Cantonese Expressions - 1 Section 1 Vocab Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 1 to 10 10 to 100 Money Months and weeks CD sound track records: 1.1 1 to 10 [T1] 10.1 1.2 Tens [T2] 10.2 Ordering [T22] 3 2.1 11 to 19 [T3] 11.1 Take a look [T23] 3 5 12 15 2.2 Full form for 21-99 [T4] 11.2 Can it be tried? [T24] 2.3 Short form for 21-99 [T5] 12.1 Size [T25] 2.4 The short form for 20, 30 etc [T6] 12.2 Colour [T26] 2.5 Extra [T7] 13.1 Delivery [T27] 3.1 Coins and Banknotes in HK [T8] 13.2 Credit card [T28] 3.2 Money telling [T-] 14.1 Bargaining expressions [T29] 4.1 Months [T9] 14.2 Discount [T30] 4.2 Weeks [T10] 15.1 Food ordering [T31] Modal particles [T11] 16.1 Drinks ordering [T32] Section 2 Different parts of speech 18 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Modal particles Measure Words Nouns Pronouns 18 20 24 27 Asking price [T21] Section 3 Deal with people 32 5.1 Unit 9 Greetings and thanks 32 6.1 When to use measure words [T12] 17.1 Kinds of transports [T33] Section 4 Shopping 39 6.2 More Nouns and their MWs [T13] 17.2 Stations or stops [T34] Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 Unit 13 Unit 14 Price and ordering Take a look and try Size and colour Payment and Delivery Bargaining 39 43 47 52 54 6.3 Measure word “dî” [T14] 18.1 Stop [T35] 7.1 Common nouns [T15] 18.2 Minibus [T36] 7.2 Articles - a, an, the [T16] 18.3 Taxi [T37] 8.1 Personal Pronouns [T17] 19.1 Where is the …? [T38] Section 5 Food 58 8.2 Demonstrative Pronouns [T18] Unit 15 Unit 16 Food ordering Drinks ordering 58 62 8.3 Interrogative Pronouns [T19] 9.1 Greetings [T20] 9.2 Goodbye [T20] 9.3 Thanks [T20] 9.4 Requests [T20] 9.5 Apologies [T20] Section 6 Getting around 66 Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Kinds of transports Taking transports Asking for direction 66 68 71 The end of the book 72 Key: [h] [T#] MW PM hint Track number measure word modal particle There’s a hint for that question. Sound track no. for the CD it works like “piece of” it suggests tones of sentences Vocab format: English Cantonese http://www.clc.com.hk Chinese character Literal meanings Measure word Page 1 CD sound track records for the fast version: Unit 1 T 39 Unit 11 Unit 2 T 40 Unit 12 Unit 3 T 41 Unit 13 Unit 4 T 42 Unit 14 Unit 5 T 43 Unit 15 Unit 6 T 44 Unit 16 Unit 7 T 45 Unit 17 Unit 8 T 46 Unit 18 Unit 9 T 47 Unit 19 Unit 10 T 48 Cantonese Expressions - 1 T 49 T 50 T 51 T 52 T 53 T 54 T 55 T 56 T 57 Page 2 Section 1 Vocab 1.2 Tens [T2] 1.2.1) Expressions 1 to 10 Unit 1 10 sahp 20 yih sahp sâam sahp sei sahp 1.1 1 to 10 [T1] 30 1.1.1) Vocab 50 1 2 3 4 sâam sei 6 çgh luhk 7 chât 8 baat gáu 5 9 10 0 1.1.2) yât yât yih sahp lìhng 40 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 零 çgh sahp luhk sahp 60 70 Note 80 chât sahp baat sahp 90 gáu sahp 十 二十 三十 四十 五十 六十 七十 八十 九十 1.2.2) Exercises 1) 20 _____________________ yih--sahp yih 2) 60 _____________________ luhkluhk-sahp 3) 90 _____________________ gáu-sahp 二二 六二 九二 2 - When people say “two of something”, “léuhng léuhng” yih”. léuhng is used instead of “yih yih 4 - “Die” or “dead” sounds: “séi séi”, séi which sounds like “4: sei”. sei Therefore Chinese don’t like the number of “4” 5 - It should be pronounced as “çgh çgh” çgh according to dictionaries. However most people say “±h ±h” ±h instead and it is generally accepted. 1.1.3) Exercises a) Practice 1) What is your telephone number? ______________________ 2) How many family members do you have? _______________ 3) How many days are there in a week ? _____________ 4) How many people are here ? _____________ http://www.clc.com.hk Page 3 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 4 10 to 100 Unit 2 2.1 11 to 19 [T3] 2.1.1) Vocab 11 sahp yât 12 sahp yih 13 sahp sâam 14 sahp sei 15 sahp çgh 16 sahp luhk 17 sahp chât 18 sahp baat 19 sahp gáu 十一 十二 十三 十四 十五 十六 十七 十八 十九 2.2 Full form for 21-99 [T4] 2.2.1) Vocab English Original Form 20 yih sahp yih sahp yât yah yât yih sahp yih yih sahp sâam yah yih yah sâam 25 yih sahp sei yih sahp çgh yah sei yah çgh 26 yih sahp luhk yah luhk 27 28 yih sahp chât yih sahp baat yah chât yah baat 29 yih sahp gáu yah gáu 30 sâamsâam-sahp sâam--sahp yât sâam sâsâ-ah yât sâsâ-ah yih sâ--ah sâam sâ 21 22 23 24 Short Form 2.1.2) Exercises a) Translation 1) 11 ____________________ sahp yât 33 sâamsâam-sahp yih sâam--sahp sâam sâam 2) 13 ____________________ sahp sâ sâan 34 sâamsâam-sahp sei sâsâ-ah sei 35 17 ____________________ sahp chât 36 sâamsâam-sahp çgh sâam--sahp luhk sâam sâsâ-ah çgh sâ--ah luhk sâ b) Practice 38 sâamsâam-sahp chât sâam--sahp baat sâam sâsâ-ah chât sâ--ah baat sâ 4) How many months are there in a year? _____________ 39 sâamsâam-sahp gáu sâsâ-ah gáu 5) How many units are there in this book? _____________ 40 seisei-sahp sei--sahp yât sei seisei-ah yât 43 seisei-sahp yih seisei-sahp sâam seisei-ah yih seisei-ah sâam 44 seisei-sahp sei seisei-ah sei 45 seisei-sahp çgh sei--sahp luhk sei seisei-ah çgh sei--ah luhk sei 3) 31 二十 32 二十 二十 37 41 42 46 http://www.clc.com.hk Page 5 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Chinese 二十 二十一 二十二 二十三 二十四 二十五 二十六 二十七 二十八 二十九 三十 三十一 三十二 三十三 三十四 三十五 三十六 三十七 三十八 三十九 四十 四十一 四十二 四十三 四十四 四十五 四十六 Page 6 47 seisei-sahp chât seisei-ah chât 48 seisei-sahp baat sei--sahp gáu sei seisei-ah baat sei--ah gáu sei 49 50 çghçgh-sahp 51 52 çghçgh-sahp yât çgh--sahp yih çgh çghçgh-ah yât çgh--ah yih çgh 53 çghçgh-sahp sâam çghçgh-ah sâam 54 çghçgh-sahp sei çgh--sahp çgh çgh çghçgh-ah sei çgh--ah çgh çgh çghçgh-sahp luhk çgh--sahp chât çgh çghçgh-ah luhk çgh--ah chât çgh çghçgh-sahp baat çgh--sahp gáu çgh çghçgh-ah baat çgh--ah gáu çgh 55 56 57 58 59 60 luhkluhk-sahp 61 62 luhkluhk-sahp yât luhk--sahp yih luhk luhkluhk-ah yât luhk--ah yih luhk 63 luhkluhk-sahp sâam luhkluhk-ah sâam 64 luhkluhk-sahp sei luhk--sahp çgh luhk luhkluhk-ah sei luhk--ah çgh luhk 67 luhkluhk-sahp luhk luhk--sahp chât luhk luhkluhk-ah luhk uhk--ah chât luhk 68 luhkluhk-sahp baat luhkluhk-ah baat 69 luhkluhk-sahp gáu luhkluhk-ah gáu 65 66 70 châtchât-sahp 71 châtchât-sahp yât châtchât-ah yât 72 châtchât-sahp yih chât--sahp sâam chât châtchât-ah yih chât--ah sâam chât châtchât-sahp sei chât--sahp çgh chât châtchât-ah sei chât--ah çgh chât 77 châtchât-sahp luhk chât--sahp chât chât châtchât-ah luhk chât--ah chât chât 78 châtchât-sahp baat châtchât-ah baat 73 74 75 76 http://www.clc.com.hk 四十七 四十八 四十九 五十 五十一 五十二 五十三 五十四 五十五 五十六 五十七 五十八 五十九 六十 六十一 六十二 六十三 六十四 六十五 六十六 六十七 六十八 六十九 七十 七十一 七十二 七十三 七十四 七十五 七十六 七十七 七十八 79 châtchât-sahp gáu 80 baatbaat-sahp 81 baatbaat-sahp yât baat--sahp yih baat baatbaat-ah yât baat--ah yih baat 84 baatbaat-sahp sâam baat--sahp sei baat baatbaat-ah sâam baat--ah sei baat 85 baatbaat-sahp çgh baatbaat-ah çgh 86 baatbaat-sahp luhk baat--sahp chât baat baatbaat-ah luhk baat--ah chât baat 89 baatbaat-sahp baat baat--sahp gáu baat baatbaat-ah baat baat--ah gáu baat 90 gáugáu-sahp 91 gáugáu-sahp yât gáu--sahp yih gáu gáugáu-ah yât gáu--ah yih gáu 94 gáugáu-sahp sâam gáu--sahp sei gáu gáugáu-ah sâam gáu--ah sei gáu 95 gáugáu-sahp çgh gáugáu-ah çgh 96 gáugáu-sahp luhk gáu--sahp chât gáu gáugáu-ah luhk gáu--ah chât gáu gáugáu-sahp baat gáu--sahp gáu gáu gáugáu-ah baat gáu--ah gáu gáu 82 83 87 88 92 93 97 98 99 Page 7 châtchât-ah gáu 2.2.2) Exercises a) Translation 1) 25 ____________________ yihyih-sahp çgh 2) 36 ____________________ sâamsâam-sahpsahp-luhk b) Practice 3) How many days are there in a January ? _____________ 4) How many days are there in a April ? _____________ 七十九 八十 八十一 八十二 八十三 八十四 八十五 八十六 八十七 八十八 八十九 九十 九十一 九十二 九十三 九十四 九十五 九十六 九十七 九十八 九十九 二二二 十二六 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 8 2.3 Short form for 21-99 [T5] 2.4 The short form for 20, 30 etc [T6] 2.3.1) Note 2.4.1) Note Most of the time, native speakers use the short form instead of the original full form, even though it is not much shorter, it makes the sounds smoother. For the short forms: 21-29: yihyih-sahp is changed into yah 31-39: sâam sâam--sahp is changed into sâ sâ--ah 2.4.2) 41-99: sahp is changed into ah 2.3.2) If talking about twenty, thirty etc, it’s too short to use the short form, so people still say the original form. However if people talk about twenty of something (20 units), thirty of something etc, people use the short form. Vocab Refer to the above table Expressions dollar mân $20 