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1 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Section 1 Vocab 3 Unit 1 1 to 10 3 Unit 2 10 to Unit 3 Money 12 Unit 4 Months and weeks 15 Section 2 Different parts of speech 18 Unit 5 Modal particles 18 Unit 6 Measure Words 20 Unit 7 Nouns 24 Unit 8 Pronouns 27 Section 3 Deal with people 32 Unit 9 Greetings and thanks 32 Section 4 Shopping 39 Unit 10 Price and ordering 39 Unit 11 Take a look and try 43 Unit 12 Size and colour 47 Unit 13 Payment and Delivery 52 Unit 14 Bargaining 54 Section 5 Food 58 Unit 15 Food ordering 58 Unit 16 Drinks ordering 62 Section 6 Getting around 66 Unit 17 Kinds of transports 66 Unit 18 Taking transports 68 Unit 19 Asking for direction 71 The end of the book 72 CD sound track records: to 10 [T1] 10.1 Asking price [T21] 1.2 Tens [T2] 10.2 Ordering [T22] to 19 [T3] 11.1 Take a look [T23] 2.2 Full form for [T4] 11.2 Can it be tried? [T24] 2.3 Short form for [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] 5.1 Modal particles [T11] 16.1 Drinks ordering [T32] 6.1 When to use measure words [T12] 17.1 Kinds of transports [T33] 6.2 More Nouns and their MWs [T13] 17.2 Stations or stops [T34] 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] 8.2 Demonstrative Pronouns [T18] 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] Key: [h] hint There s a hint for that question. [T#] Track number Sound track no. for the CD MW measure word it works like piece of PM modal particle it suggests tones of sentences Vocab format: English Cantonese Chinese character Literal meanings Measure word CD sound track records for the fast version: Unit 1 T 39 Unit 11 T 49 Unit 2 T 40 Unit 12 T 50 Unit 3 T 41 Unit 13 T 51 Unit 4 T 42 Unit 14 T 52 Unit 5 T 43 Unit 15 T 53 Unit 6 T 44 Unit 16 T 54 Unit 7 T 45 Unit 17 T 55 Unit 8 T 46 Unit 18 T 56 Unit 9 T 47 Unit 19 T 57 Unit 10 T 48 Page 1 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 2

2 Section 1 Vocab Unit 1 1 to to 10 [T1] 1.1.1) Vocab 1 yât 一 2 yih 二 3 sâam 三 4 sei 四 5 çgh 五 6 luhk 六 7 chât 七 8 baat 八 9 gáu 九 10 sahp 十 0 lìhng 零 1.1.2) Note 2 - When people say two of something, léuhng léuhng is used instead of yih yih. 4 - Die or dead sounds: séi séi, which sounds like 4: sei. Therefore Chinese don t like the number of It should be pronounced as çgh çgh according to dictionaries. However most people say ±h ±h instead and it is generally accepted. 1.2 Tens [T2] 1.2.1) Expressions 10 sahp 十 20 yih sahp 二十 30 sâam sahp 三十 40 sei sahp 四十 50 çgh sahp 五十 60 luhk sahp 六十 70 chât sahp 七十 80 baat sahp 八十 90 gáu sahp 九十 1.2.2) Exercises 1) 20 yih-sahp 二二 2) 60 luhk-sahp 六二 3) 90 gáu-sahp 九二 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? Page 3 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 4

3 Unit 2 10 to to 19 [T3] 2.1.1) Vocab 11 sahp yât 十一 12 sahp yih 十二 13 sahp sâam 十三 14 sahp sei 十四 15 sahp çgh 十五 16 sahp luhk 十六 17 sahp chât 十七 18 sahp baat 十八 19 sahp gáu 十九 2.1.2) Exercises a) Translation 1) 11 sahp yât 二十 2) 13 sahp sâan s 二十 3) 17 sahp chât 二十 b) Practice 4) How many months are there in a year? 5) How many units are there in this book? Page Full form for [T4] 2.2.1) Vocab English Original Form Short Form Chinese 20 yih sahp 二十 21 yih sahp yât yah yât 二十一 22 yih sahp yih yah yih 二十二 23 yih sahp sâam yah sâam 二十三 24 yih sahp sei yah sei 二十四 25 yih sahp çgh yah çgh 二十五 26 yih sahp luhk yah luhk 二十六 27 yih sahp chât yah chât 二十七 28 yih sahp baat yah baat 二十八 29 yih sahp gáu yah gáu 二十九 30 sâam-sahp sahp 三十 31 sâam-sahp sahp yât sâ-ah yât 三十一 32 sâam-sahp sahp yih sâ-ah yih 三十二 33 sâam-sahp sahp sâam sâ-ah sâam 三十三 34 sâam-sahp sahp sei sâ-ah sei 三十四 35 sâam-sahp sahp çgh sâ-ah çgh 三十五 36 sâam-sahp sahp luhk sâ-ah luhk 三十六 37 sâam-sahp sahp chât sâ-ah chât 三十七 38 sâam-sahp sahp baat sâ-ah baat 三十八 39 sâam-sahp sahp gáu sâ-ah gáu 三十九 40 sei-sahp sahp 四十 41 sei-sahp sahp yât sei-ah yât 四十一 42 sei-sahp sahp yih sei-ah yih 四十二 43 sei-sahp sahp sâam sei-ah sâam 四十三 44 sei-sahp sahp sei sei-ah sei 四十四 45 sei-sahp sahp çgh sei-ah çgh 四十五 46 sei-sahp sahp luhk sei-ah luhk 四十六 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 6

4 47 sei-sahp sahp chât sei-ah chât 四十七 48 sei-sahp sahp baat sei-ah baat 四十八 49 sei-sahp sahp gáu sei-ah gáu 四十九 50 çgh-sahp 五十 51 çgh-sahp yât çgh-ah yât 五十一 52 çgh-sahp yih çgh-ah yih 五十二 53 çgh-sahp sâam çgh-ah sâam 五十三 54 çgh-sahp sei çgh-ah sei 五十四 55 çgh-sahp çgh çgh-ah çgh 五十五 56 çgh-sahp luhk çgh-ah luhk 五十六 57 çgh-sahp chât çgh-ah chât 五十七 58 çgh-sahp baat çgh-ah baat 五十八 59 çgh-sahp gáu çgh-ah gáu 五十九 60 luhk-sahp 六十 61 luhk-sahp yât luhk-ah yât 六十一 62 luhk-sahp yih luhk-ah yih 六十二 63 luhk-sahp sâam luhk-ah sâam 六十三 64 luhk-sahp sei luhk-ah sei 六十四 65 luhk-sahp çgh luhk-ah çgh 六十五 66 luhk-sahp luhk luhk-ah luhk 六十六 67 luhk-sahp chât luhk uhk-ah chât 六十七 68 luhk-sahp baat luhk-ah baat 六十八 69 luhk-sahp gáu luhk-ah gáu 六十九 70 chât-sahp 七十 71 chât-sahp yât chât-ah yât 七十一 72 chât-sahp yih chât-ah yih 七十二 73 chât-sahp sâam chât-ah sâam 七十三 74 chât-sahp sei chât-ah sei 七十四 75 chât-sahp çgh chât-ah çgh 七十五 76 chât-sahp luhk chât-ah luhk 七十六 77 chât-sahp chât chât-ah chât 七十七 78 chât-sahp baat chât-ah baat 七十八 Page 7 79 chât-sahp gáu chât-ah gáu 七十九 80 baat-sahp 八十 81 baat-sahp yât baat-ah ah yât 八十一 82 baat-sahp yih baat-ah ah yih 八十二 83 baat-sahp sâam baat-ah ah sâam 八十三 84 baat-sahp sei baat-ah ah sei 八十四 85 baat-sahp çgh baat-ah ah çgh 八十五 86 baat-sahp luhk baat-ah ah luhk 八十六 87 baat-sahp chât baat-ah ah chât 八十七 88 baat-sahp baat baat-ah ah baat 八十八 89 baat-sahp gáu baat-ah ah gáu 八十九 90 gáu-sahp 九十 91 gáu-sahp yât gáu-ah yât 九十一 92 gáu-sahp yih gáu-ah yih 九十二 93 gáu-sahp sâam gáu-ah sâam 九十三 94 gáu-sahp sei gáu-ah sei 九十四 95 gáu-sahp çgh gáu-ah çgh 九十五 96 gáu-sahp luhk gáu-ah luhk 九十六 97 gáu-sahp chât gáu-ah chât 九十七 98 gáu-sahp baat gáu-ah baat 九十八 99 gáu-sahp gáu gáu-ah gáu 九十九 2.2.2) Exercises a) Translation 1) 25 yih-sahp çgh 二二二 2) 36 sâam-sahp sahp-luhk 十二六 b) Practice 3) How many days are there in a January? 4) How many days are there in a April? Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 8

