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1. Listen to the following six characters and count how many have a glottal sound? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 2. Ask someone if they want to eat something by saying 食唔食. What are the tones?a) tone 6, 4, 6 b) tone 3, 4, 3 c) tone 2, 3, 2 d) tone 6, 3, 6 3. What is this sentence about? a) planning a trip b) asking for direction c) checking in d) ordering from menu 4. Coffee is 咖啡. What are the tons on that? a) tone 1, 2 b) tone 2, 1 c) tone 3, 1d) tone 3, 2 5. How do you say, “I don't speak Cantonese, but I can understand it”?a) 我識講廣東話，但係我聽唔明 b) 我唔識講廣東話，⼜聽唔明 c) 我識講廣東話，⼜聽得明 d) 我唔識講廣東話，但係我聽得明 6. Listen to this sentence and pick the right translation:a) Where is the hotel b) Where is the toilet c) Which restaurant is better d) Which city is better 7. If someone asks you 食咗飯未, what are they doing? a) waiting table b) asking you out c) making small talk d) being concerned about your health 8. There are many ways of suggesting “let's have a drink”. Which of the following is incorrect? a) ⼀齊飲杯嘢吖 b) 我哋飲嘢 c) 要唔要⼀齊飲杯嘢啊？ d) ⼀齊飲杯嘢好唔好？ 9. How do you say: “Do I speak correctly? ” a) 我講得錯唔錯 b) 我講得啱唔啱 c) 我識講得啱錯 d) 我識得講啱錯 10. Listen to the following tongue twister. Pick how many are in the entering tone: a) 4 b) 5 c) 6d) 7 11. What does 我哋⼀齊去咗超級市場買嘢 mean？ a) Let's go shopping at the supermarket b) We are shopping at the supermarket together c) We went shopping at the supermarket together d) We will go shopping at the supermarket together 12. How do you say “Do you speak Japanese“?a) 你講日文？ b) 你講唔講日文？ c) 你識唔識講日文？ d) 你係唔係講日文？ 13. To ask “are you X-ing” in Cantonese, where X is any verb, we do the following: a) use the pattern X 唔 X 緊 b) use the pattern X 緊 X c) use the pattern X 唔 X d) use the pattern 係唔係X緊 14. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation:a) They have eaten b) They wont́ eat c) They are eating d) They havent́ eaten yet. 15. You want to ask for Wifi. What should you NOT say? a) Wifi唔错 b) 呢度有冇Wifi c) 我要Wifi d) 呢度可唔可以用Wifi Answers: 1 - d, 2 - a, 3 - a, 4 - c, 5 - d, 6 - b, 7 - c, 8 - b, 9 - b, 10 - a, 11 - c, 12 - c, 13 - d, 14 - d, 15 - a.

食嘢 to eat something 食咗嘢 to have eaten你食咗嘢未？ Have you eaten yet? 我食咗 I ate未no俾 to give 俾啤酒我 give me a beer 俾水我 give me water 可唔可以俾啤酒我 Can you give me a beer 俾咗 gave

鍾意 to like 我鍾意你 I like you我鍾意呢個 I like this 你鍾意咩? What do you like? 要 to want 我要呢個 I want this one 你要嗰個 You want that one 唔要 not to want 你要唔要啤酒? Do you want beer? 你要咩？ What do you want? 覺得 gto feel我覺得凍 I feel cold佢覺得熱 He feels hot 你覺得點？ What do you feel? 你覺唔覺得攰？ Do you feel tired？

學 to learn我學廣東話 I learn Cantonese 緊 suffix for the present progressive tense我學緊廣東話 I'm learning Cantonese你係唔係學緊廣東話？ Are you learning Cantonese? 講 to speak, to say我講廣東話 I speak Cantonese我學緊講廣東話 I'm learning to speak Cantonese識 to know 我唔識講廣東話 I don't (know how to) speak Cantonese我識講廣東話 I (know how to) speak Cantonese你識唔識講英文？ Do you (know how to) speak English?聽 to listen 我聽唔明 I don't understand 我聽得明 I understand 你聽唔聽得明？ Do you understand? 明唔明？ Do you understand? (casual) 你可以講廣東話，我聽得明 You can speak Cantonese. I understand.你可以講廣東話，我學緊 You can speak Cantonese. I'm learning it.唔該，唔好講廣東話，我聽唔明 Please don't speak Cantonese. I don't understand.

