Chinese languages

HKB, thank you very much. I heard "tong" used as "with"--didn't realize it was elastic enough to cover "and." Good to know. So... what about "if-then" statements? If I wanted to speak in hypothetical conditionals, how would I go about it? Dylan, I might like t...

Thanks... I need to know everything! Help! :) I've been trying to learn since last August. My friend was trying to teach me... That didnt' go so well. He's out of practice and was guessing at a lot of words. After I came back to the States, I checked out a Pimsleur's Cantonese beginner course. I've ...

Thank you, Paul! I've only been wondering about that for the last four months...
-md.

Happy New Year! When I met my friend's non-English-speaking parents, he told me to greet them by saying 'sei ba' to his father and 'bat mo' to his mother. What does that mean? I'm learning Cantonese... hoping to get a chance to meet them again, but I'm terrified of making a mistake of etiquette more...