Basic Cantonese Course

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Mhji a/ne?

I wonder...?; Could you tell me...?

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Gwo'ngdu`ng

Guangdong

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ga fei

coffee

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heise'ui

soda

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jo'usa`hn

Good morning

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hohksa`ang

student

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Sa`ang

Mr.

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Hoh Saang, jo'usa`hn

Good morning, Mr. Ho

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sinsa`ang

teacher; man

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Ta'ai

Mrs.

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Le'ih Ta'ai, jo'usa`hn.

Good morning, Mrs. Lee

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deuim`hjyuh

excuse me

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ngo'h

I

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haih

am, is, are

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m`h

not

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m`hhaih

am not, is not, are not

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Ngo'h m`hhaih Le'ih Ta'ai.

I am not Mrs. Lee.

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Deuimhjyuh, ngo'h mhhaih Le'ih Ta'ai.

Excuse me, I'm not Mrs. Lee.

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sing

have the surname

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Ngo'h sing Cha`hn

My name is Chan

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si'uje'

Miss; unmarried woman

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A

Oh, Ah, a mild exclamation

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A, deuimhjyuh, Chahn Si'uje'.

Oh, excuse me, Miss Chan.

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M`hga'nyiu.

That's all right; It doesn't matter.

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Joigin.

Goodbye.

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gwaising

your surname (polite)

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Si'uje' gwaising a?

What is your surname, Miss? (polite)

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ne?

sentence suffix for questions

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si'using

my name (polite)

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Si'using La`uh.

My name is Lau. (polite)

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Lauh Saang.

Mr. Lau.

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matye'h; meye'h; miye'h

what?

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sing meyeh a?

have what surname?

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pa`hngya'uh

friend

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ne'ih

you, your

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ne'ih pa`hngya'uh

your friend

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Ne'ih pa`hngya'uh sing meyeh a?

What is your friend's name?

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sing Ma'h

has the name Ma

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ge

noun-forming boundword

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sing Ma'h ge

is a named-Ma one

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ke'uih

he, she, it

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Ke'uih sing Ma'h ge

Her name is Ma.

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ya`hn

person

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Gwo'ngdungyahn

Cantonese person

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haih m`hhaih a?

is/not-is?

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Ke'uih haih mhhaih Gwo'ngdungya`hn a?

Is she Cantonese?

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Seuhngho'i

Shanghai

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Seuhngho'iya`hn

Shanghai person

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Mhhaih a. Ke'uih haih Seuhngho'iyahn.

No, she's from Shanghai.

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ga'm

Well then

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Ne'ih ne?

And you?

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dou

also, both

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Ngo'h dou haih Seuhngho'iya`hn

I'm also from Shanghai

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Junggwokyahn

Chinese person

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ke'uihdeih

they, them, their

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Me'ihgwokya`hn

American person

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ne'ihdeih

you, your (plural)

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ngo'hdeih

we, our, us

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To`ihsaan

Toishan

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Toihsaanyahn

person from Toishan

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Yahtbu'nya`hn

Japanese person

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Yinggwokyahn

Englishman

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wa

language

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meyeh wa' a?

what language?

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go'ng

speak

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Ke'uihdeih go'ng meyeh wa' a?

What language are they speaking?

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ji/jidou

know

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ji mhji` a?

know/not know?

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Ne'ih ji mhji` ke'uihdeih go'ng meyeh wa' a?

Do you know what language they are speaking?

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Gwokyu'h

Mandarin

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go'ng Gwokyu'h

speak Mandarin

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Haih m`hhaih go'ng Gwokyu'h a?

Are they speaking Mandarin?

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Seuhngho'iwa'

Shanghai dialect

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Ke'uihdeih go'ng Seuhngho'iwa'

They're speaking the Shanghai dialect

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sik

know (how)

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me?

sentence suffix indicating surprised question

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Ne'ih sik go'ng Seuhngho'iwa' me?

You can speak Shanghai dialect?!

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se`si'u

a little, somewhat

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je (sentence suffix)

sentence suffix indicating "merely", "only", "that's all"

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Sik se`si'u je.

I know a little, that's all.

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tu`hng

and

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ke'uih dou sik go'ng

he speaks both

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ga

sentence suffix for fact assertion

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Seuhngho'iwa' tu`hng Gwokyu'h ke'uih dou sik go'ng ga

he speaks both Shanghai dialect and Mandarin

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Yingma'n; Yingma`hn

English language

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Ga'm, ne'ih sik mhsik Yingma'n a?

Well, do you know English?

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sik go'ng se`si'u

can speak a little

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se'

write

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m`hsik se'

can't write

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daahnhaih

but

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Sik go'ng sesi'u, daahnhaih mhsik se'

I can speak a little, but I can't write.

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hohk

study, learn

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se'ung

wish to, want to, would like to

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di

a little, some, mass measure

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Ngo'h se'ung hohk di Yi`ngma'n

I'd like to learn a little English

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di'm a?

how?

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di'm go'ng a?

how (do you) say?

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Yi`ngma'n, dim go'ng a?

how is it said in English?

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yat yih sa`am sei n'gh

one two three four five

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chi`ngcho'

clear

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