係 to be 我係Brendan I'm Brendan 你係Nicole You're Nicole你係唔係David re you David?我唔係David I'm not David我係美國⼈ I'm American佢係英國⼈ She's British你係唔係日本⼈？ Are you Japanese?有 to have 我有 I have 我有錢 I have money冇 not to have你有冇錢 Do you have money?你有冇水 Do you have water?你有冇Wifi Do you have Wifi?Questions: 1. Listen to the sentence, and pick the correct translation:a) I'm not Chinese b) I'm Chinese c) Are you Chinese d) We're Chinese 2. Please translate the following sentence into Cantonese: This is not her. a) 呢個唔係佢 b) 佢唔係呢個 c) 呢嗰係佢 d) 嗰個唔係佢 3. There are many ways to ask for Japanese food in Cantonese. Which of the following is incorrect? a) 有冇日本菜 b) 我要日本菜 c) 有唔有日本菜 d) 日本菜，唔該 Answers: 1 - d, 2 - a, 3 - c.

1. What is the tone on the word for tired / 攰? a) tone 1 b) tone 2 c) tone 3 d) tone 6 2. Ask someone if they're hungry by saying 餓唔餓. What are the tones? a) tone 1, 4, 1 b) tone 3, 4, 3 c) tone 6, 3, 6 d) tone 6, 4, 6 3. What is this sentence about? 我要⼀支啤酒 a) ordering a drink b) buying dinner c) greeting someone d) making smalltalk 4. The phrase “American” is 美國⼈. What are the tones on that? a) tone 5,3,4 b) tone 6,6,4 c) tone 2,6,3 d) tone 4,4,6 5. How do you say, “I don't speak Cantonese, I speak English?”a) 我識講廣東話，我講中文b) 我唔識講廣東話，我講英文c) 我識講中文，我唔講英文d) 我唔識講中文，我唔講英文6. Listen to this sentence and pick the right translation:a) Where's the bus stop?b) Where's the taxi station?c) Where's the subway station?d) Where's the airport?7. If someone tells you 飲水啦, what are you?a) hungryb) thirstyc) tiredd) busy8. There are many ways of saying “I'm thirsty”. Which of the following is incorrect?a) 我要飲水b) 我肚餓c) 我⼝渴d) 我頸渴9. How do you say, “Excuse me, can you speak more slowly? ”a) 唔好意思，唔該講快啲b) 唔該，講慢啲c) 唔該，講好啲d) 唔好意思，唔該講慢10. Airport is 機場. What are the tones on that?a) tone 1,3b) tone 3,6c) tone 1,4d) tone 3,411. What does 香港機場好好 mean？a) Hong Kong transport is great.b) The Hong Kong airport is great. c) Hong Kong airplane is great. d) Hong Kong is great. 12. How do you say “Where's the supermarket?” a) 超級市場好唔好 b) 有冇超市？ c) 有冇超級市場？ d) 超市喺邊？ 13. To ask “is it X” in Cantonese, where X is any adjective, we do the following: a) use the pattern X 没 X b) use the pattern X 不 X c) use the pattern X 唔 X d) change the tone to the 2nd tone 14. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation: a) Where's the restaurant b) This restaurant is really good c) Is there a restaurant here? d) Which restaurant is better? 15. You want to go to the bathroom. What should you NOT say? a) 洗手間喺邊 b) 我要去洗手間 c) 呢度有冇洗手間 d) 呢個洗手間好好 Answers: 1 - d, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - a, 5 - b, 6 - c, 7 - c, 8 - b, 9 - b, 10 - c, 11 - b, 12 - d, 13 - c, 14 - d, 15 - d.