yah mân $30 sâsâ-ah mân 2.3.3) Exercises $40 seisei-ah mân 1) 66 ____________________ luhkluhk-ahah-luhk $50 çghçgh-ah mân $60 luhkluhk-ah mân 74 ____________________ châ chât-ahah-sei $70 châtchât-ah mân $80 baatbaat-ah mân 3) 86 ____________________ baatbaat-ahah-luhk $90 gáugáu-ah mân 4) 98 ____________________ gáugáu-ahah-baat 2) 六六六 十六七 八六六 http://www.clc.com.hk 九六八 Page 9 2.4.3) Exercises 1) $20 ____________________ yah mân 2) $40 ____________________ seisei-ah mân 3) $50 ____________________ çghçgh-ah mân 蚊 廿蚊 三三蚊 四三蚊 五三蚊 六三蚊 七三蚊 八三蚊 九三蚊 廿廿 七六廿 二六廿 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 10 2.5 Extra [T7] 2.5.1) Vocab 2.5.2) 10 sahp 100 1000 yât baak chîîn yât ch 10000 yât maahn Money Unit 3 十 一一 一一 一一 3.1 Coins and Banknotes in HK [T8] 3.1.1) Vocab dime (value is 10 cents) 3.1.2) Note hòuhhòuh-jí Expression Coins in HK – Dimes The “one: yâ yât” in “100: yât baak”, baak “1000: yât chî chîn” and “10000: yât maahn” maahn can’t be skipped. one dime (10 cents) yât hòuhhòuh-jí two dimes (20 cents) léuhng hòuhhòuh-jí 2.5.3) Exercises five dimes (50 cents) çgh hòuhhòuh-jí 1) I have $200. [h] _____________________________________ Coins in HK –Dollars [I: ngóh] / [have: yáuh] ngó ngóh yá yáuh yih baak mâ mân 2) 我我二我廿 I have $1000. _________________________________________ ngó ngóh yá yáuh yâ yât chî chîn mâ mân 我我十我廿 $1 yât mân $2 $5 léuhng mân çgh mân $10 sahp mân Banknotes in HK $10 3.1.3) 毫毫 $20 sahp mân yih--sahp m mân yih ân / yahyah-mân $50 çghçgh-sahp mân / çghgh-ah mâ mân $100 $500 yât-baak mân çgh--baak mân çgh $1000 yât-chî chîn mân 一毫毫 兩毫毫 五毫毫 一蚊 兩蚊 五蚊 十蚊 十蚊 二十蚊 五十蚊 一一蚊 五一蚊 一一蚊 Note “Dime” is the smallest value of coins used in Hong Kong. It’s value is equal to 10 cents. When people say “two of something”, “léuhng léuhng” yih”. léuhng is used instead of “yih yih That’s why two-dime coins are called “léuhng hò hòuhuh-jí” 3.1.4) Exercises a) Coins in HK - Dimes 1) two dimes (20¢) _______________________ léuhng hòuhhòuh-jí http://www.clc.com.hk Page 11 Cantonese Expressions - 1 兩兩兩 Page 12 2) sâamsâam-sahp chât mân five dimes (50¢) _______________________ çgh hòuhhòuh-jí 二兩兩 十二十廿 5) $49 ____________________ seisei-sahpsahp-gáu mân 七二九廿 b) Coins in HK - Dollars 3) $2 _______________________ léuhng mâ mân 6) $60 _______________________ luhkluhk-sahp mân 4) $10 _______________________ sahp mâ mân 7) $99 ____________________ gáugáu-sahp gáu mân c) Banknotes in HK c) Use short form 5) $20 _______________________ yihyih-sahp mân / yahyah-mân 8) $28 ____________________ yahyah-baat mân mân 6) $100 __________________ yâtyât-baak mân 十我廿 9) $36 ____________________ sâsâ-ah luhk mân 7) $500 _______________________ çgh baak mân 10) $42 ____________________ seisei-ahah-yih mân 8) $1000 _______________________ yât chîn mân 11) $56 ____________________ çghgh-ahah-luhk mân 12) $63 ____________________ luhk--ahluhk ah-sâam mân 13) $78 ____________________ chât--ahchât ah-baat mân d) Practice 14) How much for an apple? ____________________________________ 15) How much for a Chinese newspaper? _____________________________ 16) How much for an English newspaper? ____________________________ 17) How much for a hamburger ? _______________________________ 18) How much for a pen ? ____________________________________ 19) How much for a chair ? ____________________________________ 20) How much for a table ? ____________________________________ 兩廿 二廿 二二廿 二我廿 十我廿 3.2 Money telling [T-] 3.2.1) Note Just add “dollar : mân mân” after the numbers. 3.2.2) Exercises a) Full form only 1) $8 _______________________ baat mân 2) $12 _______________________ sahpsahp-yih mân 八廿 二二廿 3) $18 ____________________ sahpsahp-baat mân b) Use full form 4) $37 _______________________ 二八廿 http://www.clc.com.hk Page 13 六二廿 九二九廿 廿八廿 十六六廿 七六二廿 二六六廿 六六十廿 十六八廿 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 14 Months and weeks Unit 4 4.1 4.1.1) Months [T9] Vocab month yuht January yâtyât-yuht yih--yuht yih February March sâamsâam-yuht sei--yuht sei April May çghçgh-yuht June luhkluhk-yuht chât--yuht chât July August baatbaat-yuht gáu--yuht gáu September October sahpsahp-yuht sahp--yât yât--yuht sahp November December sahpsahp-yihyih-yuht 月 一月 二月 三月 四月 五月 六月 七月 八月 九月 十月 十一月 十二月 4.2 Weeks [T10] 4.2.1) Note Both “láihláih-baai” baai” and “sîngsîng-kèih” kèih” means week and both are commonly used. “sîngng-kèih” kèih” is a bit more formal than “láihláih-baai” baai” 1st month 2nd month 4.2.2) Vocab 3rd month láihláih-baai 4th month week láihláih-baai 5 month Monday 6th month Tuesday láihláih-baaibaai-yât áih--baai baai--yih láih 7th month Wednesday láihláih-baaibaai-sâam 8th month Thursday láihláih-baaibaai-sei láiháih-baaibaai-çgh th th 9 month Friday th 10 month Saturday 11th month Sunday láihláih-baaibaai-luhk láih--baai baai--yaht láih th 12 month sîngsîng-kèih week sîngîng-kèih îng--kèih èih--yât sîng 4.1.2) Exercises a) Translation Tuesday 1) October ______________________________________ sahpsahp-yuht Wednesday March ______________________________________ sâamsâam-yuht Friday sîngîng-kèihèih-sei îng--kèih èih--çgh sîng Saturday sîngîng-kèihèih-luhk 3) July ______________________________________ châtchât-yuht Sunday sîngîng-kèihèih-yaht b) Practice 4) What month is this? __________________________________________ 5) Christmas is in which month? ___________________________________ 6) Easter is in which month? ______________________________________ 7) In Hong Kong, which months are very hot? _________________________ 8) In Hong Kong, which months are very cold? ________________________ 2) Monday 二十 Thursday 十十 十十 http://www.clc.com.hk Page 15 Cantonese Expressions - 1 sîngîng-kèihèih-yih îng--kèih èih--sâam sîng 禮禮 禮禮一 禮禮二 禮禮三 禮禮四 禮禮五 禮禮六 禮禮禮 星星 星星一 星星二 星星三 星星四 星星五 星星六 星星禮 week 1st day of the week 2nd day of the week 3rd day of the week 4th day of the week 5th day of the week 6th day of the week day of the week week 1st day of the week 2nd day of the week 3rd day of the week 4th day of the week 5th day of the week 6th day of the week day of the week Page 16 Section 2 Different parts of speech Unit 5 Modal particles 4.2.3) Exercises a) Translation 1) Monday ______________________________________ sîng/ sîng-kèihkèih-yât / láihláih-baaibaai-yât 2) Sunday ______________________________________ sîng/ sîng-kèihkèih-yaht / láihláih-baaibaai-yaht 5.1 Modal particles [T11] 3) Saturday ______________________________________ sîng/ sîng-kèihkèih-luhk / láihláih-baaibaai-luhk 5.1.1) Vocab b) Practice 4) What is this day of the week? _______________________________ 5) What day is it tomorrow? ___________________________________ 6) What day was it yesterday? _________________________________ 7) Which day(s) are you off work each week? _____________________ 星星十 禮禮十 星星星 禮禮星 星星六 禮禮六 PM (question) a PM (question) ga PM (polite request) â PM (answer with pleased ending) â PM (answer with finality tone) aak PM (for defining) ge 5.1.2) Note a) General 三 㗎 吖 吖 呃 嘅 “PM, Particle Modal” stands for “Modal Particle”. It doesn’t carry literal meanings but just shows different modals or tones. b) Skip it As modal particle don’t carry literal meanings, if you are not sure what modal particles you should use, you can just leave it. It won’t change the meanings of your sentences. It just sounds more plain and not so “colourful” as native Cantonese speakers do. c) “aa” and “ga ga” ga When “aa” and “ga ga” ga are used for questions, very often, they are interchangeable. “aa” sounds more for “single event” questions while “ga ga” ga sounds more for “general case” questions 5.1.3) Expressions 1) When do you deliver? 2) http://www.clc.com.hk Page 17 géigéi-sìh sungsung-fo a? when PM deliver goods 幾幾幾幾幾? Do you deliver? sung ¬h sungsung-fo ga ? delivery not delivery goods PM? Cantonese Expressions - 1 幾送幾幾? Page 18 3) May I try it? (Can it be tried?) yáuh móuh have not have dâk si possibility to try a / ga? PM? 有有有有幾/? People may say either “aa” or “ga ga” ga here 4) One please yât go â one 5) piece PM It’s fine! hóu â! fine PM 一一吖 6.1 When to use measure words [T12] 6.1.1) Note A measure word (MW) is used before nouns for measuring purposes. It is like the function of “piece” in “a piece of paper. 