5 2.3 Short form for [T5] 2.3.1) 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: yih-sahp is changed into yah 31-39: sâam-sahp sahp is changed into sâ-ah 41-99: sahp is changed into ah 2.3.2) Vocab Refer to the above table 2.3.3) Exercises 1) 66 luhk-ah ah-luhk 六六六 2) 74 chât-ah ah-sei 十六七 3) 86 baat-ah ah-luhk 八六六 4) 98 gáu-ah ah-baat 九六八 2.4 The short form for 20, 30 etc [T6] 2.4.1) Note 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 ) Expressions dollar mân 蚊 $20 yah mân 廿蚊 $30 sâ-ah mân 三三蚊 $40 sei-ah mân 四三蚊 $50 çgh-ah mân 五三蚊 $60 luhk-ah mân 六三蚊 $70 chât-ah mân 七三蚊 $80 baat-ah ah mân 八三蚊 $90 gáu-ah mân 九三蚊 2.4.3) Exercises 1) $20 yah mân 廿廿 2) $40 sei-ah mân 七六廿 3) $50 çgh-ah mân 二六廿 Page 9 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 10

6 2.5 Extra [T7] 2.5.1) Vocab 10 sahp 十 100 yât baak 一一 1000 yât t chîn 一一 yât t maahn 一一 2.5.2) Note The one: yât in 100: yât t baak, 1000: yât t chîn and 10000: yât t maahn can t be skipped ) Exercises 1) I have $200. [h] [I: ngóh] / [have: yáuh] ngóh yáuh y yih baak mân m 我我二我廿 2) I have $1000. ngóh yáuh y yât y t chîn m n mân 我我十我廿 Unit 3 Money 3.1 Coins and Banknotes in HK [T8] 3.1.1) Vocab dime (value is 10 cents) 3.1.2) Expression Coins in HK Dimes one dime (10 cents) two dimes (20 cents) five dimes (50 cents) hòuh-jí 毫毫 yât hòuh-jí 一毫毫 léuhng hòuh-jí 兩毫毫 çgh hòuh-jí 五毫毫 Coins in HK Dollars $1 yât mân 一蚊 $2 léuhng mân 兩蚊 $5 çgh mân 五蚊 $10 sahp mân 十蚊 Banknotes in HK $10 sahp mân 十蚊 $20 yih-sahp mân m / yah-mân 二十蚊 $50 çgh-sahp mân / çgh gh-ah mân m 五十蚊 $100 yât-baak mân 一一蚊 $500 çgh-baak mân 五一蚊 $1000 yât-ch chîn mân 一一蚊 3.1.3) 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 is used instead of yih yih. That s why two-dime coins are called léuhng hòuhh uh-jí 3.1.4) Exercises a) Coins in HK - Dimes 1) two dimes (20 ) léuhng hòuh-jí jí 兩兩兩 Page 11 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 12

7 2) five dimes (50 ) çgh hòuh-jí jí 二兩兩 b) Coins in HK - Dollars 3) $2 léuhng mân m 兩廿 4) $10 sahp mân 二廿 c) Banknotes in HK 5) $20 yih-sahp mân / yah-mân 二二廿 6) $100 yât-baak mân 十我廿 7) $500 çgh baak mân 二我廿 8) $1000 yât chîn mân 十我廿 3.2 Money telling [T-] 3.2.1) Note Just add dollar : mân after the numbers ) Exercises a) Full form only 1) $8 baat mân 八廿 2) $12 sahp-yih mân 二二廿 3) $18 sahp-baat mân 二八廿 b) Use full form 4) $37 sâam-sahp sahp chât mân 十二十廿 5) $49 sei-sahp sahp-gáu mân 七二九廿 6) $60 luhk-sahp mân 六二廿 7) $99 gáu-sahp gáu mân 九二九廿 c) Use short form 8) $28 yah-baat mân m ân 廿八廿 9) $36 sâ-ah luhk mân 十六六廿 10) $42 sei-ah ah-yih mân 七六二廿 11) $56 çgh gh-ah ah-luhk mân 二六六廿 12) $63 luhk-ah ah-sâam mân 六六十廿 13) $78 chât-ah ah-baat mân 十六八廿 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? Page 13 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 14

8 Unit Months [T9] 4.1.1) Vocab month January February March April May June July August September October November December 4.1.2) Exercises a) Translation Months and weeks yuht 月 yât-yuht yuht 一月 1 st month yih-yuht yuht 二月 2 nd month sâam-yuht 三月 3 rd month sei-yuht 四月 4 th month çgh-yuht 五月 5 th month luhk-yuht 六月 6 th month chât-yuht 七月 7 th month baat-yuht 八月 8 th month gáu-yuht 九月 9 th month sahp-yuht 十月 10 th month sahp-yât yât-yuht yuht 十一月 11 th month sahp-yih yih-yuht yuht 十二月 12 th month 1) October sahp-yuht 二十 2) March sâam-yuht 十十 3) July chât-yuht 十十 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? 4.2 Weeks [T10] 4.2.1) Note Both láih láih-baai baai and sîng sîng-kèih kèih means week and both are commonly used. sîng ng-kèih kèih is a bit more formal than láih láih-baai baai 4.2.2) Vocab láih-baai week láih-baai 禮禮 week Monday láih-baai baai-yât 禮禮一 1 st day of the week Tuesday láih áih-baai baai-yih 禮禮二 2 nd day of the week Wednesday láih-baai baai-sâam 禮禮三 3 rd day of the week Thursday láih-baai baai-sei 禮禮四 4 th day of the week Friday láih áih-baai baai-çgh 禮禮五 5 th day of the week Saturday láih-baai baai-luhk 禮禮六 6 th day of the week Sunday láih-baai baai-yaht 禮禮禮 day of the week sîng-kèih week sîng îng-kèih 星星 week Monday sîng îng-kèih èih-yât 星星一 1 st day of the week Tuesday sîng îng-kèih èih-yih 星星二 2 nd day of the week Wednesday sîng îng-kèih èih-sâam 星星三 3 rd day of the week Thursday sîng îng-kèih èih-sei 星星四 4 th day of the week Friday sîng îng-kèih èih-çgh 星星五 5 th day of the week Saturday sîng îng-kèih èih-luhk 星星六 6 th day of the week Sunday sîng îng-kèih èih-yaht 星星禮 day of the week Page 15 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 16

