Cantonese is usually spoken by the uneducated,
Madirin is spoken by the educated. Cantonese is
the more informal dialect, Madirin the more formal.
Listen to someone speak Cantonese, then listen to
someone speak Madirin- you'll be able to tell right
away which one's which.
Something I learned at a very young age- you say do-jeh
when someone gives you something (as in a gift), and
you say m-goi when someone does something for you
(as in a waiter bringing you food).
--- Michael Carmack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 03:29:27PM -0300, Martin Mauri wrote:
> > What's "cantonese"?
> > And how do you say "thank you"?
> >
> > > I know how to say "thank you" in Cantonese. That's it.
> > > And that I learned from a movie. Not much help. Want the
> > > name of the movie?
>
> Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese, most prominently associated with
> Hong Kong. (It's the language spoken in virtually all movies out of
> Hong Kong.) Thank you can be translated as either do-jeh or m-goi.
>
> m.
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