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counting from one to ten(Cant)

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  • 20-05-2005 4:47pm
    #1
    kilman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭


    I used to have a college friend from the new territories in HK.
    Its years since I used any of the cantonese I picked up.
    As I remember the number system was very simple(I can only remember up to 99)
    (yah) (yee) (sam) (say) (mmm) (luk) (cha) (ba) (gow) (sup) (sup yah) (sup yee).....(sup gow) (yee sup) (yee sup yah).....all the way to (gow sup gow).

    Firstly, Is my rough phonetically expressions correct.
    Secondly, is the numbering system as easy as I remember.
    (dodge A)


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    #2
    davros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭davros


    Looks right, though 10 sounds more like "sap" to me. And yes, it is that easy :)


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    DEmeant0r
    Registered Users Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭DEmeant0r


    My pronunciation goes as:
    yut(don't pronounce the t so much), yee, sam, say, mmm, luk, chut(same as yut), bat(same as yut), gow, sup.


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