9 4.2.3) Exercises a) Translation 1) Monday sîng-kèih kèih-yât / láih-baai baai-yât yât 星星十 / 禮禮十 2) Sunday sîng-kèih kèih-yaht / láih-baai baai-yaht yaht 星星星 / 禮禮星 3) Saturday sîng-kèih kèih-luhk / láih-baai baai-luhk luhk 星星六 / 禮禮六 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? Section 2 Unit 5 Different parts of speech Modal particles 5.1 Modal particles [T11] 5.1.1) Vocab PM (question) a 三 5.1.2) Note PM (question) ga 㗎 PM (polite request) â 吖 PM (answer with pleased ending) â 吖 PM (answer with finality tone) aak 呃 PM (for defining) ge 嘅 a) General 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) a and ga ga When a and ga ga are used for questions, very often, they are interchangeable. a sounds more for single event questions while ga ga sounds more for general case questions 5.1.3) Expressions 1) When do you deliver? géi-sìh sung-fo a? 幾幾幾幾幾? when deliver goods PM 2) Do you deliver? sung h sung-fo ga? 幾送幾幾? delivery not delivery goods PM? Page 17 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 18

10 3) May I try it? (Can it be tried?) yáuh móuh dâk si a / ga? have not have possibility to try PM? People may say either a or ga ga here 4) One please yât go â 一一吖 one piece PM 5) It s fine! hóu â! 好吖 fine PM â is in high level, which sounds more energetic. 6) It s fine! hóu aak 好好 fine PM aak aak sounds yep in English 7) a hot one yiht ge 熱嘅 hot PM 5.1.4) Exercises Add modal particles to the following sentences. 1) It s fine = hóu 2) One please = yât t go 3) When do you deliver? = géi-sìh sung-fo? 4) Do you deliver? = sung h sung fo? 有有有有幾 /? Unit 6 Measure Words 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. Different categories of objects may take different MWs. Usually it depends on the category or shapes they belong to. While 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 instead of just leaving it out. Although it maybe wrong, it s easier for Hong Kong people to understand you. 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 6.1.2) Vocab this that apple person student clothes/clothing T-shirt trousers dress pen coke watch nî 呢 gó pìhng hng-gw gwó 蘋蘋 go 個 yàhn 人 go 個 hohk-sâang 學學 learn person go 個 sâam 衫 gihn 件 T-sêut T 恤 gihn 件 fu 褲 tìuh 條 kwàhn 裙 tìuh 條 bât 筆 jî 支 hó-lohk 可可 jî 支 sáu-bîu 手手 hand watch jek 隻 have don t have do you have? yáuh 有 móuh 冇 yáuh móuhm 有冇 Page 19 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 20

11 MW - people related things MW - clothes MW - long, thin objects MW - cylindrical objects MW - round objects go 個 gihn 件 tìuh 條 jî 支 jek 隻 6.1.3) Expressions Measure words are used after a number and for specific reference. For general referring, do not use measure words. a) Use MW: After a number one person yât go yàhn 一個人 one + piece of + person two people léuhng go yàhn 兩個人 two + piece of + person three people sâam go yàhn 三個人 three + piece of + person one apple yât go pìhng hng-gw gwó two apple léuhng go pìhng hng-gw gwó three apple sâam go pìhng hng-gw gwó 一個蘋蘋 one + piece of + apple 兩個蘋蘋 two + piece of + apple 三個蘋蘋 three + piece of + apple b) Use MW: Specific reference this apple nî go pìhng hng-gw gwó 呢個蘋蘋 this + piece of + apple that apple gó go pìhng p hng-gw gwó 個蘋蘋 that + piece of + apple the apple go pìhng p hng-gw gwó 個蘋蘋 the piece of + apple this pen nî jî bât 呢支筆 this + piece of + pen that pen gó jî bât 支筆 that + piece of + pen the pen jî bât 支筆 the piece of + pen c) Don t use MW: general reference 1) Do you have a pen? / Do you have any pens? yáuh móuh bât b t a? 有有有幾? have not have pen PM? 6.1.4) Exercises 1) 4 people sei-go yàhn 七四四 2) this person Page 21 nî-go yàhn 呢四四 3) that person gó-go go yàhn 嗰四四 6.2 More Nouns and their MWs [T13] 6.2.1) Expressions people related nouns MW a person a student clothes MW an item of clothing a T-shirt long, thin objects MW a pair of trousers a dress go 個 yât go yàhn 一個人 yât go hohk-sâang 一個學學 gihn 件 yât gihn sâam 一件衫 yât gihn T-sêut T 一件 T 恤 tìuh 條 yât tìuh fu 一條褲 yât tìuh kwàhn 一條裙 cylindrical objects MW jî 支 a pen a coke (a bottle of sth.) round objects MW a watch a CD 6.2.2) Exercises yât jî bât 一支筆 yât jî hó-lohk 一支可可 jek 隻 yât jek sáu-bîu 一隻手手 yât jek CD 一隻 CD 1) Two students léuhng-go go hohk-sâang 兩四兩兩 2) That T-shirt gó-gihn gihn T-sêut T sêut 嗰件 T Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 22

12 3) the watch jek sáu-bîu 隻隻隻 4) One coke (in bottle shape) yât-jî hó-lohk 十一一一 5) The pair of trousers costs $100 tìuh fu yât-baak y mân m 條條十我廿 6) I have two watches ngóh yáuh y léuhng l jek sáu-bîu s 我我兩隻隻隻 7) Do you have any coke? yáuh móuh m hó-lohk h a? 我有一一六? 6.3 Measure word dî [T14] 6.3.1) Note dî dî is an universal measure word for plural (without stating specific number) and uncountable things (eg. water) 6.3.2) Expressions these pens nî dî bât 呢 筆 this + pieces of + pens those pens gó dî bât 筆 that + pieces of + pens the pens dî bât 筆 the pieces of + pens this water that water the water 6.3.3) Exercises nî dî séui 呢 水 gó dî séui dî séui 水 ui 水 1) These people nî dî yàhn hn 呢啲四 2) Those people gó dî yàhn 嗰啲四 嗰啲 3) The people dî yàhn 啲四 Unit 7 Nouns 7.1 Common nouns [T15] 7.1.1) Vocab a) Nouns of things People person yàhn 人 go 個 foreigner ngoih-gwok gwok-yàhn 外外人 go 個 boy nàahm ahm-jái 男男 male kid go 個 girl néuih uih-jái 女男 female kid go 個 kid sai-mân-jái 細蚊男 go 個 Things book syû 書 bún 本 pen bât 筆 jî 支 TV dihn-sih 電電 go 個 telephone dihn-wá 電電 go 個 sofa sô-fá 梳梳 jêung 張 umbrella jê 遮 bá 把 homework gûng ng-fo 功功 fahn 份 money chín 錢 - water séui 水 - Clothes etc. clothes sâam 衫 gihn 件 shoes hàaih 鞋 deui 對 shirt sêut ut-sâam 恤衫 gihn 件 ring gaai-jí 戒毫 jek 隻 Food & Drinks apple pìhng hng-gw gwó 蘋蘋 go 個 hamburger hon-bóu-bâau 漢漢漢 go 個 coke hó-lohk 可可 Page 23 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 24

