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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6573 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 1 of 8 23 September 2010 at 9:40am | IP Logged | ||
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Okay, this might not be interesting to everyone, but I'm guessing one or two of you out there might find it as interesting as I do. It's the classic Chinese poem compilation "唐詩三百首" (Tong4 si1 saam1 baak3 sau2) available in its entirety for free online. Most but not all have accompanying mp3s with Cantonese reading. Some shadowing and memorization of this stuff and you'll be able to flabbergast any crowd of Cantonese speakers with ease (provided you have a white face).
A lot of people find that classical poems sound better in Cantonese than in Mandarin, since Cantonese pronunciation is more conservative and as such closer to what the poems sounded like when they were written. Many poems still rhyme in Cantonese that don't rhyme anymore in Mandarin due to sound shifts. Even if you're studying Mandarin, you could benefit from having a look at these, as they're an integral part of Chinese culture and still memorized by many Chinese children. They are, however, in trads. Here's the link: http://www.hktaoist.org.hk/academic/tangshi.html 10 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6285 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 2 of 8 23 October 2010 at 7:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Perfect. I've been hoping to find something like this. Thanks for the link.
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| jeffinous Newbie United States Joined 5125 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 3 of 8 08 November 2010 at 8:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Ari for posting this valuable resource! In my spare time, I translate not only the poem but the story if any that brought about its creation.
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| lesli Newbie United States Joined 4969 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 4 of 8 09 April 2011 at 7:03am | IP Logged | ||
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wasn't what i was looking for but fun to have... thanks!
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| prosaic Diglot Groupie China Joined 5792 days ago 44 posts - 58 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, French Studies: German, Russian, Esperanto, Latin | Message 5 of 8 15 April 2011 at 4:15am | IP Logged | ||
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I have searched for such audios in vain. Thanks! I'm sure there are poems read aloud in
other branches of Chinese on line also; but not on the surface. Edited by prosaic on 15 April 2011 at 4:18am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5007 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 6 of 8 15 April 2011 at 6:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Ari...
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| wenevy Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie China Joined 5068 days ago 28 posts - 36 votes Speaks: Spanish, Mandarin*, Cantonese*, Catalan, EnglishC1 Studies: French, Italian | Message 7 of 8 25 July 2011 at 12:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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wow! that's incredible.
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| prosaic Diglot Groupie China Joined 5792 days ago 44 posts - 58 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, French Studies: German, Russian, Esperanto, Latin | Message 8 of 8 02 August 2011 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | ||
They can be found on Librivox.com, in Hokkien, Tawainese as well. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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