Ich finde aber auch sinnvoll den fallenden 1. Ton miteinzubringen.
Ausserdem hat Kantonesisch auch Silben mit langen Vokalen, z.b. laan1 (im Gegensatz zu lan1)
Daher hier meine vollstaendige Liste der Wantoutai-Silben:
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Hi,
Since I've learnt Cantonese for only 4 days (absolute beginner %>_<%), I try to find (new) methods for better and faster learning it. I find it hard to remember the tone number of new words and whether it's a long or short vowel. So created the Wantoutai Method: Each tone number has a representing syllable:
short vowels:
1st tone: 溫 wan1 ('one')
2nd tone: 討 tou2 ('two'; there is no tu2-syllable)
3th tone: 替 tai3 ('three'; there is no ti3- or si3-syllable)
4th tone: 浮 fau4 ('four'; there is no fo4-syllable)
5th tone: 睥 pai5 ('five'; there is no fai5-syllable)
6th tone: 是 si6 ('six')
falling 1st tone: 婚 fan1 (falling wan1)
long vowels:
1st tone: 囒 laan1 (long wan1)
2nd tone: 佬 lou2 (long tou2; there is no loou2-syllable)
3th tone: 癞 laai3 (long tai3)
4th tone: 捞 laau4 (long fau4)
5th tone: 蟹 haai5 (there is already laai3)
6th tone: 利 lei6 (there is no lii6-syllable, but -ei similar to -ii)
falling 1st tone: 掔 haan1 (faan1 would be too similar to fan1)
How do I use it for learning?
Learning vocabulary
When I learn vocabulary I always say
the english word, the cantonese word, the wantoutai-syllables and the cantonese word again.
e.g.
"China - Zung1gwok3 - wan1tai3 - Zung1gwok3"
"to know - ying6sik1 - si6wan1 - ying6sik1"
"I,me - ngo5 - pai5 - ngo5"
Tone practice
I use the wantoutai-syllables also for naming the tone number, for example, when I do tone practices (listening to dialogs whitout reading the script and writing down the tone numbers)
Since I've learnt Cantonese for only 4 days (absolute beginner %>_<%), I try to find (new) methods for better and faster learning it. I find it hard to remember the tone number of new words and whether it's a long or short vowel. So created the Wantoutai Method: Each tone number has a representing syllable:
short vowels:
1st tone: 溫 wan1 ('one')
2nd tone: 討 tou2 ('two'; there is no tu2-syllable)
3th tone: 替 tai3 ('three'; there is no ti3- or si3-syllable)
4th tone: 浮 fau4 ('four'; there is no fo4-syllable)
5th tone: 睥 pai5 ('five'; there is no fai5-syllable)
6th tone: 是 si6 ('six')
falling 1st tone: 婚 fan1 (falling wan1)
long vowels:
1st tone: 囒 laan1 (long wan1)
2nd tone: 佬 lou2 (long tou2; there is no loou2-syllable)
3th tone: 癞 laai3 (long tai3)
4th tone: 捞 laau4 (long fau4)
5th tone: 蟹 haai5 (there is already laai3)
6th tone: 利 lei6 (there is no lii6-syllable, but -ei similar to -ii)
falling 1st tone: 掔 haan1 (faan1 would be too similar to fan1)
How do I use it for learning?
Learning vocabulary
When I learn vocabulary I always say
the english word, the cantonese word, the wantoutai-syllables and the cantonese word again.
e.g.
"China - Zung1gwok3 - wan1tai3 - Zung1gwok3"
"to know - ying6sik1 - si6wan1 - ying6sik1"
"I,me - ngo5 - pai5 - ngo5"
Tone practice
I use the wantoutai-syllables also for naming the tone number, for example, when I do tone practices (listening to dialogs whitout reading the script and writing down the tone numbers)