酒店 hotel 酒店喺邊 Where's the hotel?餐廳 restaurant 日本餐廳 Japanese restaurant 越南餐廳 Vietnamese restaurant 餐廳喺邊 Where's the restaurant? 唔好意思，邊間餐廳好啲 Excuse me, which restaurant is better?呢間餐廳好好 This restaurant is very good洗手間 washroom 洗手間喺邊 Where's the washroom?呢度有冇洗手間 Is there a washroom here?超級市場 supermarket 超級市場喺邊 Where's the supermarket?呢度有冇超級市場 Is there a supermarket here?

機場 airport 機場喺邊 Where's the airport?飛機 airplane 地鐵 subway 地鐵站 subway station 唔好意思，地鐵站喺邊 Excuse me, where's the subway station 巴⼠ bus 巴⼠站 bus stop 巴⼠站喺邊？ Where's the bus station?的⼠ taxi 的⼠司機 taxi driver

中國 China我愛中國 I love China 你鍾唔鍾意中國？ Do you like China?香港 Hong Kong 美國 America 我嚟自美國 I come from America 我愛美國 I love America 英國 Britain 澳洲 Australia加拿⼤ Canada 中國⼈ Chinese person 我係中國⼈ I'm Chinese 你係香港⼈ You're a Hong Konger 佢係美國⼈ He is American 我哋係廣東⼈ We are Cantonese 中文 the Chinese language 你可以講中文 You can speak Chinese 你可以講廣東話 You can speak Cantonese你可以講英文 You can speak English 英文the English language 唔該講英文 Please speak English 唔該講廣東話 Please speak Cantonese

我I我係David I'm David我好好I'm very well我哋we; us我哋好好We're very well我哋唔明白We don't understand你you你好嗎How are you你叫咩名What's your name你哋you all你哋好嗎？How are you guys?你哋點啊？How are you guys doing?佢he, she, it佢叫DavidHe's called David佢哋they; them佢哋點啊？How are they doing?佢哋攰唔攰？Are they tired?Learn this vocabulary

你講，英文測驗幾分？Tell me, what is your mark on the English test?六十五。Sixty-five.你講大話！幾分？You are lying! What's the mark?四十。Fourty.唉，我以前成日八十分。Ah, I usually got eighty in the past.Learn this vocabulary

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.

攰tired我好攰。I'm very tired.餓hungry我好餓。I'm very hungry.肚餓(tummy) hungry我肚餓。I'm hungry.我好肚餓。I'm very hungry.渴thirsty我好渴。I'm very thirsty.⼝渴(mouth) thirsty頸渴(neck) thirsty我⼝渴。I'm thirsty.我頸渴。I'm thirsty.Learn this vocabulary

快fast好快very fast太快too fast你講得好快。You speak very fast.你講得太快。You speak too fast.慢slow好慢very slow太慢too slow慢啲more slowly唔該講慢啲。Please speak more slowly.唔該講快啲。Please speak faster.忙busy我好忙。I'm very busy.太忙too busy你忙唔忙？Are you busy?快唔快？Is it fast?慢唔慢？Is it slow?好唔好？Is it good?Learn this vocabulary

好 good 好好 very good呢個好好。This one is very good.嗰個好好。That one is very good.香港好好。Hong Kong is very good.差 bad好差 very bad 呢個好差。This one is very bad. 嗰個好差。That one is very bad. 天氣好差。The weather is very bad. 易 easy好易 very easy 呢個好易。This one is very easy.嗰個好易。That one is very easy. 廣東話好易。Cantonese is very easy. 難 difficult 好難 very difficult呢個好難。This one is very difficult.嗰個好難。That one is very difficult.Questions :1. English is 英文. How do you say English's not difficult?a) 英文好難。 b) 英文唔錯。c) 英文好好。d) 英文唔難。 2. What do you hear?a) 好 b) 難 c) 易 d) 差 3. Cantonese is 廣東話. What's the tone on 話？ a) 1st tone b) 2nd tone c) 3rd tone d) 5th tone Answers: 1 - d, 2 - b, 3 - b.