好吖 Different categories of objects may take different MWs. Usually it depends on the category or shapes they belong to. While “go go” go is the most general MW, if you do not know which MW has to be used, it is best to use “go go” go instead of just leaving it out. Although it maybe wrong, it’s easier for Hong Kong people to understand you. “â” is in high level, which sounds more energetic. 6) It’s fine! hóu aak fine PM “aak aak” aak sounds “yep” in English 7) a hot one yiht ge hot 5.1.4) PM 好好 There are only a few nouns that don’t need measure words. Those nouns are somehow measurable by themselves, eg. years, days, nights, minutes, seconds, pages and lessons. Some books call measure words “noun classifiers” 熱嘅 6.1.2) Exercises Add modal particles to the following sentences. 1) It’s fine = hóu ________ 2) One please = yât go ______________ 3) When do you deliver? = géi-sìh sungsung-fo ________? 4) Do you deliver? = sung ¬h sung fo ____________? http://www.clc.com.hk Measure Words Unit 6 Page 19 Vocab this … nî that … gó apple pìhnghng-gwó gwó person student yàhn hohk--sâang hohk clothes/clothing sâam T-shirt T-sêut trousers dress fu kwàhn pen bât coke watch hóhó-lohk sáu--bîu sáu have yáuh don’t have móuh do you have? yáuh mó móuh Cantonese Expressions - 1 呢 蘋蘋 人 學學 衫 T恤 褲 裙 筆 可可 手手 有 冇 有冇 個 go 個 go 個 gihn 件 gihn 件 tìuh 條 tìuh 條 支 jî 支 jî jek 隻 go learn person hand watch Page 20 6.1.3) MW - people related things go MW - clothes gihn MW - long, thin objects tìuh MW - cylindrical objects jî MW - round objects jek 個 件 條 支 隻 nî-go yàhn Expressions 3) that person ______________________________________ gó-go yàhn 6.2 More Nouns and their MWs [T13] 6.2.1) Expressions b) Use MW: After a number one person yât go yàhn two people léuhng go yàhn three people sâam go yàhn one apple yât go pìhnghng-gwó gwó two apple léuhng go pìhnghng-gwó gwó three apple sâam go pìhnghng-gwó gwó Use MW: Specific reference this apple nî go pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó that apple the apple this pen that pen the pen gó go pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó pììhng hng--gw gwó go p ó nî jî jî bât gó jî bât bâât jî b 一個人 兩個人 三個人 一個蘋蘋 兩個蘋蘋 三個蘋蘋 呢個蘋蘋 個蘋蘋 個蘋蘋 呢支筆 支筆 支筆 c) Don’t use MW: general reference 1) Do you have a pen? / Do you have any pens? yáuh mó móuh bâ bât a? have not have pen PM? a person go yât go yàhn a student yât go hohkhohk-sâang two + piece of + person clothes three + piece of + person MW one + piece of + apple two + piece of + apple an item of clothing gihn yât gihn sâam a T-shirt yât gihn TT-sêut long, thin objects three + piece of + apple MW a pair of trousers tìuh yât tìuh fu this + piece of + apple a dress yât tìuh kwàhn that + piece of + apple cylindrical objects the piece of + apple MW jî a pen yât jî bât hó--lohk yât jî hó this + piece of + pen that + piece of + pen a coke (a bottle of sth.) the piece of + pen round objects 有有有幾? Exercises 1) 4 people ______________________________________ seisei-go yàhn 七四四 this person ______________________________________ http://www.clc.com.hk MW one + piece of + person 6.1.4) 2) 嗰四四 people related nouns Measure words are used after a number and for specific reference. For general referring, do not use measure words. a) 呢四四 Page 21 MW jek a watch yât jek sáusáu-bîu a CD yât jek CD 個 一個人 一個學學 件 一件衫 一件 T 恤 條 一條褲 一條裙 支 一支筆 一支可可 隻 一隻手手 一隻 CD 6.2.2) Exercises 1) Two students ______________________________________ léuhngléuhng-go hohkhohk-sâang 2) That T-shirt ______________________________________ gó--gihn TT gó T-sêut 兩四兩兩 Cantonese Expressions - 1 嗰件 Page 22 3) 4) the watch ______________________________________ jek sáusáu-bîu Unit 7 One coke (in bottle shape) _____________________________ yât--jî hóyât hó-lohk 7.1 Common nouns [T15] 7.1.1) Vocab a) Nouns of things 隻隻隻 十一一一 5) The pair of trousers costs $100 ________________________________ tìuh fu yâ yât-baak mâ mân 6) I have two watches ______________________________________ ngó ngóh yá yáuh lé léuhng jek sá sáu-bîu 7) Do you have any coke? ______________________________________ yáuh mó ? móuh hó hó-lohk a? 條條十我廿 我我兩隻隻隻 Nouns People 我有一一六 person yàhn foreigner ngoihngoih-gwokgwok-yàhn boy girl nàahmahm-jái uih--jái néuih kid saisai-mân-jái 6.3 Measure word “d dî” [T14] 6.3.1) Note book “dî dî” dî is an universal measure word for plural (without stating specific number) and uncountable things (eg. water) pen syû syû bât TV dihndihn-sih telephone dihndihn-wá sô-fá 6.3.2) Expressions these pens nî dî dî bât those pens gó dî bât bâât dî b the pens this water nî dî dî séui that water gó dî séui dî sé séui the water 呢筆 筆 筆 呢水 水 水 Things this + pieces of + pens sofa that + pieces of + pens umbrella the pieces of + pens homework jê ng--fo gûng money chí chín water séui Clothes etc. clothes sâam shoes hàaih Exercises shirt 1) These people _________________________________________ nî dî dî yà yàhn ring sêutut-sâam gaai--jí gaai 2) Those people _________________________________________ gó dî dî yà yàhn apple pìhnghng-gwó gwó hamburger The people _________________________________________ dî yà yàhn coke honhon-bóu-bâau hó-lohk 6.3.3) 3) 呢啲四 Food & Drinks 嗰啲四 啲四 http://www.clc.com.hk Page 23 Cantonese Expressions - 1 人 外外人 男男 女男 細蚊男 書 筆 電電 電電 梳梳 遮 功功 錢 水 衫 鞋 恤衫 戒毫 蘋蘋 漢漢漢 可可 個 個 個 個 個 go go male kid female kid go go go bún jî go go jêung bá fahn - 本 支 個 個 張 把 份 - gihn deui gihn jek go go 件 對 件 隻 個 個 Page 24 b) c) Abstract nouns Cantonese Gwó Gwóngng-dûngng-wá mistake cho music yâm-ngohk Proper nouns Hong Kong Hêungung-góng Central Jûngng-wàahn Hollywood Road Hòh-léihih-wuht douh Nathan Road Nèihih-dêun douh 廣廣電 錯 音可 7.2 Articles - a, an, the [T16] 7.2.1) Note There are no articles - a, an & the in Cantonese. People say “one: yât” yât for “a” or “an”. For definite referring – “the”, people use “measure word”. Different category of things use different measure words, “go go” go is the most common measure word. 香香 中中 荷荷荷荷 彌彌荷 7.2.2) Vocab a student yât go hohkhohk-sâang an apple the student yât go pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó hohk--sâang go hohk the apple go pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó the students dî hohkhohk-sâang dî pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó 一個學學 一個蘋蘋 個學學 個蘋蘋 學學 蘋蘋 one + piece of + student one + piece of + apple the piece of + student the piece of + apple the pieces of + student 7.1.2) Exercises 1) One umbrella _____________________________________ yât bá bá jê jê 7.2.3) Exercises 2) Two umbrellas _____________________________________ léuhng bá bá jê jê 1) The apple costs $2. ________________________________ go pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó lé léuhng mân 3) This umbrella _____________________________________ nî bá bá jê jê 2) The apples cost $10. ________________________________ dî pì pìhnghng-gwó gwó sahp mâ mân 4) That umbrella _____________________________________ gó bá bá jê jê 5) The umbrella _____________________________________ bá jê jê 6) These umbrella _____________________________________ nî dî dî jê jê 7) Those umbrella _____________________________________ gó dî dî jê jê 8) The umbrellas _____________________________________ dî jê jê the apples 十一一 兩一一 呢一一 the pieces of + apple 四個個兩廿 嗰一一 啲個個二廿 一一 呢啲一 嗰啲一 啲一 http://www.clc.com.hk Page 25 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 26 Pronouns 2) We are Hong Kong people _______________________ ngóhngóh-deih haih HêungHêung-Góng Yàhn 8.1 Personal Pronouns [T17] 3) You (plural) are not Hong Kong people [h] ______________ 8.1.1) Vocab a) Subjective and objective case I / me ngóh you (singular) néih he, she, it / him, her kéuih we / us ngóh deih you (plural) néih deih they / them kéuih deih Unit 8 b) [not be: ¬h-haih] néihnéih-deih ¬h¬h-haih HêungHêung-Góng Yàhn Possessive adjective / Possessive pronoun my / mine ngóh ge your / yours néih ge kéuih ge his, her, its / his, hers, its our / ours your / yours ngóhngóh-deih ge éih--deih ge néih their / theirs kéuihkéuih-deih ge 我 你 佢 我 你 佢 Reflexive pronoun myself ngóh jihjih-géi yourself néih jihjih-géi himself, herself, itself kéuih jihjih-géi ourselves ngóhngóh-deih jihjih-géi yourselves néihnéih-deih jihjih-géi themselves kéuihkéuih-deih jihjih-géi 8.1.2) Exercises a) Subjective and Objective case 1) I am Hong Kong people. [h] ________________ [be: haih] ngóh haih HêungHêung-góng yàhn http://www.clc.com.hk 你你我我我四 4) They are foreigners ________________ kéuih--deih haih ngoihkéuih ngoih-gwok yàhn yàhn 5) A: Is he a student ?