13 b) Abstract nouns Cantonese mistake music c) Proper nouns Hong Kong Central Hollywood Road Nathan Road 7.1.2) Exercises Gwóng ng-dûng ng-wá 廣廣電 cho 錯 yâm-ngohk 音可 Hêung ung-góng 香香 Jûng ng-wàahn 中中 Hòh-léih ih-wuht douh 荷荷荷荷 Nèih ih-dêun douh 彌彌荷 1) One umbrella yât t bá b jê 十一一 2) Two umbrellas léuhng bá b jê 兩一一 3) This umbrella nî bá jê 呢一一 4) That umbrella gó bá jê 嗰一一 5) The umbrella bá jê 一一 6) These umbrella nî dî jê 呢啲一 7) Those umbrella gó dî jê 嗰啲一 嗰啲 8) The umbrellas dî jê 啲一 7.2 Articles - a, an, the [T16] 7.2.1) Note There are no articles - a, an & the in Cantonese. People say one: yât for a or an. For definite referring the, people use measure word. Different category of things use different measure words, go go is the most common measure word ) Vocab a student an apple the student the apple the students the apples 7.2.3) Exercises yât t go hohk-sâang 一個學學 one + piece of + student yât t go pìhngp hng-gw gwó 一個蘋蘋 one + piece of + apple go hohk-sâang 個學學 the piece of + student go pìhng p hng-gw gwó 個蘋蘋 the piece of + apple dî hohk-sâang 學學 the pieces of + student dî pìhng hng-gw gwó 蘋蘋 the pieces of + apple 1) The apple costs $2. go pìhng p hng-gw gwó léuhng mân 四個個兩廿 2) The apples cost $10. dî pìhng hng-gw gwó sahp mân m 啲個個二廿 Page 25 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 26

14 Unit 8 Pronouns 8.1 Personal Pronouns [T17] 8.1.1) Vocab a) Subjective and objective case I / me you (singular) he, she, it / him, her we / us you (plural) they / them ngóh 我 néih 你 kéuih 佢 ngóh deih 我 néih deih 你 kéuih deih 佢 b) Possessive adjective / Possessive pronoun my / mine ngóh ge 我嘅 your / yours néih ge 你嘅 his, her, its / his, hers, its kéuih ge 佢嘅 our / ours ngóh-deih ge your / yours néih éih-deih ge their / theirs kéuih-deih ge ge 我 嘅 ge 你 嘅 ge 佢 嘅 ge is usually replaced by corresponding measure word (MW) in possessive case c) Reflexive pronoun myself yourself himself, herself, itself ourselves yourselves themselves ngóh jih-géi 我我我 néih jih-géi 你我我 kéuih jih-géi 佢我我 ngóh-deih jih-géi 我 我我 néih-deih jih-géi 你 我我 kéuih-deih jih-géi 佢 我我 2) We are Hong Kong people ngóh-deih haih Hêung-Góng Yàhn 我哋我我我四 3) You (plural) are not Hong Kong people [h] [not be: h-haih] néih-deih h-haih haih Hêung-Góng Yàhn 你你我我我四 4) They are foreigners kéuih-deih haih ngoih-gwok gwok yàhn 佢哋我係係四 5) A: Is he a student? B: No, he is not a student A: kéuih haih h haih hohk sâang a? 佢我你我兩兩六? B: h-haih. haih. kéuih h-haih haih hohk-sâang b) Possessive sâang 你我, 佢你我兩兩 6) their pen(s) kéuih-deih ge bât b 佢哋嘅哋嘅筆 哋嘅 7) your (singular) pen(s) néih ge bât b 你嘅筆 8) your (plural) pen(s) néih ih-deih ge bât b 你哋嘅哋嘅筆 哋嘅 9) our money ngóh-deih ge chín 我哋嘅哋嘅錢 c) Reflexive 哋嘅 10) You yourself made the mistake [h] [make mistake: jouh-cho] néih jih-géi jouh cho 你你你你你 11) They themselves are careless [h] [careless: h síu-sâm] kéuih-deih jih-géi h síu-sâm sâm sâm 佢哋你你你自自 8.1.2) Exercises a) Subjective and Objective case 1) I am Hong Kong people. [h] [be: haih] ngóh haih Hêung-góng yàhn àhn 我我我我四 Page 27 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 28

15 8.2 Demonstrative Pronouns [T18] 8.2.1) Vocab this one that one these those here there 8.2.2) Exercises nî go 呢個 this piece gó go 個 that piece nî dî 呢 this pieces gó dî this pieces nî douh 呢呢 this place gó douh 呢 that place 1) This is an apple nî-go haih pìhng-gwó gwó gwó 呢四我個個 2) That is an apple gó-go go haih pìhng-gwó gwó gwó 嗰四我個個 3) These are apples nî-dî î haih pìhng-gwó gwó gwó 呢啲我個個 4) Those are apples gó-dî î haih pìhng-gwó gwó 嗰啲 嗰啲我個個 5) Here is Hong Kong nî-douh haih Hêung-Góng Góng 呢呢我我我 6) I went there ngóh heui gó-douh 我我嗰呢 8.3 Interrogative Pronouns [T19] 8.3.1) Vocab which who which where how (quantity) how many how long when what time why what what 8.3.2) Exercises a) Translation bîn 邊 bîn go which person 邊個 bîn go which piece 邊個 bîn douh which place 邊呢 géi 幾 géi dô how many 幾幾 géi noih how many + duration 幾幾 géi sìh how many + time 幾幾 géi dím how many + o clock 幾幾 dím gáai mât yéh mê how to + explain 幾點 what stuff 乜 (a short form) 咩 1) Who are you? [you are who?] néih haih bîn-go a? 你我你四六? 2) Which is better? [h] [better: hóu-dî] bîn-go hóu-dî a? 你四邊啲六? 3) Where do you live? [you live in where?] [h] [live: jyuh, in: hái] néih jyuh hái h bîn-douh a? a? 你你喺你呢六? 4) How many people? géi-dô yàhn a? 幾幾四六? 5) When will you go? [you when go?] néih géi-sìh heui a? 你幾你我六? Page 29 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 30

