Sat 30 Jun 2007
Inspiration
Posted by 馬先生 under Learning
I can’t wait until the day I can speak as fluent as Ho Kwok Wing. I seem to be speaking better day by day, though reaching Ho Kwok Wing’s level of fluency and vocabulary seem so unreachable.
I have come to realise that having a native-like accent and intonation would be unachievable. Even though we all possess different language abilities, I have always tried to compare my potential with Ho Kwok Wing. We both have a similar Australian accent when speaking English and started Cantonese as an adult.
I saw Ho Kwok Wing in Her Fatal Ways 4 (表姐，妳好嘢!) the other day on Cable-TV, and I was amazed that his fluency and pronunciation was the exact same 13 years ago as today.
I once asked Ho Kwok Wing in Whampoa Gardens how long it took him to speak Cantonese well. He indicated that he only needed 1 year in Hong Kong, though I don’t know what he thought speaking Cantonese well meant.
My motivation and inspiration come from the daily improvements I have already achieved, and the goal to speak as well as Ho Kwok Wing.
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Hong Kong
July 1st, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Hi Milan,
You have been learning Cantonese for 1 year and a few months,and as you told in your blog, you know around 7000 words.Let’s say that you keep in the same rythm,within 2 years you will know 21000 words.I don’t believe Ho Kwok Wing knows that many words.As a matter of fact, even some native speakers don’t have such a vocab.You just have to continue with your hard work and within a few years you can be even better than him.As you said, we all possess different language ability, some people learn faster than others.However,in the end what really matters is how much effort you put in to learning.If his pronunciation and fluency was exactly the same 13 years ago, that means he hasn’t made much improvement since then.Perhaps you cannot become as fluent as him that fast,but for sure, if you persevere and continue working hard you can be even better than him.You just have to be patient.
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