Simple Phrase 2

Did you do your revision of the last chapter? I hope you did, click the following link to visit that page: http://canto2009.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/simple-phrase-1/

Okay. This time, let learn 3 more useful phrases.

1. 對唔住,我聽唔明. (dur-ee ngm jue, ngo teng ngm ming) means that Sorry, I don’t understand what you say

*Don’t pronounce as durry, just start with the ‘dur’ sound and end by showing your teeth a bit

對唔住=sorry

我=I/me (‘I’ in this case)

聽=hear/listen

唔= (used to make verbs negative, we’ll learn this later)

明=understand

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2. 廁所喺邊度? (qi solid hai bin do) means Where is the toilet?

廁所=toilet

喺=in

邊=(a very useful word to say things similar to ‘wh’)

度=(usually use with the word 邊)

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3. 請問…點去? (qing money…dim hur-ee) means May I know how to go to…? (we usually say ‘唔該’ (ngm gosh -ee) in front to be polite)

*hur-ee/gosh -ee, don’t pronounce as hurry, just start with the ‘hur/gosh’ sound and end by showing your teeth a bit

e.g. 唔該, 請問機場點去? mean Excuse me, may I know how to go to the Airport?                                                                                                 *機場=airport

唔該=please/thank you (after helped by someone)/excuse me

請問=may I know (A common polite asking way)

點=how

去=go to

Remember to practise!!

Simple Phrase 1

Warning!! Plz read the old post first, this is too hard for new readers!!

Another cracky video

This time, we’ll be learning 3 simple phrase, it’s not so hard, so speak more to be fluent.

1. 哈囉,我係… (haa low, ngo haa-ee*) Hello/Hi, I’m… (*=similar to ‘kur-ee’ before, starts with haa and end by show a bit of your teeth)

e.g. 哈囉,我係Sharon. means Hello/Hi, I’m Sharon

哈囉=Hello/Hi

我= I/me (‘I’ in this case)

係=be (is/am/are, etc.) (‘Am’in this case)

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2. 我由…黎 (ngo yao… lay) I come from…

e.g. 我由香港黎. means I come from Hong Kong.   (*香港 (herng-gong))

我=I/me (‘I’ in this case)

由=from

黎=come

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3. 我鍾意… (ngo jung yi…) I like…/I like to

e.g. 我鍾意佢 means I like him/her   /or/ 我鍾意玩 means I like to play (*玩 (waan)

我=I/me (‘I’ in this case)

鍾意=like (only for saying what you like, not what you are similar to)

So, with these phrases, you can make a short sentence! Here’s an example:

我係Sharon, 我由香港黎, 我鍾意玩.

I think you guys know what this mean if you’ve pay attention, so work hard!