___________________________ B: No, he is not a student_____________________________ 佢哋我係係四 佢我你我兩兩六? 你我,佢你我兩兩 A: kéuih haih ¬h haih hohk sâang a? hohk--sâang B: ¬h-haih. kéuih ¬h-haih hohk 我嘅 你嘅 佢嘅 我嘅 你嘅 佢嘅 b) Possessive 6) their pen(s) __________________________________ kéuihkéuih-deih ge bâ bât 7) your (singular) pen(s) __________________________________ néih ge bâ bât 8) your (plural) pen(s) __________________________________ néihih-deih ge bâ bât 9) our money __________________________________ ngóh--deih ge chín ngóh c) Reflexive 10) You yourself made the mistake [h] ____________________ “ge” is usually replaced by corresponding measure word (MW) in possessive case c) 我哋我我我四 我我我 你我我 佢我我 我我我 你我我 佢我我 佢哋嘅筆 你嘅筆 你哋嘅筆 我哋嘅錢 [make mistake: jouh-cho] néih jihjih-géi jouh cho 11) 你你你你你 They themselves are careless [h] ____________________ [careless: ¬h síu-sâm] kéuihkéuih-deih jihjih-géi ¬h síusíu-sâm 佢哋你你你自自 我我我我四 Page 27 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 28 8.2 Demonstrative Pronouns [T18] 8.3 Interrogative Pronouns [T19] 8.2.1) Vocab 8.3.1) Vocab this one that one these those nî go gó go nî dî here gó dî nî douh there gó douh 呢個 個 呢 呢呢 呢 this piece which … bîn that piece who this pieces which bîn go bîn go which person this pieces where bîn douh which place how …(quantity) géi géi dô this place that place how many 8.2.2) Exercises how long 1) This is an apple ______________________________ nînî-go haih pìhngpìhng-gwó 2) 3) how many how many + duration when géi noih géi sìh what time géi dím how many + o’clock That is an apple ______________________________ gó-go haih pìhngpìhng-gwó why dím gáai how to + explain These are apples ______________________________ nî--dî haih pìhngnî pìhng-gwó what mât yéh mê what stuff 呢四我個個 嗰四我個個 呢啲我個個 4) Those are apples______________________________ gó-dî haih pìhngpìhng-gwó 5) Here is Hong Kong_____________________________ nînî-douh haih HêungHêung-Góng 6) which piece what 嗰啲我個個 呢呢我我我 I went there __________________________ ngóh heui gógó-douh 我我嗰呢 Exercises a) Translation 1) Who are you? [you are who?] ____________________ néih haih bîn? bîn-go a? 2) Which is better ? [h]_______________________ 你我你四六 bînbîn-go hóuhóu-dî a? 3) 你四邊啲六? Where do you live? [you live in where?] [h]______________ [live: jyuh, in: hái] néih jyuh há hái bînbîn-douh a? Page 29 (a short form) 8.3.2) [better: hóu-dî] http://www.clc.com.hk how many + time 邊 邊個 邊個 邊呢 幾 幾幾 幾幾 幾幾 幾幾 幾點 乜 咩 你你喺你呢六? 4) How many people ? ____________________________ géi--dô yàhn a? ? géi 5) When will you go ? [you when go?] _____________________ néih géigéi-sìh heui a? ? 幾幾四六 Cantonese Expressions - 1 你幾你我六 Page 30 6) 7) Why did you go? [you why go?] ____________________________ néih dí dím-gáai heui a? Section 3 What is it? [this is what?] ______________________ nî--go haih mâtnî mât-yéh a? Unit 9 b) Dialogue 8) A: Who is better? ___________________________ B: He is better_____________________________ 你四邊啲六? B: ké kéuih hóuhóu-dî 佢邊啲 A: bînbîn-go hóuhóu-dî a? 9) 七四 10) Greetings [T20] 9.1.1) Expressions Good morning 幾幾四六? I wish you well néih hó hóu Note a) Good morning: jóujóu-sàhn 早早 你你 你你 early morning you good you good Ordinarily, Cantonese do not say good afternoon and good evening to each others. Only telephone operators and TV or radio presenters do. Moreover, people can only say “good night: jóu táu” táu right just before going to bed. A: Where are they going? ___________________________ B: They are going to Central___________________________ 佢哋我你呢六? B: kéuihkéuih-deih heui JûngJûng-Wàahn 佢哋我去去 Therefore usually they can only say jóu táu to their family members. If someone says “jóu jóu táu lâ” lâ (where “lâ lâ” lâ is a modal particle for persuading request) to another person during the daytime, he means the addressee bothers him and asks him to go away. This is because the literal meaning for “jóu jóu táu” táu is “early rest” but not “good night.” A: Which pen is cheaper? ___________________________ B: This pen is cheaper _____________________________ 你一筆邊啲六? 呢一筆邊啲 A: bînbîn-jî bât pèhngpèhng-dî a? B: nînî-jî bât pèhngpèhng-dî 12) nice to meet you jóu-sàhn néih hó hóu 9.1.2) A: kéuihkéuih-deih heui bînbîn-douh a? 11) Greetings and thanks 9.1 A: How many people? ___________________________ B: 4 ___________________________ A: géigéi-dô yàhn a? sei--go B: sei Deal with people b) I wish you well: néih hóu “I wish you well: néih hó hóu” is rather formal. People use it when first meeting a new friend; the usage is then the same as ‘nice to meet you’. You can also use néih hóu to greet your friends that you already know . But it’s not be for old friends and teenage people, supposing that greeting them should be in a casual way; saying Hi, Hey or Hello are much more common. The usage is the same as that in English and quite often people will nod their heads a little bit the same that English speakers do. These are also common casual greetings when people first meet a new friend in casual situations. You can also use néih hóu to greet your friends that you already known . But it must not be for old friends and teenage people supposing that greeting them should be in a casual way; saying Hi, Hey or Hello are much more common. If someone says néih hóu to you, you should also say néih hóu back to him, A: Which piece of clothing is better? ___________________________ B: That piece of clothing is better_____________________________ 你你件邊邊啲六? B: gógó-gihn sâam hóuhóu-dî 嗰件邊邊啲 A: bînbîn-gihn sâam hóuhóu-dî a? c) People don’t don’t say “how are you?” you?” Native Hong Kong Cantonese do not say “How are you: néih hóu ma?” ma to each others as English speakers and Mandarin speakers do in daily greetings http://www.clc.com.hk Page 31 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 32 9.1.3) b) Exercises “dô dôdô-jeh” jeh is a common saying for a sales person to their customers. But if you are the customer, do not say “dô jeh” , instead you should say “¬h gôi” as in above. dô jeh ¬h gôi What do you say in the following situation? 1) You want to greet someone at 9:00 am. _________________ jóu sàhn 2) You meet your friend on the street at 3:00 pm and want to greet him in a most common way that a Cantonese will do. ______________________ Hi / Hey / Hello 3) You meet someone for the first time and want to greet in a more formal way. néih hóu 4) 9.2 9.2.1) c) see you 禮禮 再再 bâaiai-baai joi gin 9.3.3) 1) Someone opens the door for you. ____________________________ ¬h-gôi 2) Your friend gives you a birthday present. ______________________ dô--jeh dô 3) You are a customer and want to say thanks to the sales person. _____ ¬h-gôi 4) You are a sales person and want to say thanks to your customer for buying things from your shop. ______________________________ dôdô-jeh Thanks [T20] 9.3.1) Expressions thanks for help /service 5) ¬h-gôi thanks for a gift dô-jeh don’t mention it don’t mention it ¬h-sái ¬h-sái haakhaak-hei don’t mention it ¬h-hóu haakhaak-hei 9.3.2) Note a) Thanks for help: ¬h¬h-gôi 唔唔 幾多 唔唔 唔唔唔唔 唔你唔唔 你唔 幾多 你唔 幾多 “joi joibâaijoi-gin” gin is more formal and less common than “b ai-baai”. baai 9.3 Exercises What do you say in the following situations? again + see Note You’re welcome: ¬h¬h-sái The usage for “¬h ¬h¬h-sái” sái is similar to “you’re welcome / don’t mention it / it’s nothing”. Cantonese do not say ‘you are welcome’, instead they say ‘need not be so polite’. It’s a general applicable reply whenever people say thanks (for help or gifts) to you Goodbye [T20] bye 9.2.2) You can also say “dô“dô-jeh” when someone gives you compliments compliments or congratulations Someone say “néih hóu” to you, what do you answer then? ____________ néih hóu Expressions Thanks for a gift: dôdô-jeh You are a sales person, you drop a pen, a customer helps you to pick it up. What do you say to him/her? ____________________________ ¬h-gôi 你唔 not + should 6) many thanks no need Someone thanks you for your help. What do you say to that person then? ¬h sái / ¬h sái haak/ ¬h hóu haakhaak-hei haak-hei 你唔 你唔唔唔 你邊唔唔 no need + so polite don’t + so polite The literal meanings of “¬h ¬h¬h-gôi” gôi is “I shouldn’t trouble you”. For e.g., you can say it when someone opens the door for you or he helps you to hold the lift. Also, you can say this to people of shops