Going out (Everyday Conversations)

Where are you going?

你去邊呀？
nei5 heoi3 bin1 aa3

• [你 (nei5): you]
• [去 (heoi3): go to]
• [邊 (bin1): where]
• [呀 (aa3): sentence-ending particle]

Going out with friends. / Going to the store.

同朋友出去。 / 去買嘢。
tung4 pang4 jau5 ceot1 heoi3 / heoi3 maai5 je5

• [同 (tung4): with]
• [朋友 (pang4 jau5): friend(s)]
• [出去 (ceot1 heoi3): go out]

• [去 (heoi3): go to]
• [買嘢 (maai5 je5): buy things / go shopping]

When will you be home? [when will you be back]

你幾時返呀？
nei5 gei2 si4 faan1 aa3

• [你 (nei5): you]
• [幾時 (gei2 si4): when / what time]
• [返 (faan1): return / come back]
• [呀 (aa3): sentence-ending particle]

Around 6 PM. / Later tonight.

大約六點。 / 夜啲先返。
daai6 joek3 luk6 dim2 / je6 di1 sin1 faan1

• [大約 (daai6 joek3): about / approximately]
• [六點 (luk6 dim2): six o'clock]

• [夜啲 (je6 di1): later tonight / a bit later]
• [先 (sin1): first / only then]
• [返 (faan1): return / come back]

Note:
In English, we usually put the time or condition at the end ("I'll do X after Y"). In Cantonese, you must state the time or condition first, followed by 先, and then the action.

I'm leaving (going out) now.

我走 / 出去 喇。
ngo5 zau2 ceot1 heoi3 laa3

• [我 (ngo5): I]
• [走 (zau2): leave / go]

• [出去 (ceot1 heoi3): out / go out]
• [喇 (laa3): sentence-ending particle (indicating an action is happening now)]

Bye. / Drive safely.

拜拜。 / 揸車小心啲（喎）。
baai1 baai3 / zaa1 ce1 siu2 sam1 di1 wo3

• [拜拜 (baai1 baai3): bye-bye]

• [揸車 (zaa1 ce1): drive a car]
• [小心啲 (siu2 sam1 di1): be a bit careful / drive safely]
• [喎 (wo3): sentence-ending particle (used as a gentle reminder or warning)]

I'm home!

我返嚟喇！
ngo5 faan1 lai4 laa3

• [我 (ngo5): I]
• [返嚟 (faan1 lai4): return / come back]
• [喇 (laa3): sentence-ending particle (indicating an action is completed or happening now)]

Welcome back. / Wash your hands.

返嚟嗱。 / 洗手先啦。
faan1 lai4 naa4 / sai2 sau2 sin1 laa1

• [返嚟 (faan1 lai4): return / come back]
• [嗱 (naa4): sentence-ending particle (used to acknowledge someone's arrival, like "Oh, you're back")]

• [洗手 (sai2 sau2): wash hands]
• [先 (sin1): first]
• [啦 (laa1): sentence-ending particle (suggestion)]