I know HK follow Chinese script. Well... obviously. Their Cantonese words have direct a counterpart in Mandarin, like 你, is 'ni' in Mandarin and 'nei' in Cantonese. But our Cantonese, we say lei. Why are we so different?

Another example:

的
Mandarin: De
HK: Dik
Local: Gei

对
Mandarin: Dui
HK: Deoi
Local: Ngam


UPDATE:

Apparently I am wrong as pointed out by a ktard. These words have a direct counterpart in Mandarin, see answer 5.


的 is Dik
嘅 is Ge (correct)

对Is Duii
啱 is ngam (correct)


/K answers as simplied below:

1. Influenced by other dialects

2. The words we use are slangs, which HK also use. But we don't know the formal words, which HK knows and use

3. These are 'Lazy' pronunciation, as the language evolved.

4. KL more different from Hongkie. But Ipoh/Sabah closer to HK

5. The 'slangs' are actually found in Mandarin words. It is just that they are rarely used in Mandarin but have more meaning in Canto.



Additional info on corrupted Malaysian Cantonese:

http://www.usj.com.my/bulletin/upload/show...se-is-corrupted]http://www.usj.com.my/bulletin/upload/show...se-is-corrupted

https://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=654

This post has been edited by Solar Calendar: Dec 6 2020, 12:09 AM

becos we want to be different

DLLM

They also say like us la.

They also say Ngam...

Because contonese also ada banyak
Malaysian all forget their roots learn Mandarin jer

But ham7 still sounds the same, no?

Both of your examples geh & ngam are also used in hk la... that's their slang. Dik & dui are formal only. Lei is also how hk ppl pronounce you both lei & nei can be used.

This post has been edited by cucumber: Apr 19 2020, 01:01 AM

But why no such thing in Mandarin?

Cantonese has their own slang. That's why it's more fun & flamboyant compared to mandarin.

Dllm still dllm ... how different ?

Anyway ... ours are localized dy ... listen to some hcmc Cantonese and you will know.

Localized aka rojak

our canto influenced by malay, hokkien, hakka etc

You are wrong. Nei / lei is used widely in HK depending on context.



This post has been edited by guest54321: Apr 19 2020, 10:24 AM

Lot ppl saying my canto is very hongkie lulz

You watch alot of tvb?

You been.to Hong Kong? Do they know you are not local?

Here fixed it

Why surprise?

Even bahasa melayu also got many different dialect

Not our cantonese closer to Guangzhou's?

my hongkie colleagues understand me just fine

The dick gay.