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Marcelo sent me one of his own monologues that he uses to learn Cantonese.

北京旅行
bak1 ging1 leoi5 hang4
Beijing trip

呢個復活節假期我同其他留學生去左北京.
ni1 go3 fuk6 wut6 zit3 gaa3 kei4 ngo5 tung4 kei4 taa1 lau4 hok6 saang1 heoi3 zo2 bak1 ging1
This easter holiday I went to Beijing with other foreign-exchange students.

我哋要好早起身, 因為我哋個班機係好早, 所以我喺飛機入便大多數時間瞓覺.
ngo5 dei6 jiu3 hou2 zou2 hei2 san1, jan1 wai6 ngo5 dei6 go3 baan1 gei1 hai6 hou2 zou2, so2 ji5 ngo5 hai2 fei1 gei1 jap6 bin6 daai6 do1 sou3 si4 gaan3 fan3 gaau3.
We needed to get up early because our plane is very early, so inside the plane most of the time was spent sleeping.

北京有好多靚地方,例如天安門廣場, 頤和園, 萬里長城,等等. 我哋喺北京五日旅行好開心,
bak1 ging1 jau5 hou2 do1 leng3 dei6 fong1, lai6 jyu4 tin1 on1 mun4 gwong2 coeng4, ji4 wo4 jyun4, maan6 lei5 coeng4 sing4, dang2 dang2. ngo5 dei6 hai2 bak1 ging1 ng5 jat6 leoi5 hang4 hou2 hoi1 sam1.
Beijing is a very beautiful place, for example Tienanmen Square, Summer Palace, Great Wall etc. We went to Beijing for a 5 day holiday, we were very happy.

但係我覺得北京地方比較污糟, 四周圍有好多核突建築物.好亂!
daan6 hai6 ngo5 gok3 dak1 bak1 ging1 dei6 fong1 bei2 gaau3 wu1 zou1, sei3 zau1 wai4 jau5 hou2 do1 wat6 dat6 gin3 zuk1 mat6, hou2 lyun6!
But I think Beijing is relatively dirty, has ugly buildings everywhere , and is very messy!

中國同香港好唔同. 一方面中國比較污糟同埋嘢人比較冇禮貌. 另一方面啲嘢真係好平!
zung1 gwok3 tung4 hoeng1 gong2 hou2 m4 tung4. jat1 fong1 min6 zung1 gwok3 bei2 gaau3 wu1 zou1 tung4 maai4 di1 jan4 bei2 gaau3 mou5 lai5 maau6. ling6 jat1 fong1 min6 di1 je5 zan1 hai6 hou2 peng4!
China and Hong Kong are not the same. One aspect, China is comparatively dirty and the people are relatively rude. Another aspect is that its very cheap.

我買左好多嘢, 例如T裇啦,褸啦,書等等.
ngo5 maai5 zo2 hou2 do1 je5, lai6 jyu4 T-seot1 laa1, lau5*1 laa1, syu1 dang2 dang2.
I bought a lot of things, like T-shirts, jackets, books etc.

喺北京啲嘢食好味. 不過我覺得廣東啲嘢食更好味! 尤其是 點心啦! 天安門廣場好大! 嗰度有一個毛澤東肖像. 哎呀!
hai2 bak1 ging1 di1 je5 sik6 hou2 mei6. bat1 gwo3 ngo5 gok3 dak1 gwong2 dung1 di1 je5 sik6 gang3 hou2 mei6! jau4 kei4 si6 dim2 sam1 laa1! tin1 on1 mun4 gwong2 coeng4 hou2 daai6! go2 dou6 jau5 jat1 go3 mou4 zaak6 dung1 ciu3 zoeng6. aai1 aa1!
In Beijing the food is tasty, but I think Guangdong food is even tastier! Especially dim sum! Tienanmen Square is very big! Over there, there is a portrait of Mao Zedong. Aiya!

喺中國我試下同本地人講普通話, 畢竟入鄉隨俗.
hai2 zung1 gwok3 ngo5 si3 haa5 tung4 bun2 dei6 jan4 gong2 pou2 tung1 waa6*2, bat1 ging2 jap6 hoeng1 ceoi4 zuk6.
In China I tried to speak Mandarin to the locals, after all when in Rome, do as Romans do.

但係我嘅詞彙好有限. 而且我唔記得好多字.
daan6 hai6 ngo5 ge3 ci4 wui6 hou2 jau5 haan6. ji4 ce2 ngo5 m4 gei3 dak1 hou2 do1 zi6.
But I have limited vocabulary. Moreover I can’t remember a lot of words.

長城亦都好大. 風景好靚! 我影左好多相. 噉我諗呢個旅行都好有趣啦!
coeng4 sing4 jik6 dou1 hou2 daai6. fung1 ging2 hou2 leng3! ngo5 jing2 zo2 hou2 do1 soeng3*2. gam2 ngo5 lam2 ni1 go3 leoi5 hang4 dou1 hou2 jau5 ceoi3 laa1!
The Great Wall is also very big. The view is very beautiful! I took a lot of pictures. So I think this trip was very interesting!