sin3 gaa4 ？

Eng: Are you mad? 

What are the interesting ways in your language to express anger? 

Love to hear. =) 

What are you going to dress up for Halloween? Halloween is approaching within a few days. 

In Mexico, we have dia de muerto (the day of the death), everyone is getting ready for their costumes here. 

What are you going to dress up for this festival? 

Do you celebrate this festival in your country? 

When you are looking for a language partner... Occasionally, when I glanced through the discussion page, I saw many are looking for language partners. 

These are the few tricks that always help me find a partner: 

1/ do a search before you post a thread

A lot of people have already posted their interest on the discussion page already, a search will help you spot the potentials

2/ native speaker? 

Do you really need a native speaker to improve the language you are learning?

Let take me as an example. I am learning Spanish at the moment. When I asked the native Spanish speakers for grammar tricks, 8 out 10 times they told me: 

'Erm.... we don't know. We always say things like this'

Because they are born with this language, the chance is they may not know why they speak like this. 

So now I have a French girl as my Spanish language exchange partner (funny, eh?) Because she did need to learn all the grammar rules before could master this language, she could explain to me in details why things are like this but not like that. Our exchange becomes much more fruitful. 

3/ Be specific

'I want to improve my English'. Ok. In what aspects? What is your level? 

This sentence doesn't tell much what you need and what you can offer. 

Although language exchange meetings are not proper classes, it will be much more time-saving if you can specify your needs and your offer. After all, TIME IS MONEY. 

If you can tell people about your goal, your level of language, how you want your exchange to be and of cause what you can offer and WHY you are a suitable partner, people will more likely send you a message and arrange a Skype chat. 

BE SPECIFIC! 

Language learning should be FUN! Enjoy the journey!

Calling for all Spanish speakers Hi all, 

I am learning Spanish right now and I am looking for a SERIOUS language partner for conversational practice. 

I speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English to a native level. So can exchange any languages mentioned. 

All I am asking is if we schedule an exchange, please be punctual and respectful. 

Hope to meet you all soon! 

Thanks!