or restaurants as you get services from them. http://www.clc.com.hk Page 33 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 34 9.4 Requests [T20] 9.4.1) Vocab quite often, Cantonese say “please: ¬h gôi” gôi instead. b) please ¬h¬h-gôi wait a moment dáng dá dáng je borrow wash room sái-sáu gâ gâan telephone dihndihn-wá no problem móuh feel free for it / help yourself mahnmahn-tàih chèèuih uih--bín ch 唔唔 等等 借 洗手 間 電電 冇冇 題 隨隨 ¬h¬h-gôi dáng dáng When Cantonese repeat the verbs, it means the actions last for a short while. c) ¬h¬h-gôi (je je) Here means “borrow” the way from others. However very often, it is skipped if it is obvious, such as when people try to get off public transport d) wash + partition hand Quite often, people just make it a request statement instead of making it a question of “May I…” + electric + talk ¬h¬h-gôi je go dihndihn-wá 9.4.4) Note - Answer a) chèuih bín no + problem The literal meanings is “casual”. It means you ask people feel free to use it. It is used to answer a request where someone wants to use something of yours e.g. washroom, telephone or borrow something from you e.g. pen casual b) okay You can answer this as most Hong Kong peole know it and even people don’t know English do also know this word. 9.4.2) Expressions Request please ¬h¬h-gôi please wait a moment ¬h¬h-gôi dá dáng dá dáng please make way for me ¬h¬h-gôi je je may I use the telephone? ¬h-gôi je go dihndihn-wá may I use the wash room? ¬h-gôi je go sá sái-sáu gâ gâan Answer okay dâk no problem móuh mahnmahn-tàih feel free to use it chè chèuihuih-bín 唔唔 唔唔等等 唔唔借借 唔唔借個電電 唔唔借個洗手間 得吖 冇冇題 隨隨 9.4.5) Exercises 1) Excuse me (You try to get off the MTR) ___________________ ( ) ¬h-gôi (je je) 2) A: Please wait _______________________ B: No problem ______________________________ 你唔 借借 A: Thanks ______________________________ B: You are welcome. ______________________________ 你唔唔唔 B: móuh mahnmahn-tàih 有冇冇 A: ¬h-gôi 你唔 B: ¬h-sái (haak(haak-hei) 你唔(唔唔) A: ¬h-gôi dáng dáng 3) X: May I use the toilet? (Please borrow the toilet) _________________ Y: Sure (feel free to use it) _____________________ 9.4.3) Note - Request ¬h¬h-gôi je go sáisái-sáu gâan a) ¬h¬h-gôi chèuihchèuih-bín “¬h ¬h gôi” gôi has two meanings, one means ‘thanks for service’ and the second one is used in request, means ‘please’. In English, people say “Excuse me” when they start to ask strangers questions. However http://www.clc.com.hk Page 35 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 36 9.5 Apologies [T20] 9.5.1) Expressions Sorry ¬h hóu yiyi-si deui ¬h jyuh 唔你唔唔 對唔對 never mind ¬h gá gán-yiu no problem móuh mahn mahnahn-tàih tàih 唔唔唔 冇冇題 excuse me / sorry sorry Answer 9.5.2) Note a) ¬h-hóu yiyi-si not good meanings 9.5.3) Exercises a) Questions What do you say in the following situations? 1) You sneeze in the library and you want to say “excuse me” to others____ ¬h-hóu yiyi-si 2) You caused your friend lose $10,000. _____________________________ deui ¬h jyuh 3) When you chat with your friend and you have to pick up the phone______ ¬h hóu yi si 4) Someone asks you where a MTR station is but you don’t know. ________ ¬h hóu yi si not + important no + problem 你邊唔唔 對你你 你邊唔唔 你邊唔唔 The literal meanings of it is: “has a meaning of embarrassing”. People use it when they find sorry for inconvenience caused. b) deui ¬h jyuh Cantonese say it when they really make a fault or a mistake and sounds they make the apologies more seriously. In daily life, people say “¬ ¬h-hóu yideui ¬h jyuh”. yi-si” si more than “deui jyuh Anyway, quite often, they are interchangeable. c) Answer to apologies Cantonese do not say “don’t worry” when someone apologize to them. Besides, quite often, people say “¬ ¬h gá gán-yiu, mó móuh mahnmahn-tàih” tàih together. http://www.clc.com.hk Page 37 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 38 Section 4 b) Shopping 4) 10.1 Asking price [T21] 10.1.1) Vocab General this one nî go that one gó go how much géi chí chín Clothes clothes sâam T-shirt tî-sêut trousers fu dress kwà kwàhn Others pen bât table tói 呢個 個 幾錢 This is $70 呢一呢呢呢 nî go châtchât-sahp mân Price and ordering Unit 10 This is… 5) This dress is $230 nî tìuh kwàhn yihyih-baak sâ sâamam-sahp mâ mân 10.1.3) Note a) Clothes Cantonese has the word “sâam” which is used to refer to clothing which is worn on the top. For example, shirts, T-shirts and overcoats are kinds of “sâam”. sâam” “sâam” “sâam sâam is a common word in Cantonese this piece that piece how (much) + money b) 衫 T恤 褲 裙 件 件 條 條 gihn gihn tìuh tìuh 筆 枱 呢呢呢呢呢呢呢呢 jî jêung Measure words (MW) In “n nî-go”, go the MW have to be changed when referring to different nouns. If the noun is not known, the MW of “go” is used. c) How much? For “how much”, the full form should be “géi dô chín”, chín” literally means “how much money”. But most of the time, people skip the “dô” and so just say “géi chí chín”. d) 支 張 Modal particle “a” in “géi-chí chín a?” a?” is a question modal particle. Some people may skip the “a”. “a” However using “a” can make the tone milder and more polite. Most people do say “a” here. 10.1.2) Expressions 10.1.4) Exercises a) How much? 1) 1) How much is this one? 呢一幾呢幾? How much is this one? _______________________________ ñi? ñi-go géigéi-chín a? 2) How much is this table?________________________________ nî? nî-jêungjêung-tói géigéi-chín a? 呢呢呢幾呢幾? 3) How much is this T-shirt ? ________________________________ T ? nî gihn tîtî-sêut géigéi-chín a ? 呢呢呢幾呢幾? 4) This pen cost $24. ________________________________ nî jî bât yahyah-sei mâ mân 5) This table is $300. ________________________________ nî--jêungnî jêung-tói sâamam-baak mâ mân nî go géigéi-chín a ? 2) How much is this piece of clothing ? nî gihn sâam géigéi-chín a ? 3) How much for this pair of pants ? nî tìuh fu géigéi-chín a ? http://www.clc.com.hk Page 39 呢四幾錢六 呢呢枱幾錢六 呢件 恤幾錢六 呢一筆廿七廿 Cantonese Expressions - 1 呢呢枱十我廿 Page 40 10.2 Ordering [T22] 10.2.1) Expressions 1) One please ¬h gôi 2) One please (refer to clothes) ¬h gôi 3) yât go yât gihn Two please (refer to clothes) ¬h-gôi léuhng gihn 4) Two please (refer to pants or dresses) ¬h gôi 5) léuhng tìuh Three please (refer to pens) ¬h-gôi sâam jî 10.2.2) Note a) Habits in ordering things Exercises 1) A: How much for this one ? __________________________________ B: This one is $60__________________________________ 送唔一一吖 A: One please__________________________________ B: Thanks for $60__________________________________ 呢四幾錢六? 呢四六二廿 A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-go â 你唔十四 B: dôdô-jeh luhkluhk-sahp mân 幾多六二廿 送唔一呢吖 A: nînî-go géigéi-chín a? B: nînî-go luhkluhk-sahp mân 送唔唔呢吖 送唔唔呢吖 2) A: How much is this T-shirt? ______________________ B: $70______________________ A: One please. ______________________ 呢件 T 恤幾錢六? B: châtchât-sahp mân 十二廿 A: ¬h¬h-gôi yâtyât-gihn â 你唔十件 送唔呢唔吖 A: nî gihn tîtî-sêut géigéi-chín a? 3) People seldom say something like “please give me one” or “May I have this one”. They say it much shorter and direct no matter if in shops or restaurants. Quite often, as the object that one is going to buy is understood, people skip the object but they still have to say the measure words. (MWs are always used after numbers) When people make requests to someone, they usually put “¬ ¬h-gôi” gôi at the beginning of a sentence. It sounds more polite than putting it at the end. However in shopping, it’s okay to put “please: “¬h ¬h gôi” gôi at the beginning or at the end. http://www.clc.com.hk 10.2.3) Page 41 A: How much for this pair of pants? _________________________ B: $125 __________________________________________ A: One please _______________________________________ 呢條條幾錢六? 十我二二二廿 A: ¬h¬h-gôi yâtyât-tìuh â. â. 你唔十條 A: nînî-tìuhtìuh-fu géigéi-chín a? yât--baak yih yih--sahp sahp--çgh mân B: yât Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 42 Take a look and try Unit 11 11.1 Take a look [T23] 11.1.1) Vocab want séung look tái take a look táitái-tái take a look táitái-háh (a while) háh 11.1.2) Expressions 1) Take a look at this one tái tái tái háh 2) nî go nî go 想 睇 睇睇 睇吓 吓 nî go 你唔十條 11.2 Can it be tried? [T24] 11.2.1) Vocab have yáuh móuh don’t have Is there any possibility to … try 睇睇呢一 / 睇睇呢一 I want to take a look at this please. ¬h-goî ngóh séung tái tái 11.1.3) A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-tìuh â 11.2.2) Expressions 1) May I / Can I …? 