16 6) Why did you go? [you why go?] néih dím-gáaid heui a? 7) What is it? [this is what?] nî-go haih mât-yéh a? b) Dialogue 8) A: Who is better? B: He is better A: bîn-go hóu-dî a? 你四邊啲六? B: kéuih k hóu-dî dî 佢邊啲 9) A: How many people? B: 4 A: géi-dô yàhn a? 幾幾四六? B: sei-go 七四 10) A: Where are they going? B: They are going to Central A: kéuih-deih heui bîn-douh a? 佢哋我你呢六? B: kéuih-deih heui Jûng-Wàahn 佢哋我去去 11) A: Which pen is cheaper? B: This pen is cheaper A: bîn-jî bât pèhng-dî a? B: nî-jî bât pèhng-dî dî a? 你一筆邊啲六? dî 呢一筆邊啲 12) A: Which piece of clothing is better? B: That piece of clothing is better A: bîn-gihn sâam hóu-dî a? B: gó-gihn gihn sâam hóu-dî dî a? 你你件邊邊啲六? dî 嗰件邊邊啲 Section 3 Deal with people Unit Greetings [T20] 9.1.1) Expressions Good morning 9.1.2) Note nice to meet you I wish you well Greetings and thanks jóu-sàhn 早早 early morning néih hóu h 你你 you good néih hóu h 你你 you good a) Good morning: jóu-sàhn 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 right just before going to bed. Therefore usually they can only say jóu táu to their family members. If someone says jóu táu lâ (where 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 táu is early rest but not good night. b) I wish you well: néih hóu I wish you well: néih hóu h 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, c) People don t d say how are you? Native Hong Kong Cantonese do not say How are you: néih hóu ma? to each others as English speakers and Mandarin speakers do in daily greetings Page 31 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 32

17 9.1.3) Exercises 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) Someone say néih hóu to you, what do you answer then? néih hóu 9.2 Goodbye [T20] 9.2.1) Expressions bye see you bâai ai-baai 禮禮 joi gin 再再 again + see 9.2.2) Note joi joi-gin gin is more formal and less common than bâai ai-baai baai. 9.3 Thanks [T20] 9.3.1) Expressions thanks for help /service h-gôi 唔唔 not + should thanks for a gift dô-jeh 幾多 many thanks don t mention it h-sái 唔唔 no need don t mention it don t mention it h-sái i haak-hei hei 唔唔唔唔 h-hóu haak-hei hei 唔你唔唔 no need + so polite don t + so polite b) Thanks for a gift: dô-jeh dô dô-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. You can also say dô-jeh when someone gives you compliments or congratulations c) You re welcome: h-sái The usage for 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 9.3.3) Exercises What do you say in the following situations? 1) Someone opens the door for you. h-gôi 你唔 2) Your friend gives you a birthday present. dô-jeh 幾多 3) You are a customer and want to say thanks to the sales person. h-gôi 你唔 4) You are a sales person and want to say thanks to your customer for buying things from your shop. dô-jeh 幾多 5) 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 6) Someone thanks you for your help. What do you say to that person then? h sái 你唔 / h sái haak-hei hei 你唔唔唔 / h hóu haak-hei hei hei 你邊唔唔 9.3.2) Note a) Thanks for help: h-gôi The literal meanings of 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. Page 33 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 34

18 9.4 Requests [T20] 9.4.1) Vocab please h-gôi 唔唔 wait a moment dáng dángd 等等 borrow je 借 wash room telephone no problem feel free for it / help yourself 9.4.2) Expressions wash + hand + partition sái-sáu gâang 洗手 間 dihn-wá 電電 electric + talk no + problem móuh 冇冇 mahn-tàih 題 chèuih uih-bín 隨隨 casual Request please h-gôi 唔唔 please wait a moment h-gôi dáng dángd 唔唔等等 please make way for me h-gôi je je 唔唔借借 may I use the telephone? h-gôi i je go dihn-wá 唔唔借個電電 may I use the wash room? h-gôi i je go sái-sáu s gâang 唔唔借個洗手間 Answer okay dâk 得吖 no problem móuh mahn-tàih 冇冇題 feel free to use it chèuih uih-bín 隨隨 9.4.3) Note - Request a) h-gôi h 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 Page 35 quite often, Cantonese say please: h gôi instead. b) h-gôi dáng dáng When Cantonese repeat the verbs, it means the actions last for a short while. c) 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) h-gôi je go dihn-wá Quite often, people just make it a request statement instead of making it a question of May I 9.4.4) Note - Answer a) chèuih bín 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 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 ) Exercises 1) Excuse me (You try to get off the MTR) h-gôi (je je) 你唔 ( 借借 ) 2) A: Please wait B: No problem A: Thanks B: You are welcome. A: h-gôi dáng dáng 你唔唔唔 B: móuh mahn-tàih 有冇冇 A: h-gôi 你唔 B: h-sái (haak-hei) hei) hei) 你唔 ( 唔唔 ) 3) X: May I use the toilet? (Please borrow the toilet) Y: Sure (feel free to use it) h-gôi je go sái-sáu sáu gâan chèuih-bín Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 36

19 9.5 Apologies [T20] 9.5.1) Expressions Sorry excuse me / sorry h hóu yi-si 唔你唔唔 not good meanings sorry deui h jyuh 對唔對 Answer never mind no problem 9.5.2) Note h gán-yiu g 唔唔唔 not + important móuh mahnm ahn-tà tàih 冇冇題 no + problem a) h-hóu yi-si The literal meanings of it is: has a meaning of embarrassing. People use it when they find sorry for inconvenience caused ) 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 hóu yi-si si 你邊唔唔 2) You caused your friend lose $10,000. deui h jyuh 對你你 3) When you chat with your friend and you have to pick up the phone h hóu yi si 你邊唔唔 4) Someone asks you where a MTR station is but you don t know. h hóu yi si 你邊唔唔 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 u yi-si si more than deui h h 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 h gán-yiu, g móuh m mahn-tàih tàih together. Page 37 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 38

20 Section 4 Unit 10 Shopping Price and ordering 10.1 Asking price [T21] ) Vocab General this one nî go 呢個 this piece that one gó go 個 that piece how much géi i chín 幾錢 how (much) + money Clothes clothes sâam 衫 gihn T-shirt tî-sêut T 恤 gihn trousers fu 褲 tìuh dress kwàhn 裙 tìuh Others pen bât 筆 jî table tói 枱 jêung ) Expressions a) How much? 1) How much is this one? nî go géi-chín a? 呢一幾呢幾? 2) How much is this piece of clothing? nî î gihn sâam géi-chín a? 呢呢呢幾呢幾? 3) How much for this pair of pants? nî tìuh fu géi-chín a? 呢呢呢幾呢幾? 件件條條支張 b) This is 4) This is $70 nî go chât-sahp mân 呢一呢呢呢 5) This dress is $230 nî tìuh kwàhn yih-baak sâam s am-sahp mân 呢呢呢呢呢呢呢呢 ) 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 is a common word in Cantonese b) Measure words (MW) In 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, literally means how much money. But most of the time, people skip the dô and so just say géi i chín. d) Modal particle a in géi-ch chín n a? is a question modal particle. Some people may skip the a. However using a can make the tone milder and more polite. Most people do say a here ) Exercises 1) How much is this one? ñi-go géi-chín a? 呢四幾錢六? 2) How much is this table? nî-jêung jêung-tói géi-chín a? 呢呢枱幾錢六? 3) How much is this T-shirt? nî gihn tî-sêut géi-chín a? 呢件 T 恤幾錢六? 4) This pen cost $24. nî jî bât yah-sei mân m 呢一筆廿七廿 5) This table is $300. nî-jêung jêung-tói sâam am-baak mân m 呢呢枱十我廿 Page 39 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 40

