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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.Vocabulary and transcript)UBC Cantonese pronunciation modules)