Cantonese Reading

m

m hai (is not)

hai (is)

Heong gong (Hong Kong)

Jan (person)

Dan haai (but)

Hai (is in/ location)

M hai (Is not in)

Jyut (Month)

Heoi (to go)

Tung (and)

Jat (day)

Josie tung Aidan hai Heong Gong cat jat (Josie and Aidan are in Hong Kong 7 days)

Aidan hai Heong Gong jan (Aidan is a Hong Konger)

Sap jyut Josie tung Aidan heoi Heong Gong (In October, Josie and Aidan go to Hong Kong)

Jit (hot)

Gau jyut Chicago jit m jit (In September is Chicago hot?)

Zi (To know)

M zi (Don’t know)

Dim gaai

Jan wai (because)

So ji (Therefore/ so)

ge (‘s)

Uk kei (house)

Yan ge uk kei hai South Dakota (Yan’s house is in South Dakota).

Dim gaai Josie zi? (Why does Josie know?)

Jan wai Josie uk kei hai Chicago (Because Josie’s home is Chicago)

Dan haai Heong Gong gau jyut jit, m hai hou jit, dan haai jit (But in September Hong Kong is hot, not vey hot, but hot)

Jat go jan (one person)

Hou hou

Leoi (female/ daughter)

Josie hai jat go leoi jan (Josie is a girl)

Gong (to speak)

Keoi (He/She/it)

Faat mung (to dream)

Gin dou (to see)

Laam (Male)

Laam jan (Man)

Zung ji (To like)

M zung ji (Does not like)

Aidan hai hou laam jan (Aidan is a good man)

In September Josie dreams of Aidan and another woman

Go leoi jan m hai Josie (The woman was not josie)

Hoi sam

M hoi sam

Ngo (I)

Lei (you)

Ngo zung ji lei (I like you)

Aidan tung Josie gong “Ngo zung ji lei” (Aidan told Josie “I like you”)

Nin

Jau (to have)

Mou (does not have)

Friend

Josie ge laam pang jau gui Aidan (Josie’s boyfriend is named Aidan)

Gui (named)

Jat cai (together)

Josie tung Aidan jat cai 5 nin (Josie and Aidan have been together for 5 years)

Dou (also)

Gau jyut sap lok hou hai Aidan ge saang jat (September 16 is Aidan’s birthday)

Maamaa (Mom)

Baabaa (Dad)

Aidan ge mama hai heong gong jan (Aidan’s mom is a Hong Konger)

Gwong dong wa (Cantonese)

Aidan ge maamaa tung Aidan gong Gwong dong wa

Saang jat faai lok (Happy birthday)

Dan hai Aidan ge mama mou tung Josie gong Gwong (But Aidan’s mom does not speak Cantonese with Josie)

Josie hai hou hou ge leoi pang jau (Josie is a very good girlfriend)

Gam jat (Today)

Luna hai Heong Gong. Luna ge uk kei jan dou hai Heong Gong. (Luna is in Hong Kong, Lunas family is also in Hong Kong)

John hai Luna ge laam pang jau (John is Luna’s boyfriend)

Gam jat John heoi Luna uk kei

Sam mou pang jau hai Chicago (Sam does not have friends in Chicago)

Sam jat go jan hai uk kei (Sam was home alone)

Gam nin (this year)

Zung cau zit (mid-autumn festival)

Mei gwok (America)

Hai Mei Gwok mou zung cau zit (There is not Mid Autumn Festival in America)

Hou dou

Hou do mei gwok jan m zi October sixth is Mid Autumn festival

Sik jyut beng (to eat mooncake)

Sik (to eat)

Josie hai Mei Gwok Jan (Josie is American)

Daan hai Josie mou gong, Jyut beng m hou sik (But Josie didn’t say, mooncakes taste bad)

Hai Heong Gong jau zung cau zit

Jyut beng (mooncake)

Jat bun (Japan)

Hai Jat bun dou jau zung cau zit (In Japan there is also Mid Autumn Festival)