21 10.2 Ordering [T22] ) Expressions 1) One please h gôi yât go 送唔一一吖 2) One please (refer to clothes) h gôi yât gihn 送唔一呢吖 3) Two please (refer to clothes) h-gôi léuhng gihn 送唔唔呢吖 4) Two please (refer to pants or dresses) h gôi léuhng tìuh 送唔唔呢吖 5) Three please (refer to pens) h-gôi sâam jî 送唔呢唔吖 ) Note a) Habits in ordering things 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 gôi at the beginning or at the end ) Exercises 1) A: How much for this one? B: This one is $60 A: One please B: Thanks for $60 A: nî-go géi-chín a? 呢四幾錢六? B: nî-go luhk-sahp mân 呢四六二廿 A: h-gôi yât-go â 你唔十四 B: dô-jeh luhk-sahp mân 幾多六二廿 2) A: How much is this T-shirt? B: $70 A: One please. A: nî gihn tî-sêut géi-chín a? B: chât-sahp mân 十二廿 A: h-gôi yât-gihn â chín a? 呢件 T 恤幾錢六? gihn â 你唔十件 3) A: How much for this pair of pants? B: $125 A: One please A: nî-tìuh tìuh-fu géi-chín a? 呢條條幾錢六? B: yât-baak yih-sahp sahp-çgh mân 十我二二二廿 A: h-gôi yât-tìuh tìuh â tìuh â. 你唔十條 Page 41 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 42

22 Unit 11 Take a look and try 11.1 Take a look [T23] ) Vocab want séung 想 look tái 睇 take a look tái-tái 睇睇 take a look tái-háh 睇吓 (a while) háh 吓 ) Expressions 1) Take a look at this one tái tái nî go 睇睇呢一 / tái háh nî go 睇睇呢一 2) I want to take a look at this please. h-goî ngóh séung tái tái nî go 送唔, 我我睇睇呢一 ) Note In Cantonese, 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 is not used in ordering, it only shows the intention of doing something ) Exercises 1) A: How much for this pair of trousers? B: $200 A: I want to take a look please B: No problem A: One please A: nî-tìuh fu géi-chín a? B: yih-baak mân 二我廿 A: ngóh séung tái tái 我我我我 B: móuh mahn tàih 有冇冇 a? 呢條條幾錢六? Page 43 A: h-gôi yât-tìuh tìuh â tìuh â 你唔十條 11.2 Can it be tried? [T24] ) Vocab have don t have Is there any possibility to try ) Expressions yáuh 有 móuh 冇 yáuh móuh m dâk d 有冇得 si 試 1) May I / Can I? yáuh móuh dâk 有有有 have not have possibility 2) May I try it? (Can it be tried?) yáuh móuh dâk si ga? 有有有有? have not have possibility to try PM? 3) Yes, you can yáuh dâk si 有有有 have possibility to try 4) No, you can t móuh dâk si 有有有 no possibility to try 5) I m sorry, you can t h hóu yi-si, móuh dâk si 送好唔唔, 有有有 6) I want to try these trousers ngóh séung si si nî tìuh fu 我我有有呢呢呢 I want try try this piece of trousers 7) No problem móuh mahn-tàih 有冇冇 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 44

23 11.2.3) Note a) yáuh móuh m dâk d + verb dâk dâk is a structural particle which shows the potential or possibility of doing something. The literal meanings for yáuh uh-móuh uh-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, the answer should be have: yáuh or not have: móuh. yáuh yáuh-móuh móuh-dâk is always followed by a verb ) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) A: Can it be tried on? B: Yes A: I want to try this dress B: No problem A: One please A: yáuh móuh dâk si ga? 我有有有? B: yáuh (dâk-si) 我 ( 有有 ) A: ngóh séung si si nî tìuh kwàhn 我我有有呢條我 B: móuh mahn tàih 有冇冇 A: h-gôi yât-tìuh tìuh â tìuh â 你唔十條 2) A: How much for this item of clothing? B: $120 A: I want to take a look B: No problem A: Can it be tried on? B: I m sorry, no A: It s doesn t matter, one please B: Thanks for $120 A: nî-gihn sâam géi chín a? 呢件邊幾錢六? B: yât-baak yih-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 hóu yi-si, móuh dâk si si, móuh dâk si 你邊唔唔, 有有有 gihn â 你唔唔, 十件 A: h gán-yiu, yât-gihn â B: dô-jeh yât-baak yih-sahp mân 幾多十我二二廿 3) A: How much for this watch? B: $850 A: I want to try it on B: No problem A: Two please A: nî-jek sáu-bîu géi chín a? 呢隻隻隻幾錢六? B: baat-baak aak çgh-sahp mân 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 gôi léuhng jek â 你唔兩隻 Page 45 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 46

24 Unit Size [T25] ) Vocab size size size large medium small extra small extra large one size free size larger smaller too Size and colour chek-máh 尺尺 máh 尺 sâai-sí sí size daaih máh 大尺 jûng máh 中尺 sai máh 細尺 gâ sai máh 加細尺 gâ daaih máh 加大尺 yât go máh 一個尺 fî sâai-sí sí free 士 daaih-dî dî 大 sai-dî 細 taai 太 ) Expressions a) Ask 1) Do you have a large one? yáuh móuh daaih máh ga? 有有有有? 2) Do you have a larger one? yáuh móuh daaih dî ga? 有有有啲? 3) Do you have a smaller one? yáuh móuh sai dî ga? 有有有啲啲? 啲 4) Yes yáuh 有 5) No, we don t have móuh 有 b) Ordering 6) One large one please (referring to a clothing) h gôi yât gihn daaih máh â 送唔一呢有有吖 7) One small one, please h gôi yât gihn sai máh â 送唔一呢有有吖 c) Doesn t fit 8) This one is too small. (for clothes) nî gihn taai sai 呢一呢有 ) Exercises a) Translation 1) Do you have a small size? yáuh-móuh sai-máh ga? 我有有有? 2) Do you have a larger one? yáuh-móuh daaih-dî dî ga? 我有有啲? Page 47 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 48

25 b) Dialogue 3) A: Do you have a larger one? B: Yes, this (referring to a clothing) is larger A: How much? B: $80 A: One please A: yáuh móuh daaih-dî dî ga? 我有有啲啲? B: yáuh, nî gihn daaih-dî dî A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: baat-sahp mân 八二廿 A: h-gôi i yât-gihn â dî 我, 呢件有啲 gihn â 你唔十件 4) A: Do you have a small one? B: Yes A: How much? B: $100 A: One small one please (referring to a clothing) A: yáuh móuh sai-máh ga? 我有有有? B: yáuh 我 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: yât-baak mân 十我廿 A: h-gôi i yât-gihn sai-máh â c) Pattern drills máh â 你唔十件有有 smaller one? larger one? large cheaper one? I m sorry, this is too small Do you have a large one? medium one? expensive a small one 12.2 Colour [T26] ) Vocab Colour colour sîk 色 colour ngàahn-sîk 顏色 black hâak sîk 黑色 white baahk sîk 白色 red hùhng sîk 紅色 orange cháang sîk 橙色 yellow wòhng sîk 黃色 green luhk sîk 綠色 blue làahm sîk 藍色 brown fê sîk 啡色 grey fûi sîk 灰色 Others like jûng ng-yi 鍾唔 other kèih ih-tâ 其其 another daih-yih go 第二個 looks good hóu tái t 你睇 ) Expressions a) Do you have? 1) Do you have a brown one? yáuh móuh fê-sîk a? 有有有有幾? 2) Do you have other colours? yáuh móuh kèih-tâ sîk a? 有有有有有幾? Page 49 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 50

