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Learning Tip: How can I differentiate between "a" and "aa"? (English/粵語)
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Cantonese is rich with vowel sounds, but some of them can be difficult for non-native speakers. One of the biggest challenges in this realm is differentiating between the "a" and "aa" sounds (with the classic example being gai1 (雞, chicken) vs. gaai1 (街, street)). Luckily, Raymond has three great tips for how to create more distinction between how you pronounce the two.
Vocabulary and transcript
UBC Cantonese pronunciation modules
42 episoder
Manage episode 321124608 series 2990914
Cantonese is rich with vowel sounds, but some of them can be difficult for non-native speakers. One of the biggest challenges in this realm is differentiating between the "a" and "aa" sounds (with the classic example being gai1 (雞, chicken) vs. gaai1 (街, street)). Luckily, Raymond has three great tips for how to create more distinction between how you pronounce the two.
Vocabulary and transcript
UBC Cantonese pronunciation modules
42 episoder
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