啱correct 佢啱。He’s right.我啱。 I’m right.我唔啱。 I’m not right. 啱嘞。That’s right. 錯wrong我錯。I’m wrong. 你錯。You’re wrong.你冇錯。 You’re not wrong. 錯嘞。 That’s wrong.Learn this vocabulary

你衝紅燈喎！nei5 cung1 hung4 dang1 waa1 ！You ran the red light!阿sir，俾次機會吖…？aa2 sir ， bei2 ci3 gei1 wui6 aa1 … ？Sir, would you give me a chance?你冇睇到紅燈咩？nei5 mou5 tai2 dou2 gung1 dang1 me1 ？Didn't you see the red light?有…yau5 …Yes.咁你點解唔停車？gam2 nei5 dim2 gaai2 ng4 ting4 ce1 ？So why didn't you stop the car?因為..我冇睇到你囉！yan1 wai4 ..ngo5 mou5 tai2 dou2 nei5 lo1 ！Because... I didn't see you!Learn this vocabulary

1. The word for hello is 你好. What is the tone on the character for 你?a) 1st toneb) 2nd tonec) 5th toned) 6th tone2. I can introduce myself by saying: 我係拉布布. What is the tone on the character 我?a) 1st toneb) 2nd tonec) 5th toned) 6th tone3. How about the tone on the word "to be" — 係?a) 2nd toneb) 4th tonec) 3rd toned) 6th tone4. The word goodbye is 再見. What are the tones on that?a) tones 1 2b) tones 3 3c) tones 4 6d) tones 6 65. You can greet a male friend by saying: 靚仔. What are the tones on 靚仔?a) tones 2 3b) tones 2 5c) tones 3 2d) tones 6 56. The word for beautiful girl is 靚女. What are the tones?a) tones 3 6b) tones 3 2c) tones 6 5d) tones 4 57. To say, excuse me, please or hello, you can say 唔該. Identify the correct tones.a) tones 4 1b) tones 6 5c) tones 3 2d) tones 6 18. If you don't understand someone, say 我唔明白. What are the correct tones for that sentence?a) tones 1 4 3 6b) tones 2 4 4 6c) tones 5 4 4 6d) tone 2 3 3 59. Please speak slower is 唔該講慢啲 . What is the tone on the word 慢?a) tone 3b) tone 4c) tone 5d) tone 610. This one is 呢個. What are the correct tones?a) tones 1 3b) tones 2 4c) tones 4 5d) tones 1 611. That one is 嗰個. What are the correct tones?a) tones 2 3b) tones 5 3c) tones 2 6d) tones 5 612. "I want" is 要. What is the tone on 要, the verb "to want"?a) tone 1b) tone 3c) tone 5d) tone 613. Ask if someone has something with the phrase 有冇, as in the sentence 我要水. What are the tones there?a) tones 5 2b) tones 2 2c) tones 5 5d) tones 3 314. Give me a beer, is 俾啤酒我. What are the correct tones?a) tones 3 1 4 5b) tones 2 1 2 5c) tones 2 1 3 6d) tones 2 1 6 515. Ask if someone can do something is 可唔可以. What are the tones on 可以?a) tones 2 2b) tones 5 5c) tones 3 3d) tones 2 516. To apologize you can say 對唔住. What are the tones?a) tones 3 4 5b) tones 1 2 3c) tones 3 4 6d) tones 5 4 6Answers: 1- c, 2- b, 3- d, 4- b, 5- c, 6- b, 7- a, 8- c, 9- d, 10- a, 11- a, 12- b, 13- c, 14- b, 15- d, 16- c.