26 3) Do you have another colour? yáuh móuh daih-yih yih-go sîk a? 有有有呢一有幾? b) This colour 4) This colour looks good. nî go sîk hóu tái 呢一有好睇 5) This colour doesn t look good. nî go sîk h hóu tái ) Exercises a) Dialogue 呢一有送好睇 1) A: Do you have a black one? B: Yes A: How much? B: $ 98 A: One please (referring to a pair of jeans) A: yáuh móuh hâak-sîk ga? 我有有有? B: yáuh 我 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: gáu-sahp baat mân 九二八廿 A: yât-tìuh tìuh â tìuh â 十條 2) A: Do you have other colours? B: Yes, we have blue A: How much? B: $ 60 A: One please (referring to a dress) A: yáuh móuh kèih-tâ sîk ga? 我有有有有? B: yáuh, yáuh làahm sîk 我, 我有有 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: luhk-sahp mân 六二廿 A: yât-tìuh tìuh â tìuh â 十條 Unit Delivery [T27] ) Vocab delivery ) Expressions Payment and Delivery sung fo 送送 deliver + goods 1) Do you deliver? sung h sung fo ga? 幾送幾幾? deliver not deliver goods PM? Question particle ga is used as this question is asking about the habit if the shop delivers 2) Yes sung 幾 Because goods is understood here, it can be skipped. 3) No h sung 送幾 ) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) A: Do you deliver? B: Yes A: sung h sung fo ga? 送你送送? B: sung 送 13.2 Credit card [T28] ) Vocab receive sâu 收 credit card octopus card only cash kâat 咭 baat-daaht daaht-tûng 八八八 jihng-haih haih 淨淨 yihn-gâm 現現 Page 51 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 52

27 13.2.2) Expressions 1) Do you accept credit cards? sâu h sâu kâat ga? 收送收收? receive not receive card PM? 2) Do you accept EPS? sâu h sâu EPS ga? 收送收 EPS? receive not receive EPS PM? 3) Do you accept octopus card? sâu h sâu baat-daaht daaht-tûng ga? 收送收收收收? receive not receive octopus card PM? 4) Yes sâu 5) No h sâu 6) We accept cash only ngóh-deih jihng-haih haih sâu yihn-gâm we only receive cash ) Exercises 1) A: Do you take credit cards? B: No A: sâu h sâu kâat ga? 收你收收? B: h sâu 你收 2) A: Do you take octopus card? B: Yes A: sâu h sâu baat-daaht daaht-tûng ga? 收你收八收收? B: sâu 收 Unit 14 Bargaining 14.1 Bargaining expressions [T29] ) Vocab cheaper cheapest ) Expressions pèhng hng-dî 平 jeui-pèhng 最平 1) Can it be cheaper? pèhng dî dâk h dâk a? 平啲有送有幾? cheaper okay not okay PM? 2) Can it be $100? (How about $100?) yât-baak mân dâk h dâk a? 一呢呢有送有幾? $100 okay not okay PM? 3) What is the cheapest price? jeui pèhng géi chín a? 最平幾呢幾? most cheap how much PM ) 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 ) Exercises a) Dialogue 1) A: How much for this pen? B: $200 A: Can it be cheaper? B: $180 A: One please A: nî-jî bât géi chín a? 呢一筆幾錢六? B: yih-baak mân 二我廿 A: pèhng-dî dâk h dâk a? 邊啲有你有六? B: yât-baak baat-sahp mân 十我八二廿 A: yât-jî â Page 53 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 54

28 2) A: How much for this watch? B: $760 A: What is the cheapest price? B: $700 A: How about $600? B: No. The cheapest price is $650 A: One please A: nî-jek sáu-bîu géi chín a? 呢隻隻隻幾錢六? B: chât baak luhk-sahp mân 十我六二廿 A: jeui-pèhng géi chín a? 最邊幾錢六? B: chât-baak mân 十我廿 A: luhk baak mân dâk mh dâk a? 六我廿有你有六? B: h-dâk. jeui-pèhng luhk-baak çgh-sahp man A: yât-jek â jek â 十隻 14.2 Discount [T30] sahp man 你有, 最邊六我二二廿 ) Note In Cantonese, people talk about how much they pay after the discount. Let say for 10% off, people say paying 90%. jit jit itself is a measuring unit. 1 1 jit = 10%. i.e. paying 90% = 9 9 jit. Don t not say gáu-sahp-çgh jit for 5% off, it literally means 950% ) Vocab discount jit 折 how many géi-dô 幾幾 all chyùhn hn-bouh 全全 up to héi 起 half price bun ga 半半 half + price ) Expressions a) Bargaining 1) Is there any discount? yáuh móuh jit ga? 有有有? 2) How much discount? géi-dô jit a? 幾幾有幾? 3) Can it be 20% off? baat-jit dâk h dâk a? 收有有送有幾? b) Discount 4) These clothes are 10% off nî-dî sâam gáu-jitg 呢啲呢衫有 5) All are 20% off chyùhn hn-bouh baat b aat-jit 全全收有 6) Up to 60% off sei-jit héi h 四有四 c) Question 7) Is it 10% off? haih h haih gáu-jit a? 係送係衫有幾? 8) Are these shoes 20% off? nî dî hàaih haih h haih baat-jit a? 呢啲鞋係送係收有幾? 10% off gáu jit 九折 20% off baat jit 八折 30% off chât jit 七折 5% off gáu-çgh jit 九五折 15% off baat-çgh jit 八五折 25% off chât-çgh jit 七五折 Page 55 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 56

29 14.2.4) Exercises a) Translation 1) How much discount? géi-dô jit a? 幾幾幾六? 2) 5% off gáu-çgh jit 九二幾 3) Can it be 20% off? baat-jit dâk h dâk a? 八幾有你有六? 4) Shirts are 10% off sêut-sâam sâam gáu-jit jit 恤邊九幾 5) The shoes are 25% off dî hàaih chât-çgh çgh-jit jit 啲鞋十二幾 6) Is it 2% off? haih h haih gáu-baat baat-jit a? jit a? 我你我九八幾六? 7) All are in 30% off chyùhn-bouh chât-jit b) Dialogue jit 全全十幾 8) A: How much for this item of clothing? B: $240 A: Is there any discount? B: 10% off A: How about 20% off? B: The cheapest price is 15% off A: One please A: nî-gihn sâam géi g éi-chín a? 呢件邊幾錢六? B: yih-baak sei-sahp sahp mân 二我七二廿 A: yáuh móuh jit ga? 我有幾? B: gáu-jit 九幾 A: baat-jit dâk d h dâk d a? 八幾有你有六? B: h-dâk, jeui pèhng p baat-çgh jit A: yât-gihn â gihn â 十件 gh jit 你有, 最邊八二幾 Section 5 Unit 15 Food Food ordering 15.1 Food ordering [T31] ) Vocab Food fried rice cháau háau-faahn 炒炒 fried noodles cháau háau-mihn 炒炒 BBQ pork with rice châ-sîu faahn 叉叉炒 sweet & sour pork Gû-lô lôu-yuhk 咕咕咕 Others sit chóh 坐 want (for ordering) / need yiu 唔 eat sihk 食 vegetarian food sou 素 sold out maaih saai 賣賣 sell entirely bill-the bill please màaih dâan 埋埋 close the bill wait a moment dáng dángd 等等 wait wait ) Expressions a) Take a sit 1) How many people? géi-dô wái i a? 幾幾幾幾? wái is a measure word for people which is used in polite and formal situation. 2) Two léuhng wái w 唔幾 3) Sit here please chóh nî-douh â 坐呢坐吖 4) Sit there please Page 57 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 58

