Book cover for Everyday Cantonese for Parents: Learn Cantonese: a practical Cantonese phrasebook with parenting phrases to communicate with your children and learn Cantonese at home. JYUTPING edition by Ann Hamilton, Sharon Lee and C Tsang

Everyday Cantonese for Parents

Learn Cantonese: a practical Cantonese phrasebook with parenting phrases to communicate with your children and learn Cantonese at home. JYUTPING edition

2020 Released
102 Pages
1-2 Hours
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Independently PublishedISBN 9798651734054
Learn Cantonese as life happens!Do you want your family to learn Cantonese but not a native speaker or fluent?


There are many parents and carers who wish to raise their children to be bilingual for many reasons, however they may not be fluent themselves or they may have lost fluency with time.

Children learn to talk from their parents however, the toughest part of learning Cantonese is learning how to speak like a native.

Most Cantonese books cover travel and business affairs, this unique book covers every day phrases spoken to children such as feeding, daily activities right through to bedtime and talking about feelings.

Start introducing common phrases that you would normally speak to your children but replace them in Cantonese!

✓ This book covers common phrases and words when communicating with your baby and older children.

✓ Start speaking Cantonese straight away and learn as life happens!

✓ Useful and relevant phrases to communicate with children in Cantonese

✓ Phrases come in traditional Chinese characters and pronunciation guide is in the JYUTPING romanization system (Yale edition is also available see here )

✓ Written by a BBC parent raising their children to be bilingual.


TOPICS (40 Chapers)

  1. The Basics
  2. Daily Routine
  3. Health & Personal Care
  4. Daily Activities
  5. Early Learning & Play
  6. Eating
  7. Social Skills & Emotions
  8. Sleeping

Book dimensions: 5.5x8.5"

Number of pages 98



Ann Hamilton

Ann Hamilton holds a PhD in human communication from the University of Oklahoma.

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