呢個This one.嗰個 That one.呢個，唔該。This one, please.嗰個，唔該。That one, please.我要呢個。I want this one.我要嗰個 。I want that one.我要水。I want water.我要啤酒。I want beer.有冇水？Do you have water?有冇啤酒？Do you have beer?有冇呢個？Do you have this?有冇嗰個？Do you have that?俾水我，唔該。Give me water, please.俾啲水我，唔該。Give me some water, please.俾呢個我。Give me this one.俾呢個我。Give me that one.Learn this vocabulary

我唔明白。 I don't understand.唔好意思，我唔明白。 Sorry, I don't understand.我聽唔到。I didn't hear.你可唔可以講多次？Could you say it again?唔該講慢啲。Please speak more slowly.Learn this vocabulary

多謝。 Thank you.唔使客氣。 You’re welcome.多謝晒，靚仔。 Thanks a lot, handsome.多謝晒，靚女。Thanks a lot, gorgeous.唔該。 Please.對唔住。Sorry.對唔住，我遲到。Sorry, I’m late. Learn this vocabulary

你好。Hello.你好，你好嗎？Hello, how are you？你好，我係拉布布。Hello, I'm Labubu.再見。Goodbye.再見。下次見。Goodbye. See you next time.Learn this vocabularyQuestions:1. What does 你好嗎 mean?a) hellob) how are you?c) goodbyed) are you busy?2. Which one below is “next time”?a) 下次b) 再c) 再次d) 見3. How do you introduce yourself?a) 你係...b) 我忙...c) 你好...d) 我係...4. Which of the following can't be the response to 再見？a) 再見b) 下見c) 下次再見d) 下次見Answers: 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - b.

國產 gwok3 caan2 home-made淩淩漆 ling4 ling4 cat1 homophone for 007 周星馳 zau1 sing1 ci4 Stephan Chow 星爺 sing1 je4 Grampa Sing 喜劇 hei2 kek6 comedy 諷刺 fung3 ci3 to satirize 監守自盜 gaam1 sau2 zi6 dou6 to steal what one’s guarding 賊喊捉賊 caak6 haam3 zuk1 caak6 a thief crying to catch a thief 荼毒 tou4 duk6 to poison 小李飛刀 siu2 lei5 fei1 dou1 Siu Lei’s Flying Dagger 豬肉刀 zyu1 juk6 dou1 chopping knifeQuestions: 1. 請選擇合適詞語填空： 啤酒 a) 國產 b) 喜劇 c) 諷刺 d) 荼毒 2. （口語）原來錢係你上司貪，佢仲話要徹查公司，真係 。 a) 小李飛刀 b) 賊喊捉賊 c) 含血噴人 d) 無中生有 3. （書面語）我們都是給那些傳統語文教材 ，搞得現在都不會寫文章了。 a) 諷刺 b) 喜歡 c) 荼毒 d) 國產 4. 以下哪一種不是武林秘技？ a) 小李飛刀 b) 凌波微步 c) 連環豬肉刀 d) 降龍十八掌 5. （口語）倉庫唔見，又搵唔到其他人犯罪證據，最有可能就係 啦。 a) 監守自盜 b) 無中生有 c) 憑空不見 d) 空穴來風 Answers: 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c, 4 - c, 5 - a.Popup ChinesePopup CantonesePopup Chinese classicsstupid useless me

喂，Melody，你本書寫成點啊？Hey Melody, how is your book coming along?差唔多啦，寫到個男仔要去魔法學校讀書。It's OK, I've got to the point where the boy heads off to Magic School.咁... 咁似哈利波特嘅？That's just like Harry Potter.邊度似啊？哈利波特入面得一個男仔咋嘛，我呢個入面有兩個佢嘅朋友喔！Where's it like Harry Potter? Harry Potter only has one boy. Mine has two friends with him!你睇過哈利波特未咖？你講嘅明明就係哈利波特。Have you even read Harry Potter? What you're describing is clearly Harry Potter.一啲都唔似，哈利波特入面有冇飛天掃把啊？有冇狼人啊？有冇三隻狗保護地下室啊？Not at all. Does Harry Potter have flying broomsticks? Does it have werewolves? Does it have three dogs guarding an underground dungeon?大佬，咪玩啦，你緊嘅明明就係哈利波特。Dude, stop kidding around. What you're describing is exactly Harry Potter.我都話唔係咯，你究竟知唔知道咩係哈利波特啊？你睇過哈利波特未啊？I told you it's not Harry Potter. Do you even know what Harry Potter is like? Have you even read the book?Same lesson in Mandarin ChinesePopup ChinesePopup CantonesePopup Chinese classicsstupid useless me