30 chóh gó-douh â douh â 坐 坐吖 b) Waiter 5) What do you want? yiu dî mê a? 要啲咩幾? 6) What will you have? sihk dî mê a? 食啲咩幾? c) Order 7) One fried noodles please h-gôi i yât go cháau-mihn 送唔一一唔唔 8) One barbecued pork with rice please h-gôi i yât go châ-sîu faahn 送唔一一唔唔唔 9) This one please nî go â 呢一吖 (pointing at the menu) d) Ask 10) Do you have fried rice? yáuh móuh cháau-faahn a? 有有唔唔幾? 11) Yes yáuh 有 12) No móuh 有 13) Sold out maaih-saai 賣賣 e) Payment 14) The bill please màaih-dâan 埋埋 f) Others 15) We are vegetarian. ngóh-deih haih sihk sou ge 我 係食係嘅 ) Exercises 1) A: Do you have fried rice? B: Yes A: One please. A: The bill please B: $38 A: yáuh-móuh cháau-faahn a? 我有有有六? B: yáuh 我 A: h-gôi yât go â. gôi yât go â. 你唔十四 A: h-gôi màaih-dâan 你唔唔唔 B: sâam-sahp sahp-baat mân 十二八廿 2) A: Do you have sweet and sour pork? B: sold out A: Do you have fried noodles? B: Yes A: How much? B: $42 A: One please A: yáuh-móuh Gû-lôu lôu-yuhk uhk a? 我有有有有六? B: maaih-saai 賣賣 A: yáuh-móuh cháau-mihn a? 我有有有六? B: yáuh 我 A: géi chín a? 幾錢六? B: sei-sahp sahp-yih mân 七二二廿 A: h-gôi yât go â. gôi yât go â. 你唔十四 Page 59 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 60

31 3) A: Please sit here. What do you want? B: Do you have Barbecue pork with rice? A: Yes B: How much? A: $26 B: One please A: chóh nî-douh â, yiu dî mê a? douh â, yiu dî mê a? 坐呢呢, 唔啲咩六? B: yáuh móuh châ-sîu faahn a? 我有义燒有六? A: yáuh 我 B: géi chín a? 幾錢六? A: yah-luhk mân 廿六廿 B: h-gôi i yât-go y go â 你唔十四 Unit 16 Drinks ordering 16.1 Drinks ordering [T32] ) Vocab Drinks coffee ga fê 咖啡 black coffee jâai fê 齋啡 tea with milk (milk tea) náaih-chàh 奶奶 lemon tea lìhng-mûng mûng-chàh 檸檸奶 orange juice cháang-jâp 橙橙 beer bê-jáu 啤啤 water séui 水 tea chàh 奶 Ordering one of one glass/cup of cold hot yât-go 一個 yât-bûi 一一 dung 凍 yiht 熱 Others drink (to drink) yám 飲 give béi 畀 leave jáu 走 ice bîng 冰 don t, not h 唔 Page 61 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 62

32 16.1.2) Expressions 1) What do you want to drink? yám dî mê a? 飲啲咩幾? 2) One coke please h-gôi i yât-go hó-lohk 送唔一一唔唔 個 go can be replaced by 杯 bûi which means glass or cup 3) One iced coffee please h-gôi i yât-go dung ga-fê 送唔一一唔唔有 4) One hot coffee please h-gôi i yât-go yiht ga-fê 送唔一一熱唔有 5) Please give me a glass of water h-gôi béi bûi séui â 送唔唔唔唔吖 Usually, the yât in yât-bûi is skipped. 6) Hot or cold? yiht dihng dung ga? 熱熱唔? 7) Hot please yiht ge, h-gôi 熱嘅, 送唔 8) Cold please dung ge, h-gôi 唔嘅, 送唔 9) No ice jáu bîng b 走走 / h yiu bîng b 送要走 ) Exercises 1) A: One hot tea with milk please B: $7.5 A: h-gôi i yât-go yiht náaih-chàh B: chât-go go-bun 十四七 chàh 你唔十四唔唔唔 2) A: One large coke please B: $8.5 A: h-gôi i yât go daaih hó-lohk B: baat-go bun 八四七 lohk 你唔十四有一一 3) A: One small coke please B: $6.5 A: h-gôi i yât go sai hó-lohk B: luhk-go bun 六四七 lohk 你唔十四有一一 4) A: Two hot coffee please B: $28 A: h-gôi i léuhng-go go yiht ga-fê B: yah-baat mân / yih-sahp baat mân fê 你唔兩四唔唔唔 sahp baat mân 廿八廿 / 二二八廿 5) A: One iced coffee please B: Thanks for $8 A: h-gôi i yât-go dung ga-fê fê 你唔十四唔唔唔 B: dô-jeh baat-mân 幾多八廿 ( h-goi baat-mân means $8 please ) 6) A: Please give me a cup of water B: A moment please A: h-gôi béi bûi séui s â B: dáng dáng 唔唔 éui â 你唔唔唔唔 Page 63 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 64

33 7) A: What do you want? B: One Barbecue pork with rice, one fried noodles. Section 6 Getting around A: What do you want to drink? B: 1 hot coffee, 1 coke. A: Please wait a minute. B: The bill please. A: $76 A: yiu dî mê a? 唔啲咩六? B: yât-go châ-sîu faahn, yât-go cháau-mihn A: yám-dî mê a? 飲啲咩六? B: yât go yiht ga-fê, yât go hó-lohk A: h-gôi dáng dáng 你唔唔唔 B: h-gôi màaih-dâan 你唔唔唔 A: chât-ah ah-luhk mân 十六六廿 mihn 十四义燒有, 十四有有 lohk 十四唔唔唔, 十四一一 Unit 17 Kinds of transports 17.1 Kinds of transports [T33] ) Vocab bus bâ-sí 巴士 transliteration taxi dîk-sí 的士 transliteration minibus síu-bâ 小巴 little bus MTR train / KCR tram peak tram deih-tit 地地 ground iron fó-ch chê 火火 fire car dihn-ch chê 電火 electric car laahm-chê 火 cable car ga ga ga liht liht ga ga 架架架列列架架 8) A: How many people? B: Two A: Sit here. What do you want to eat? B: One fried noodles, one fried rice. Do you have beer? B: Yes. A One beer, one coke please. [h] [a can of: gun] A: géi dô wái a? 幾幾幾六? B: léuhng wái 兩幾 A: chóh nî douh â, â sihk dî mê a? a? 坐呢呢, 食啲咩六? B: : yât go cháau-mihn, yât go cháau-faahn faahn, yáuh móuh bê jáu a? 十四有有, 十四有有, 我有有有六? A: yauh 我 B: yât gun bê jáu, yât go hó-lohk lohk h-gôi 十一有有, 十四一一你唔 ) Exercises a) Translation 1) Many taxi hóu-dô dîk-sí 邊幾好好 2) No taxi móuh dîk-sí d 有好好 Page 65 Cantonese Expressions - 1 Page 66