Rapid Cantonese

Now you try filling in the gaps9 o'clockin the evening at 5 o'clock4.306.40in the morning at 7.00… deem… man mm …say … some … funloh’… say sub …siu djo … …The days of the weekMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySundaysing kay y atsing kay yeesing kay somesing kay saysing kay mmsing kay loh’sing kay y atAs you will have noticed, counting in Cantonese, once you have committedthe first ten numbers to memory is really easy. 11 is simply ‘ten-one’, 12 is‘ten-two’ and so on up to 20 which is ‘two ten’.21 is ‘two ten-one’ and in this way you continue to 99 which is, you guessedit, ‘nine ten-nine’ = gow sub-gow.After you’ve listened a couple of times, just for fun go through all the numbersfrom 1 to 99 in your mind to see if you can remember them. Better still, recitethem in front of someone.