呢件好唔好呀？ Is this one good?顏色都可以，試下！The colour is okay, try it on.我覺得有啲窄囉. I think it's a little tight. 咁大一個碼呢？ How about a bigger size?又有啲鬆喎. It's a little loose.

多慮 do1 leoi6 to worry too much 港⼥ gong2 neoi2 Hong Kong women 拜金⼥ baai3 gam1 neoi2 gold digger 物質主義 mat6 zat1 zyu2 ji6 materialism AA制 AA zai3 to split the bill 社会地位 se5 wui2 dei6 wai6 social status 唔情願 m4 cing4 jyun6 to be unwilling to 睇唔起 tai2 m4 hei2 to look down upon 暗示 am3 si6 to hint ⼆奶 ji6 naai1 mistress ⼊鄉隨俗 jap6 hoeng1 ceoi4 zuk6 when in Rome, do as the Romans 文化衝突 man4 faa3 cung1 dat6 cultural conflict 紳⼠風度 san1 si2 fung1 dou6 the style of a gentlemanAlso check: Popup Chinese classics podcast with all possible additional features and subscribe to an old-fashioned novels writer who restores it all.

唔該,我想叫外賣Excuse me, I'd like to order take-out.要啲咩? What would you like?一個漢堡包餐A hamburger meal飲咩? Any drinks?可樂Coke喺度食定拎走? For here or to go?外賣梗係拎走啦Take-out means to go!Learn this vocabulary

醫生，手術成功率有幾高呀？ Doctor, what's the success rate for this operation?我有九十次經驗。 I've done it 90 times.咁我就放心喇！ Oh, then I can relax.嗯，我都希望成功一次。 And I hope to succeed one day.

今日好煩啊，我播咗六個鐘頭咸片俾海洋公園啲熊貓睇，佢哋郁都唔郁。Today was such a pain. I played pornography to the pandas in Ocean Park for six hours and they didn't even move!你啲三仔梗係唔得啦，換四仔啦。Your Category Three films are definitely not going to work. Try switching to Category Four.熊貓啫，使唔使四仔啊！They're only pandas. Do they need Category Four?而家啲熊貓好揀擇咖。I’m telling you, pandas these days are really picky.咁你話步兵好定騎兵好呢？Then would you suggest censored or uncensored?雙管齊下啦。Try both.Learn this vocabulary

經理，我屋企有急事，想請假。Manager, I have something at home, and want to take time off.公司好忙，咩事呀？The office is very busy, what's the problem?我老婆...叫我番去煮飯啊！My wife asked me to go home and cook!咩話？唔准！What? No way!多謝經理。Thank you manager.Learn this vocabulary

醫生，救命啊，我隻手斷咗啊！Doctor, help! My arm's broken!你話斷就斷啊，影張X光片先啦Am I supposed to take your word for it? Go take an X-ray first.去邊度影啊Where do I take one?放射科啊Radiology.醫生，你快啲睇下我張片啦Doctor, check out my film now!哇，好嚴重喔Wow, it's really serious.啊，咩咁嚴重啊Huh? What's so serious?嚴重缺鈣啊You're seriously lacking calcium.咁點算啊So what can I do?飲多啲牛奶咯Drink more milk.咁究竟我隻手有冇事啊So, is there a problem with my arm after all?冇事，粉碎性骨折啫No problem. Just a compound fracture.咁大镬？有冇得醫啊？That bad? Is there any treatment?有。飲多啲牛奶咯！Yes. Go drink more milk!Learn this vocabulary

