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

But why no such thing in Mandarin?

You watch alot of tvb?

Here fixed it

Which is the correct one?

How is Ipoh canto different? When I hear Ipohan speak I can't really tell any difference

What is that?

I always say kopi suet. Is this KL? I m from KL.

Lol i never realise this. We are really crude peopple

I wonder if anybody still speak Cantonese in Guangdong

Pubg

I thought most in China speak Mandarin only?

I heard alot of this story. They say u should say ngoi mai

CB what Paul dupe. Solar is solar, no dupe. My old one got bora, but not paul

So this is it. I will add this answer in the post

Okay done. Thanks for developing this thread into one stop info on Cantonese language.

I thought da pao means pack bodybag there? They not scared to use inauspicious language?

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This post has been edited by Solar Calendar: Feb 16 2021, 11:25 PM

Sorry I got it wrong. Yao yu is sotong

Is HK professional Cantonese same with mandarin for the script?