恭喜發財！ 祝大家心想事成, 身體健康, 蛇年行大運!

Gung hei fat choi! juk daai ga sam seung si sing, san tai gin hong, se nin haang daai wan!

Perfect time to brush up on Chinese new year sayings!

In the podcast, I mentioned taking on 10 students in Februrary to be part of my case study. If you want to see results in 6-7 months, please register a free account on Poetic Cantonese Academy. This may include politely torturing you to make recordings and before & after videos, in a friendly way ;)

You can preview Unit 1: Week 1 & 1.5; Unit 2: Week 3 for both Year 1A & 1B.

Once you register, I will reach out to you. Or please send me an email if you are interested to join the case study.

Continuing with this series to introduce key vocabulary for some Hong Kong festivals. Today, the Chung Chau Bun Festival!

If you or your friends want to pick up or brush up Cantonese, I have a self-paced course starting in 2025 (with 7 regular catch up with me each course.

Year 1A takes around 3 months, and Year 1B takes around 4 months to complete! Then you are all set to visit Hong Kong and speak to people! Try part of week 1 & 2 for free!

https://poeticcantonese.pathwright.com/

In this new series, I will express my thoughts on a certain topic in each 1-minute episode.

Today's topic is:

What's the impact on social media on you?

I plan to put podcast notes for this series, and more intermediate content like this for subscribed members. Interested?

In any case, I will provide regular free content.

In this new series, I will express my thoughts on a certain topic in each 1-minute episode.

Today's topic is:

Do you prefer meeting at friends' house or outside?

It will be in full Cantonese, sometimes more informal, sometimes more formal. I will try to include various topics and levels.

If you are not a beginners anymore and want to brush up listening, this would be a great place to start.

If you want to dive deep into every single word of my response, I will provide podcast notes in my paid membership.

Enjoy the new series and let me know what you think :)

Can't wait to bring back this podcast and provide quality content for you to further improve your Cantonese!

Next up, we have Dragon boat festival. Just summary of major vocabulary or anything interesting I'd like you to know about.

If you or your friends want to pick up or brush up Cantonese, I have a self-paced course (with regular catch up with me) set up, open for registration now! New term begins on 1 December!

Year 1A takes around 3 months, and Year 1B takes around 4 months to complete! Then you are all set to visit Hong Kong and speak to people!

https://poeticcantonese.pathwright.com/dashboard/

That's right, Kahei is back :) Here to bring you more content!

Ever wonder what we do and eat during mid-autumn festival? If you do, do you remember how to say and describe these activities?

If you or your friends want to pick up or brush up Cantonese, I have a self-paced course (with regular catch up with me) set up, open for registration now! Year 1A takes around 3 months, and Year 1B takes around 4 months to complete! Then you are all set to visit Hong Kong and speak to people!

https://poeticcantonese.pathwright.com/dashboard/

This is a speech as an assignment for my Year 2 Term 2. She had only picked up Cantonese her own before joining my Year 2 course by surrounding herself with Cantonese. I was impressed by her existing level before joining us.  

Pick up your Cantonese starting in 2023. My group classes can help.

Let's take a listen to another good speech, recorded back in August 2022. 

This is a speech from Year 2 term 1 class.  Give it a listen and learn some potential new vocabulary.