Useful Words 2

Once again, the funny video I made = =

你地好 (nay day ho, means ‘hello everybody’)!!Because there were confirmed H1N1 case in my school, I don’t need to go to school for 14 days!! Lucky me…

So, today, we’ll learn about directions ^_^

Let’s start from the compass:

Get that?? You may skip that, cuz nobody will say this, it’s just some sort of information for you… Now, I’ll teach you some common ones:

Front: 前 (tsiiin) not thousand(千)!! They are different!!

Back: 後 (how)

Left: 左 (jor) sometimes 左手邊 (jor sau bin) meaning left hand side

Right: 右 (yau) sometimes 右手邊 (yau sau bin) meaning right hand side

Hmm… I think it’s enough for this time…

And also, the above words are usually used with the followings:

向 (herng): face/ or maybe towards  (e.g. 向左邊行 is ‘Walk towards left(hand) side’)

面/邊 (min/bin): side (as the above example) 面 is usually used with 前/後; 邊 is usually used with 左/右

轉 (journ): turn (e.g. 轉右 meaning turn right)

That’s all for today, if you have anything to ask, feel free to email me at ‘sharonlee_hk@hotmail.com’

Useful Words 1

My murmuring (but useful ^_^) video again…

Hi guys, sorry for not updating my blog >n< OK, let’s learn how to count!!

Canto numbers are similar to Mandarin, Korean and maybe Japnese. So if you know one of the above languages, it will be a bit easier. But nevermind, let’s start now.

1: 一 (yud)

2: 二 (yi), sometimes we’ll use 兩 (lurng). When we say numbers (e.g. bus route no.), we use 二, but when use it with a quantifier (e.g. two piece of cake), we use 兩.

3: 三 (saam)

4: 四 (say)

5: 五 (hmm) although the correct pronunciation is ‘ng’, we say ‘hmm’ at most time ^_^

6: 六 (look)

7: 七 (tsad)

8: 八 (baad)

9: 九 (ga-u) not 搞 (gao)

10: 十 (saap)

OK, that’s easy, right? I hope so, because once you remember all of them, you’ll know the followings:

For 10, 20, 30, etc. it’s so simple. e.g.:

20: 二十 (yi saap)

and same for the others, until 90

then, add a 三 after 二十 = 二十三 (yi saap saam)

guess what is it… Right! It’s twenty three! Simple as one plus one ^_^

Using the same concept, you can make up any numbers you like:

Hundred: 百 (baak)

Thousand: 千 (tsiiin)

Ten thousand: 萬 (maan)

Hundred thousand: 十萬 (saap maan)

Million: 百萬 (baak man)

Ok, I’ll teach until here, or else you’ll be mess up…

Remember, you must use 二 when counting (as I said, except with quantifiers)

Let’s make a example:

OK, practise hard!! Bye >wO