2) yáuh móuh dâk … have possibility not have have not have 3) dâk 4) Exercises 1) A: How much for this pair of trousers ? _____________________________ B: $200 __________________________________ no possibility dâk possibility 6) 送好唔唔,有有有 I want to try these trousers ngóh B: No problem _________________________________ 7) séung si si nî tìuh fu want try try this piece of trousers No problem móuh mahnmahn-tàih 呢條條幾錢六? 二我廿 A: ngóh séung tái tái 我我我我 B: móuh mahn tàih 有冇冇 有有有 si to try I’m sorry, you can’t I A: One please __________________________________ 有有有 si to try ¬h hóu yiyi-si, móuh dâk si A: I want to take a look please ________________________________ …… PM? No, you can’t móuh 5) 11.1.4) 有有有有? ga? Yes, you can have In Cantonese, “séung séung: séung” séung want” is not a verb, it’s only an auxiliary verb. Therefore “séung séung is followed by a verb instead of a noun. “want: séung” séung is not used in ordering, it only shows the intention of doing something. si possibility to try yáuh dâk Note 有有有 May I try it? (Can it be tried?) yáuh móuh 送唔,我我睇睇呢一 yáuh mó móuh dâ dâk si 有 冇 有冇得 試 我我有有呢呢呢 有冇冇 A: nînî-tìuh fu géigéi-chín a ? yih--baak mân B: yih …… http://www.clc.com.hk Page 43 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 44 2) A: How much for this item of clothing? ______________________ B: $120 __________________________________ 11.2.3) Note a) yáuh mó móuh dâ dâk + verb A: I want to take a look ________________________________ “dâk dâk” dâk is a structural particle which shows the potential or possibility of doing something. The literal meanings for “y yáuhuh-móuhuh-dâk” is “have not have the possibility to …?” which means “Is there any possibility to …?” You have to answer with what people ask. Since people ask “yáuh móuh dâk”, dâk” the B: No problem _________________________________ A: Can it be tried on? ________________________________ B: I’m sorry, no _________________________________ A: It’s doesn’t matter, one please _____________________________ answer should be “have: yáuh” yáuh or “not have: móuh”. móuh B: Thanks for $120 _________________________________ 呢件邊幾錢六? B: yâtyât-baak yihyih-sahp mân 十我二二廿 A: ngóh séung tái tái 我我我我 B: móuh mahn tàih 有冇冇 A: yáuh móuh dâk si ga? 我有有有? B: ¬h-hóu yiyi-si, móuh dâk si 你邊唔唔,有有有 A: ¬h gángán-yiu, yâtyât-gihn â 你唔唔,十件 B: dôdô-jeh yâtyât-baak yihyih-sahp mân 幾多十我二二廿 “yáuh yáuhyáuh-móuhmóuh-dâk …” … is always followed by a verb 11.2.4) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) A: Can it be tried on? _____________________________ B: Yes __________________________________ A: nînî-gihn sâam sâam géi chín a? A: I want to try this dress ________________________________ B: No problem _________________________________ …… 3) A: One please __________________________________ 我有有有? 我 有有 我我有有呢條我 B: móuh mahn tàih 有冇冇 …… A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-tìuh â 你唔十條 A: yáuh yáuh móuh dâk si ga? A: I want to try it on _____________________________ B: yáuh (dâk( ) (dâk-si) A: ngóh séung si si nî tìuh kwàhn http://www.clc.com.hk A: How much for this watch? ______________________ B: $850 __________________________________ B: No problem _________________________ … A: Two please _____________________________ 呢隻隻隻幾錢六? 八我二二廿 A: ngóh séung si si 我我有有 B: móuh mahn tàih …有冇冇… A: ¬h-gôi léuhng jek â 你唔兩隻 A: nînî-jek sáusáu-bîu géi chín a? baat--baak çgh çgh--sahp mân B: baat Page 45 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 46 Size and colour Unit 12 12.1 Size [T25] 12.1.1) Vocab size size size large chekchek-máh máh sâai--sí sâai medium daaih máh jûng máh small sai máh extra small extra large gâ sai máh gâ daaih máh one size yât go máh free size fî sâaisâai-sí larger daaihdaaih-dî smaller saisai-dî too http://www.clc.com.hk taai 12.1.2) Expressions a) Ask 1) Do you have a large one ? yáuh móuh 尺尺 尺 2) 3) 4) sai dî 有有有啲? ga ? 有有有啲? Yes 有 yáuh 5) No, we don’t have 有 móuh b) Ordering 6) One large one please (referring to a clothing) ¬h gôi yât gihn 7) 8) â sai máh â 送唔一呢有有吖 送唔一呢有有吖 Doesn’t fit This one is too small. (for clothes) nî gihn Page 47 daaih máh One small one, please ¬h gôi yât gihn c) 有有有有? ga? daaih dî Do you have a smaller one? yáuh móuh 大尺 中尺 細尺 加細尺 加大尺 一個尺 free 士 大 細 太 ga ? Do you have a larger one ? yáuh móuh size daaih máh taai sai 呢一呢有 12.1.3) Exercises a) Translation 1) Do you have a small size? ____________________________ yáuh? yáuh-móuh saisai-máh ga? 2) Do you have a larger one? ____________________________ yáuh? yáuh-móuh daaihdaaih-dî ga? 我有有有 Cantonese Expressions - 1 我有有啲 Page 48 b) Dialogue 3) A: Do you have a larger one? ___________________________ B: Yes, this (referring to a clothing) is larger ___________________ 12.2 Colour [T26] 12.2.1) Vocab A: How much? ___________________________ Colour B: $80 ___________________________ colour 我有有啲? B: yáuh, nî gihn daaihdaaih-dî 我,呢件有啲 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: baatbaat-sahp mân 八二廿 A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-gihn â 你唔十件 colour sîk ngàahn--sîk ngàahn black hâak sîk white baahk sîk hùhng sîk A: Do you have a small one? ___________________________ B: Yes ___________________________ yellow cháang sîk wòhng sîk green luhk sîk blue brown làahm sîk fê sîk grey fûi sîk A: One please ___________________________ A: yáuh móuh daaihdaaih-dî ga? 4) red orange A: How much? ___________________________ B: $100 ___________________________ A: One small one please (referring to a clothing) _______________ A: yáuh móuh saisai-máh ga? 我 B: yáuh A: géi chín a? 我有有有? 幾錢六? B: yâtyât-baak mân 十我廿 A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-gihn saisai-máh â c) Others 你唔十件有有 Pattern drills like jûngng-yi other kèihih-tâ another daihdaih-yih go hóu ttáái looks good I’m sorry, this is too large small expensive Do you have a smaller one? larger one? cheaper one? large one? medium one? a small one 12.2.2) Expressions a) Do you have…? 1) Do you have a brown one? yáuh móuh fêfê-sîk a? 2) Do you have other colours? yáuh móuh kèihkèih-tâ sîk a? http://www.clc.com.hk Page 49 Cantonese Expressions - 1 色 顏色 黑色 白色 紅色 橙色 黃色 綠色 藍色 啡色 灰色 鍾唔 其其 第二個 你睇 有有有有幾? 有有有有有幾? Page 50 3) Do you have another colour? yáuh móuh daihdaih-yihyih-go sîk a? b) This colour … 4) This colour looks good. nî go sîk hóu tái tái 5) This colour doesn’t look good. nî go sîk ¬h ¬h hóu tái tái 有有有呢一有幾? Payment and Delivery Unit 13 13.1 Delivery [T27] 呢一有好睇 13.1.1) Vocab 呢一有送好睇 13.1.2) delivery 1) Do you deliver? sung ¬h sung fo a) Dialogue deliver 1) A: Do you have a black one? ___________________________ B: Yes ___________________________ 2) A: One please (referring to a pair of jeans) ______________________ 我有有有? ga ? goods PM ? Yes 幾錢六 九二八廿 A: yâtyât-tìuh â 十條 3) 幾 No 送幾 13.1.3) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) A: Do you deliver?__________________________________ B: Yes __________________________________ A: Do you have other colours? ___________________________ B: Yes, we have blue ___________________________ A: sung ¬h sung fo ga? ga? A: How much? ___________________________ B: sung B: $ 60 ___________________________ 送 送你送送? A: One please (referring to a dress) __________________________ 13.2 Credit card [T28] A: yáuh móuh kèihkèih-tâ sîk ga? ga? B: yáuh, yáuh làahm sîk , 13.2.1) Vocab 我有有有有? 我 我有有 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: luhkluhk-sahp mân 六二廿 A: yâtyât-tìuh â 十條 http://www.clc.com.hk 幾送幾幾? Because “goods” is understood here, it can be skipped. ¬h sung A: géi chín a? ? gáu--sahp baat mân B: gáu 2) deliver sung B: $ 98 ___________________________ 我 not Question particle “ga” is used as this question is asking about the habit if the shop delivers A: How much? ___________________________ A: yáuh móuh hâakhâak-sîk ga? B: yáuh deliver + goods Expressions Exercises 12.2.3) 送送 sung fo Page 51 receive sâu credit card octopus card kâat baat--daaht daaht--tûng baat only jihngjihng-haih cash yihnyihn-gâm Cantonese Expressions - 1 收 咭 八八八 淨淨 現現 Page 52 13.2.2) Expressions 1) Do you accept credit cards? sâu receive 2) receive ga? card PM? 收送收收? ¬h sâu not 收送收 EPS ? EPS ga? receive EPS PM? Do you accept octopus card? sâu receive 4) kâat receive Do you accept EPS? sâu 3) ¬h sâu not ¬h sâu not baatbaat-daahtdaaht-tûng ga? receive octopus card PM? 