唔該晒你照顧我隻狗啊Thank you so much for taking care of my dog.唔使唔該，搞掂晒咖喇You're welcome. It's all taken care of.佢喺邊啊，我好掛住佢啊Where is he? I miss him so much.哈? 咩意思啊？你唔係要我幫你搞掂佢咩Huh? What do you mean? Didn't you want me to take care of him?咩話？What did you say?放心，佢以後都唔會再嚟煩你咖喇Relax. He'll never bother you again. 照顧 to take care 搞掂 to finish, to get done 掛住 to miss 放心 to relax 幫 to help 煩 to bother 唔會 will not 話 speech 狗 dog以後 in the future 咖喇 final particle咩 final particleLearn this vocabulary

豬豬，我哋唔好再蒲機鋪啦Piggie, let's not hang out in this arcade anymore.等等，玩埋呢鋪先Hang on, I'll finish this round first.你⼜話帶我去見證偉⼤愛情? But didn't you say you'd take me to experience a romance for the ages?見證緊啦！And you're experiencing it!Same lesson but in Mandarin ChineseAlso check: Popup Chinese classics podcast with all possible additional features and subscribe to an old-fashioned novels writer who restores it all.

你覺得嗰個⼥仔靚唔靚啫? Do you think that girl's pretty?眼⼜細，嘴⼜⼤，⼀啲都唔靚！She's got squinty eyes and fat lips. Not pretty at all.但係佢身材好好喔！But she's got a good body.腰⼜粗，腳⼜短，⼀啲都唔好！She's got a thick waist and stubby legs. Not good at all.咁起碼佢條裙靚。Well at least she's got a nice dress.咁你要佢條裙，我要佢個⼈。Then you take her dress, I'll take her.Learn this vocabulary

六佰同⼀仟邊個⼤啊？600 and 1000, which one is bigger?⼀仟⼤啲！1000 is bigger!廿三磅同廿三公斤邊個重啊？23 pounds and 23 kilograms, which one is heavier?廿三公斤重啲！23 kilos is heavier!伍蚊同十蚊邊個多啊？5 bucks and 10 bucks, which one is more?⼀樣咁少！They're both pretty small.Learn this vocabulary

1. What does 咩事 mean? a) what time is it b) what is it c) who is it d) why is it 2. If someone says 唱乜鬼歌啫 to you, he probably means a) don't sing b) please sing along c) what song do you want to sing d) please sing an English song 3. What does the character 乜 mean in the sentence 唱乜鬼歌啫 a) it means “what” b) it adds emphasis c) it softens the tone of the sentence d) it makes it a request 4. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation a) there's nothing here. b) everything is here. c) what else is here? d) have you got it?5. To put a sentence into the pas t tense, what do we do? a) add 啲 after the verb b) add 紧 after the verb c) add 咗 after the verb d) add 唔 at the end of the sentence 6. Which of the following is NOT the translation of “where are my glasses”? a) 我眼鏡去咗邊啊 b) 我眼鏡喺邊啊 c) 我眼鏡響邊啊 d) 我眼鏡咩邊啊？ 7. Which of the following means stupid? a) 冇面 b) 冇錢 c) 冇時間 d) 冇腦 8. Listen to the sentence and pick the correct translation a) She's so smart and you don't want her? b) You're so smart and you fail? c) You're so smart and she dumped you? d) You're too smart to get her? 9. Cantonese has many ways of expressing gratitude. Which of the following is not one of them? a) 多謝 b) 真係冇所謂 c) 真係唔該 d) 好感激你 10. What's the best way of telling someone you're really full? a) 全部啃得落 b) 真係好好食 c) 真係啃唔落 d) 真係唔該晒 11. Listen to the number and pick the correct one:a) 29738 b) 18370 c) 28370 d) 19738 12. What does 你仲食 imply? a) please help yourself. b) why would you like this dish? c) you've eaten a lot already. d) this is delicious. 13. To turn a number into its ordinal form (5th, 6th, etc.), do the following: a) add 個 to the end b) reduplicate the number c) add 第 before the number d) add 次 to the end 14. Which of the following is NOT a way of asking for permission: a) O唔OK b) 可唔可以 c) 啃唔啃得落 d) 得唔得 15. Chow Yun Fat's greatest film was: a) A Better Tomorrow 英雄本色 b) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍 c) All About Ah-Long 阿郎的故事 d) Let The Bullets Fly 讓⼦彈飛 Answers: 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - a, 4 - a, 5 - c, 6 - d, 7 - d, 8 - b, 9 - b, 10 - c, 11 - c, 12 - c, 13 - c, 14 - c, 15 - a.

