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Learning Tip: How can I differentiate between "a" and "aa"? (English/粵語)

2022/2/23
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Chatty Cantonese | 粵語白白講

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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.

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UBC Cantonese pronunciation modules