收送收收收收? 14.1 Bargaining expressions [T29] 14.1.1) Vocab jeuijeui-pèhng 1) Can it be cheaper ? pèhng dî Yes 2) No okay not okay 平 最平 a? PM? Can it be $100? (How about $100 ?) yâtyât-baak mân dâk ¬h dâk a ? $100 We accept cash only 3) okay not okay jeui pèhng we most only receive cash Exercises 1) A: Do you take credit cards ?__________________________________ B: No __________________________________ A: sâu ¬h sâu kâat ga? B: ¬h sâu 你收 14.1.3) 收你收收? A: Do you take octopus card? __________________________________ B: Yes __________________________________ A: sâu ¬h sâu baatbaat-daahtdaaht-tûng ga? 收 收你收八收收? PM? What is the cheapest price? ngóhngóh-deih jihngjihng-haih sâu yihnyihn-gâm B: sâu dâk ¬h dâk cheaper 13.2.3) 2) pèhnghng-dî cheapest Expressions ¬h sâu 6) cheaper 14.1.2) sâu 5) Bargaining Unit 14 cheap géi chín a? how much PM 平啲有送有幾? 一呢呢有送有幾? 最平幾呢幾? Note - Bargaining habits In bargaining, Hong Kong people do not say “so expensive”, “very expensive”, it sounds a bit rude to say this. Also, people don’t say “I have no money” in bargaining. Instead, people make it more direct in bargaining. 14.1.4) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) A: How much for this pen? ___________________________ B: $200 ___________________________ A: Can it be cheaper? ___________________________ B: $180 ___________________________ A: One please ___________________________ 呢一筆幾錢六? B: yihyih-baak mân 二我廿 A: pèhngpèhng-dî dâk ¬h dâk a? 邊啲有你有六? B: yâtyât-baak baatbaat-sahp mân 十我八二廿 A: nînî-jî bât géi chín a? A: yâtyât-jî â http://www.clc.com.hk Page 53 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 54 2) half price A: How much for this watch? ___________________________ B: $760 ___________________________ 14.2.3) Expressions B: $700 ___________________________ a) Bargaining A: How about $600? 1) Is there any discount? A: What is the cheapest price? ___________________________ ___________________________ yáuh móuh jit ga? B: No. The cheapest price is $650 ___________________________ A: One please ___________________________ 呢隻隻隻幾錢六? 十我六二廿 A: jeuijeui-pèhng géi chín a? 最邊幾錢六? B: châtchât-baak mân 十我廿 A: luhk baak mân dâk mh dâk a? 六我廿有你有六? B: ¬h-dâk. jeuijeui-pèhng luhkluhk-baak çghçgh-sahp man 你有,最邊六我二二廿 A: yâtyât-jek â 十隻 A: nînî-jek sáusáu-bîu géi chín a? B: chât baak luhkluhk-sahp mân 2) 14.2 Discount [T30] 14.2.1) Note How much discount ? géigéi-dô 3) jit a? Can it be 20% off? baatbaat-jit dâk ¬h dâk a? b) Discount 4) These clothes are 10% off nî-dî sâ sâam gá gáu-jit 5) 14.2.2) bun ga All are 20% off chyù chyùhnhn-bouh 6) Up to 60% off seisei-jit hé héi In Cantonese, people talk about how much they pay after the discount. Let say for 10% off, people say paying 90%. “jit jit” 1 jit” 9 jit”. jit itself is a measuring unit. “1 jit = 10%. i.e. paying “90%” = “9 jit Don’t not say “gáu-sahp-çgh jit” for 5% off, it literally means 950%. c) Question 7) Is it 10% off? Vocab 8) discount how many all jit géi-dô up to … chyù chyùhnhn-bouh hééi …h 10% off gáu jit 20% off 30% off baat jit chât jit 5% off gáugáu-çgh jit 15% off baatbaat-çgh jit chât--çgh jit chât 25% off http://www.clc.com.hk 折 幾幾 全全 …起 baat baataat-jit haih ¬h haih gáugáu-jit a? 半半 half + price 有有有? 幾幾有幾? 收有有送有幾? 呢啲呢衫有 全全收有 四有四 係送係衫有幾? Are these shoes 20% off? nî dî hà hàaih haih ¬h haih baatbaat-jit a? 呢啲鞋係送係收有幾? 九折 八折 七折 九五折 八五折 七五折 Page 55 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 56 Section 5 Food Unit 15 Food ordering 14.2.4) Exercises a) Translation 1) How much discount ? ____________________________ géi? géi-dô jit a? 2) 5% off _________________________ gáugáu-çgh jit 15.1 Food ordering [T31] 3) Can it be 20% off? ___________________________________ baat? baat-jit dâk ¬h dâk a? 15.1.1) Vocab 幾幾幾六 九二幾 八幾有你有六 Food fried rice cháauháau-faahn fried noodles cháauháau-mihn The shoes are 25% off _________________________ dî hàaih châtchât-çghçgh-jit BBQ pork with rice châ châ-sîu faahn sweet & sour pork Gû-lôu lôu-yuhk Is it 2% off? _________________________ ? haih ¬h haih gáugáu-baatbaat-jit a? Others sit chó chóh All are in 30% off _________________________ chyùhnchyùhn-bouh châtchât-jit want (for ordering) / need yiu eat sihk b) Dialogue vegetarian food sou 8) A: How much for this item of clothing? ___________________________ B: $240 ___________________________ sold out maaih saai bill-the bill please màaih dâan wait a moment dáng dá dáng 4) 5) 6) 7) Shirts are 10% off _________________________ sêutsêut-sâam gáugáu-jit 恤邊九幾 啲鞋十二幾 我你我九八幾六 全全十幾 A: Is there any discount? ___________________________ B: 10% off ___________________________ A: How about 20% off? B: The cheapest price is 15% off A: One please ___________________________ 呢件邊幾錢六? B: yihyih-baak seisei-sahp mân 二我七二廿 A: yáuh móuh jit ga? 我有幾? B: gáugáu-jit 九幾 A: baatbaat-jit dâ dâk ¬h dâ dâk a? 八幾有你有六? B: ¬h-dâk, jeui pè pèhng baatbaat-çgh jit 你有,最邊八二幾 A: yâtyât-gihn â 十件 15.1.2) Expressions a) Take a sit 1) A: nînî-gihn sâam géi géiéi-chín a? 坐 唔 食 素 賣賣 埋埋 等等 sell entirely close the bill wait wait 幾幾幾幾? “w wái” is a measure word for people which is used in polite and formal situation. 2) Two léuhng wá wái 3) Sit here please chóh nînî-douh â 4) http://www.clc.com.hk How many people? géi-dô wá wái a? 炒炒 炒炒 叉叉炒 咕咕咕 Page 57 唔幾 坐呢坐吖 Sit there please Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 58 坐坐吖 chóh gógó-douh â b) Waiter 5) What do you want? What will you have ? Order 7) One fried noodles please ¬h-gôi yât go cháaucháau-mihn 8) This one please (pointing at the menu) d) Ask 10) Do you have fried rice? yáuh móuh cháaucháau-faahn a? Yes yáuh 12) No móuh 13) A: One please _____________________________ …………. A: The bill please _____________________________ 我有有有六? 我 A: ¬h-gôi yât go â. 你唔十四 ………… A: ¬h-gôi màaihmàaih-dâan 你唔唔唔 B: sâamsâam-sahpsahp-baat mân 十二八廿 A: yáuhyáuh-móuh cháaucháau-faahn a? B: yáuh 送唔一一唔唔 One barbecued pork with rice please nî go â 11) A: Do you have fried rice? ___________________________ B: Yes _____________________________ B: $38 _____________________________ ¬h-gôi yât go châchâ-sîu faahn 9) 1) 食啲咩幾? sihk dî mê a? c) Exercises 要啲咩幾? yiu dî mê a? 6) 15.1.3) Sold out maaihmaaih-saai e) Payment 14) The bill please màaihmàaih-dâan f) Others 15) We are vegetarian. ngóhngóh-deih haih sihk sou ge http://www.clc.com.hk 送唔一一唔唔唔 呢一吖 2) A: Do you have sweet and sour pork? ______________________ B: sold out _____________________________ A: Do you have fried noodles?___________________________ 有有唔唔幾? B: Yes _____________________________ 有 B: $42_____________________________ A: How much? _____________________________ A: One please _____________________________ 我有有有有六? 賣賣 A: yáuhyáuh-móuh cháaucháau-mihn a? 我有有有六? B: yáuh 我 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: seisei-sahpsahp-yih mân 七二二廿 A: ¬h-gôi yât go â. 你唔十四 A: yáuhyáuh-móuh GûGû-lôulôu-yuhk a? maaih--saai B: maaih 有 賣賣 埋埋 我係食係嘅 Page 59 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 60 3) A: Please sit here. What do you want? B: Do you have Barbecue pork with rice? Drinks ordering Unit 16 A: Yes ____________________________________________ B: How much ? _____________________________________________ A: $26 ____________________________________________ B: One please _____________________________________________ 坐呢呢, 唔啲咩六? B: yáuh móuh châchâ-sîu faahn a? 我有义燒有六? A: yáuh 我 B: géi chín a?幾錢六? A: yahyah-luhk mân 廿六廿 B: ¬h ¬h-gôi yâ yât-go â 你唔十四 A: chóh nînî-douh â, yiu dî mê a? 16.1 Drinks ordering [T32] 16.1.1) Vocab Drinks coffee ga fê black coffee jâai fê tea with milk (milk tea) náaihnáaih-chàh lemon tea lìhnglìhng-mûngmûng-chàh orange juice cháangcháang-jâp beer bêbê-jáu water séui tea chàh Ordering one of … yât-go one glass/cup of yât-bûi cold dung hot yiht Others http://www.clc.com.hk Page 61 drink (to drink) yám give béi leave jáu ice bîng don’t, not ¬h Cantonese Expressions - 1 咖啡 齋啡 奶奶 檸檸奶 橙橙 啤啤 水 奶 一個 一一 凍 熱 飲 畀 走 冰 唔 Page 62 16.1.2) Expressions 1) What do you want to drink? yám dî mê a? 2) 飲啲咩幾? One coke please ¬h-gôi yâtyât-go hóhó-lohk “” 3) 4) One hot coffee please ¬h-gôi yâtyât-go yiht gaga-fê 5) 1) A: One hot tea with milk please___________________________ B: $7.5_____________________________ B: châtchât-gogo-bun 個 go” go can be replaced by “杯 bûi” bûi which means “glass or cup” ¬h-gôi yâtyât-go dung dung gaga-fê Exercises A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-go yiht náaihnáaih-chàh 送唔一一唔唔 One iced coffee please 16.1.3) 2) 送唔一一唔唔有 B: baatbaat-go bun 送唔一一熱唔有 3) 送唔唔唔唔吖 Hot or cold ? yiht dihng dung ga? 7) Hot please yiht ge, ¬h-gôi 8) Cold please dung ge, ¬h-gôi 9) No ice jáu bî bîng 八四七 A: ¬h-gôi yât go sai hóhó-lohk 4) 熱熱唔? 