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Cantonese in 40 Minutes

Learn to speak Cantonese in minutes with Collins

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Cantonese in 40 Minutes

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Collins makes language learning fun, fast and flexible. Pick up the essentials of the Cantonese language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just listening and repeating.

Essential words, Asking for things, Numbers, I'd like …, At the café, In a shop, Basic foodstuffs, Quantities, Tickets, Where is …? When is …? Days of the week, Problems, About yourself.

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If you depended on this audio to help you with communicating in Hong Kong or parts of Malaysia in my case , you would have been led astray due to a few inaccuracies . For example under "Transport" section , you hear the English phrase "When does it leave " not detailing what mode of transport is used , yet in the Cantonese translation afterwards , the speaker says " when does the train leave " . Now if you were not familiar with Cantonese , you would have sounded ridiculous asking about another mode of transport , for example , a bus , and saying " when does the train leave " ! Then there are a few other expressions I haven't heard of and I own a few Cantonese phrasebook and accompanying CDs . The Berlitz Cantonese CD with the phrasebook is better because it is more accurate .

Poorly Edited as contains a few inaccuracies

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This is a useful start in Cantonese; my partner is a native speaker and this helps me get my tongue around some of the sounds and basic phrases.

A useful primer

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