Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #2

1. What is the tone on the word for he/she — 佢? a) tone 2 b) tone 3 c) tone 5 d) tone 6 2. Agree with someone by saying 啱嘞. What are the tones? a) tone 1 & 3 b) tone 1 & 5 c) tone 3 & 6 d) tone 2 & 6 3. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation. a) Cantonese is difficult b) Cantonese is not difficult c) Cantonese is easy d) Cantonese is not easy 4. The phrase “not bad” is 唔錯. What are the tones on that? a) tone 3 & 6 b) tone 4 & 6 c) tone 4 & 3 d) tone 4 & 55. The phrase for not good is 唔好. What are the tones? a) tone 4 & 5 b) tone 4 & 2 c) tone 3 & 6 d) tone 4 & 3 6. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation.a) You are a Hong Kong person. b) Is she a Hong Kong person? c) I am a Hong Kong person. d) Are you a Hong Kong person? 7. If someone tells you 你冇錯, you may be doing what? a) having a class b) eating dinner c) having an argument d) meeting someone for the first time 8. There are many ways of saying the weather is bad. Which of the following is incorrect? a) 天氣好好 b) 天氣好差 c) 天氣唔好 d) 天氣差 9. How do you say “This is very difficult”?a) 呢個好易 b) 呢個唔易 c) 呢個好難 d) 呢個難易 10. Cantonese is 廣東話. What are the tones on that? a) tone 2, 1, 2 b) tone 2, 1, 5 c) tone 5, 3, 2 d) tone 5, 1, 5 11. What does 廣東話唔易 mean？a) Cantonese is not good b) Cantonese is not bad c) Cantonese is not easy d) Cantonese is not difficult 12. How do you say “Sorry I'm wrong”? a) 對唔住，我唔錯 b) 唔該，我冇錯 c) 對唔住，我唔啱 d) 唔該，我唔啱 13. To communicate the idea of “more X” in Cantonese, where X is any adjective, we do the following: a) add 啲 after the adjective b) add 好 before the adjective c) repeat the adjective twice d) change the tone to the 6th tone 14. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation.a) Please give me that one b) Please give me this one c) Excuse me, I want that d) Excuse me, I want this 15. What of the following is a useful compliment for when you meet someone? a) 你好 b) 天氣唔錯 c) 你好靚⼥ d) 你啱 Answers: 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - c, 5 - b, 6 - d, 7 - c, 8 - a, 9 - c, 10 - a, 11 - c, 12 - c, 13 - a, 14 - a, 15 - c.