你係到睇緊咩 What are you reading?睇緊一本書 I'm reading a book.我知啊 I know.咁你仲問咩 So why did you ask? 睇緊咩書 What book are you reading?Learn this vocabulary

八、九、十...... Eight, night, ten... 好，加油！ Good. Come on! 睇下，肌肉！ Look. Muscles! 哇，勁！等我嚟！ Wow. Impressive. Let me have a try.Questions:1. What is 五(ng5) plus 三(saam1)?a) 七 b) 八 c) 九 d) 十 2. Which of the following means the opposite of “good”? a) 好 b) 正 c) 勁 d) 渣 3. Which word would you say when you're impressed? a) 好勁 b) 肌肉 c) 加油 d) 正好 4. Which of the following places are not designed for physical exercises? a) 健身房(gin6 san1 fong4) b) 運動場(wan6 dung6 ceong4) c) 泳池(wing6 ci4) d) K房(kei1 fong2)Answers: 1 - b, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - d.

呢個係咩？What's this?呢個？This one?唔係，嗰個呀！No, that one!唔知喎。Don't know.Learn this vocabulary

你又遲到？ You're late again?對唔住。 Sorry.你遲咗一個鐘啊！ You're an hour late!真係對唔住。唔好意思。I'm really sorry. Sorry.你再遲到，就唔使再出現喇！ If you're late again, don't come at all.

你幾歲呀？How old are you?二十四，你呢？Twenty-four, how about you?六十五。Sixty-five.係真唔係呀? 你睇嚟好後生喎! Are you serious? You look very young.我成日瞓覺囉! I sleep a lot!

你哋有幾種雪糕呀？What kinds of ice cream do you have?三十一種。Thirty-one kinds.三十一種？咁多呀？Thirty-one kinds? That many?全部都係朱咕力味。They're all chocolate.Learn this vocabulary

哇，你睇下個男仔幾靚仔！Wow, look how handsome that guy is!靚咩仔吖，成個女人咁 What do you mean handsome? He looks just like a woman.你識咩吖，今年興啊！What do you know? That's the fashion this year!Learn this vocabulary

我愛你 I love you. 你愛我，但係我愛佢 You love me. But I love him. 佢愛你咩？ Does he love you?佢愛你啊！ He loves you!

唔該晒Thanks唔使Don't mention it.真係唔該晒Thank you so much唔使唔該There's no need to thank me多謝晒Many thanks.都話唔使客氣咯！I told you not to be so polite!真係多謝晒Many thanks indeed.放手！放手啊！Let go of meLearn this vocabulary

呢個十蚊This one is ten bucks.五蚊Five bucks.十蚊Ten bucks.七蚊Seven bucks.十蚊Ten bucks.好，十蚊Okay, ten bucks.分 cent⼀ one⼆ two兩 (two)三 three四 four五/伍 five六 six七 seven⼋ eight九 nine十 tenLearn this vocabulary

唔該，借支筆得唔得啊？Excuse me, can I borrow a pen?仲借？第五支啰喔！You still want more? It's the fifth one!Learn this vocabulary

哇，你男朋友啊？Wow, your boyfriend?唔係，我男朋友... No. My boyfriend...咁樣衰，你都啃得落？So ugly... You're dating him?我都話嗰個唔係我男朋友咯I told you that one is not my boyfriend你啲taste真係好差啊！Your taste is awful!Learn this vocabulary