六四七 你唔十四有一一 A: Two hot coffee please ___________________________ B: $28 _____________________________ 你唔兩四唔唔唔 B: yahyah-baat mân / yihyih-sahp baat mân 廿八廿/二二八廿 A: ¬h-gôi léuhngléuhng-go yiht gaga-fê 熱嘅,送唔 5) 唔嘅,送唔 A: One iced coffee please ___________________________ B: Thanks for $8 _____________________________ 你唔十四唔唔唔 幾多八廿 (“¬h(“¬h-goi baatbaat-mân” means “$8 please”) A: ¬h-gôi yâtyât-go dung gaga-fê dô--jeh baat baat--mân B: dô 走走 / ¬h yiu bîbîng 送要走 6) A: Please give me a cup of water ___________________________ B: A moment please _____________________________ A: ¬h-gôi béi bûi séui séui â B: dáng dáng http://www.clc.com.hk 你唔十四有一一 A: One small coke please ___________________________ B: $6.5 _____________________________ B: luhkluhk-go bun Usually, the “y yât” in “y yât-bûi” is skipped. 6) A: One large coke please ___________________________ B: $8.5 _____________________________ A: ¬h-gôi yât go daaih hóhó-lohk Please give me a glass of water ¬h-gôi béi bûi séui â 十四七 你唔十四唔唔唔 Page 63 Cantonese Expressions - 1 唔唔 你唔唔唔唔 Page 64 7) A: What do you want ? ________________________________ B: One Barbecue pork with rice, one fried noodles. Section 6 Getting around Unit 17 Kinds of transports A: What do you want to drink? B: 1 hot coffee, 1 coke. A: Please wait a minute. ______________________________________ …………… 17.1 Kinds of transports [T33] 17.1.1) Vocab B: The bill please. ___________________________________________ A: $76 ____________________________________________ 唔啲咩六? B: yât-go châchâ-sîu faahn, yât-go cháaucháau-mihn 十四义燒有,十四有有 A: yámyám-dî mê a? 飲啲咩六? B: yât go yiht gaga-fê, yât go hóhó-lohk 十四唔唔唔,十四一一 A: ¬h¬h-gôi dáng dáng 你唔唔唔 …………… B: ¬h¬h-gôi màaihmàaih-dâan 你唔唔唔 A: châ chât-ahah-luhk mân 十六六廿 bus A: yiu dî mê a? 8) bâbâ-sí dîkdîk-sí taxi minibus síu-bâ deih--tit deih MTR train / KCR A: How many people? _____________________________________ B: Two__________________________________________________ tram fó-chê chê dihn--ch chêê dihn peak tram laahmlaahm-chê 巴士 的士 小巴 地地 火火 電火 火 17.1.2) Exercises A: Sit here. What do you want to eat? _________________________ a) Translation B: One fried noodles, one fried rice. Do you have beer? 1) Many taxi __________________________ hóu-dô dî dîk-sí 2) No taxi __________________________ móuh dî dîk-sí _________________________ B: Yes. ____________________________________________ A One beer, one coke please. [h] ________________________________ transliteration transliteration little bus ground iron fire car electric car cable car ga ga ga liht liht ga ga 架 架 架 列 列 架 架 邊幾好好 有好好 [a can of: gun] 幾幾幾六? B: léuhng wái 兩幾 A: géi dô wái a? 坐呢呢,食啲咩六? 十四有有, 十四有有, 我有有有六? A: yauh 我 B: yât gun bê jáu, yât go hóhó-lohk ¬h-gôi 十一有有,十四一一你唔 A: chóh nî douh â, â, sihk dî mê a? B: yât go cháaucháau-mihn, yât go cháaucháau-faahn, faahn, yáuh móuh bê jáu a? http://www.clc.com.hk Page 65 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 66 17.2 Stations or stops [T34] 17.2.1) Vocab bus stop bâbâ-sí jaahm taxi stand dîkdîk-sí jaahm síu-bâ jaahm minibus stop MTR station KCR / train station deihdeih-tit jaahm chêê jaahm fó-ch tram stop dihndihn-chê chê jaahm peak tram station laahmlaahm-chê chê jaahm 17.2.2) Expressions 1) There is an MTR station 2) There’s no taxi stand go go go go go go 個 個 個 個 個 個 個 18.1 Stop [T35] 18.1.1) Vocab a) Tell the places here nî-douh a bit further ahead chì chìhnhn-bihn street junction gâai háu Is there any bus station? 7-11 Watson’s Mannings 有有有冇有幾? 17.2.3) Exercises 1) Is there any taxi stand? ___________________________ ? yáuh mó móuh dî dîk-sí jaahm a? Tell the places - Common shops Park’n shop BaakBaak-gâai Wellcome 有冇冇有 yáuh mó móuh bâ bâ-sí jaahm a? 2) go 有有有有 móuh dî dîk-sí jaahm 3) 巴士巴 的士巴 小巴巴 地地巴 火火巴 電火巴 火巴 b) yáuh deihdeih-tit jaahm Taking transports Unit 18 我有好好有六 Is there any MTR station? ___________________________ ? yáuh mó móuh deihdeih-tit jaahm a? 我有地地有六 WaihWaih-hông Châ Chât sahpsahp-yât Wât-sàhnhn-sí Maahn--nìhng Maahn 呢呢 前邊 街街 一百 惠惠 7-11 屈屈屈 一萬 street mouth (opening) hundred + good gâan gâan 7 + 11 gâan transliteration gâan gâan ten thousand + peace 18.1.2) Exercises 1) There’s a Park’n shop, no Wellcome. _____________________________ yáuh BaakBaak-gâai, mó móuh WaihWaih-hông 18.2 Minibus [T36] 18.2.1) Vocab stop (for minibus) 18.2.2) Note a) yáuh lohk yáuh lohk 有有 間 間 間 間 間 have +off It is used for a minibus. Because they don’t hire the minibus, they just say “yáuh yáuh lohk” lohk instead of “tìhng tìhng: yáuh lohk” tìhng stop”. “y lohk means “someone has to get off” and then the driver will stop the minibus for the passengers http://www.clc.com.hk Page 67 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 68 4) 18.2.3) Expressions 1) Stop at the MTR station NèihNèih-dêun douh baatbaat-sahp houh deihdeih-tittit-jaahm 2) 3) 有有有有地 yáuhyáuh-lohk Go around the corner and stop jyun wâan Nathan c) 轉轉有地 yáuhyáuh-lohk The bus stop please (stop at the bus stop please) bâbâ-sí jaahm ¬h ¬h-gôi 5) 有冇有送唔 6) 1) Stop at the street intersection / junction ________________________ gâai--háu yáuhgâai yáuh-lohk 7) Stop at 7-11 _____________________________________________ Châ Chât sahpsahp-yât yáuhyáuh-lohk 77-11 8) 街街我街 Stop for taxi Vocab go heui where bîn-douh stop tìhng 去 邊呢 停 Stop here tìhng â 前去邊吖 â 呢百邊吖 Stop further ahead tìhng Stop at Park’n shop BaaakBaaak-gâai tìhng 18.3.3) Note a) Modal Particle “ââ” PM “â” in high level is used for requests and help to give a polite tone. It’s optional and people may skip it. If the request starts with “please: ¬h¬h-gôi”, gôi more likely the PM “â” is skipped. which place 18.3.4) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) a) Drivers expressions A: Where do you want to go? B: Central, Hollywood Road. 1) Where are you going? ……….. Where do you want to stop? bînbîn-douh tìhng a? b) 3) 去去坐幾? A: Where do you want to stop B: Please stop at Wellcome 去坐邊幾? A: $32 A: heui bînbîn-douh a? Ask for destination http://www.clc.com.hk deihdeih-tittit-jaahm 我你呢六? B: JûngJûng-Wàahn, HòhHòh-LéihLéih-Wuht Douh The Central MTR station please JungJung-wàahn ¬h-gôi 彌彌彌 80 號送唔 呢坐邊吖 Expressions 2) please â 18.3.2) heui bînbîn-douh a? ¬h-gôi 邊 chìhnchìhn-bihn 我街 18.3.1) number Ask for stop nînî-douh Taxi [T37] 80 It is used for a hired vehicle only, such as a taxi. In a minibus, it sounds rude if you say “tìhng”. “tìhng” Instead, people say “yáuh yáuhlohk on minibus yáuh-lohk” Exercises 18.3 Road tìhng 18.2.4) 2) 80 Nathan Road please 中中有有有送唔 Page 69 ……….. bîn--douh tìhng a? A: bîn 去去,荷荷荷荷 你呢邊六? 惠惠邊 十二二廿 B: WaihWaih-Hông tìhng â sâam--sahp sahp--yih mân A: sâam Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 70 Asking for direction Unit 19 19.1 19.1.1) Cantonese Expressions - 1 Where is the …? [T38] Edited by: Cantonese Learning Centre Tel: (852) 2881 0116 e-mail: info@clc.com.hk 邊呢 URL: http://www.clc.com.hk Version: V4.1 First printed in: 1998 洗手間 電電 彌彌荷 Last revised in: November 2004 Printed in: June 2006 Vocab Where on / at / in hái where bîn-douh Places wash room sái-sáu gâ gâan telephone dihndihn-wá lift lîp Nathan Road Nèihih-dêun douh All rights reserved. Printed in Hong Kong. The end of the book 19.1.2) Expressions 1) Where is the washroom? sái sáu gâan hái bînbîn-douh a ? 2) Where is the phone? dihndihn-wá 3) hái bînbîn-douh Where is the lift? lîp hái bînbîn-douh a? a? 洗洗洗去坐幾? __________________________________________________________________ 電電去坐幾? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 去 去坐幾? 19.1.3) Exercises 1) Where is the MTR station. __________________________ deih? deih-tit jaahm hái hái bînbîn-douh a ? 2) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 地地有喺你呢六 __________________________________________________________________ Where is the Nathan Road? __________________________ Nèih? Nèih-dêunêun-douh hái bînbîn-douh a ? __________________________________________________________________ 彌彌荷喺你呢六 __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ http://www.clc.com.hk Page 71 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 72
