Conversation: Written vs. Spoken Cantonese (粵語)

Chatty Cantonese | 粵語白白講

Chatty Cantonese | 粵語白白講
Conversation: Written vs. Spoken Cantonese (粵語)
Aug 25, 2022 Season 2 Episode 25
Chatty Cantonese

Pop quiz: How would you write "Give me that book" in Cantonese?「畀嗰本書我」or 「給我那本書」? The answer is... well, complicated.  But where might you read the former vs. latter? In this episode we chat about the different ways Cantonese is written, as well as the fancy term "diglossia."

Don's Snow's Cantonese as Written Language
Vocabulary and transcript