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Post by geoff on Nov 15, 2007 17:57:45 GMT -5
Hello Sharon,
You mentioned that you live in a college town with students from China. Have you asked them if they know your village or nearby? Whenever I meet someone new, I ask them if they know their origin in China. Most do, some don't. The question jogs their desire to learn more about ancestors & some have commenced family research.
Geoff
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Post by tyuti1668 on Nov 16, 2007 21:57:06 GMT -5
Sharon, Som Yup is similar to lingua franca [Standard Cantonese/Guangzhou dialect] in Yue dialects family. No matter you said the Standard or Som Yup, both speaker can communicate. Students from China that didn't know ur speaking is because they don't came from the region that speaks this dialect. Mandarin/ Cantonese would both work within that area. -Mandarin should known by everyone educated , but this is just a lingua franca between Chinese VS Cantonese is ancestor's mother tongue. To build up your listening skill & vocab of Cantonese, try listen to Hongkong /Macau online radios. The Guandong one is very odd, often with Mandarin phrase. Don't be shy, talk to native with MSN /Skype. |
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Post by skwdvm on Nov 17, 2007 9:33:53 GMT -5
I have asked others where they are from and what field they are pursuing. I've never asked about my village because I didn't know the name of it until a couple years ago. I will keep your suggestion in mind for the future, Geoff.
Tyuti, are you in linguistics? I will find some radio stations with Cantonese and emerge myself with the language. Mandarin materials are much easier to come by. For instance, I found a book called Chinese in Plain English by Boye Lafayette De Mente. It is a paperback and retails for $10.95 US. It is east to use like a Fodor's traveler's guide for French language. For instance,
The phrase for "Good Morning !" is Zaoshang hao. The prounciation is ( Zow-shang how). In Cantonese, we always said " Jo Sun!"
There is also a DVD series of Mandarin Chinese. It is a cartoon which features a space alien named "Muzzy." Muzzy comes in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Gaelic, and Mandarin. Notre Dame University uses the Gaelic version. My children's school has a copy of the Spanish Muzzy.
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Post by andytan on Apr 13, 2020 13:51:08 GMT -5
Hello, I was wondering if there is any information on the 陳 (Chen/Chin/Chan) ancestry, such as the first 陳 ancestor and the progenitor of the 陳 clan in Taishan?
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Post by wang on Apr 21, 2020 9:42:18 GMT -5
Hello, I was wondering if there is any information on the 陳 (Chen/Chin/Chan) ancestry, such as the first 陳 ancestor and the progenitor of the 陳 clan in Taishan? There is a lot of information about the Chen family here. Http://www.chens.org.cn |
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Post by chane on Jul 11, 2020 23:26:56 GMT -5
Any developments/news what happened to the House of Chinn site? Has it moved elsewhere?
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Post by Doug 周 on Jul 12, 2020 8:59:14 GMT -5
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Post by jeremychin on Jul 12, 2020 15:19:38 GMT -5
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Post by tsin.unfoon on May 21, 2021 18:07:14 GMT -5
Thank you Jeremy for providing the link to the House of Chinn site. I am a new member and been reading the forum on the 陳 clan from earliest date. Like LindaYip, I was disappointed that the original link is not it. Then i saw your posting of the new link to the House of Chinn. Overjoyed that it works and I have found very good information in preparing the family trees for mine and cousin's. So thanks again.
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