daily sentence pattern

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Daily Sentence Patterns

1. have ..................................................................................................................................... 3

2. not have .............................................................................................................................. 3

3. Do you have ?.................................................................................................................. 4

4. Do you have ? (in a shop) .............................................................................................. 5

5. Do you sell ? .................................................................................................................... 5

6. Where can I buy ?........................................................................................................... 6

7. Where may I get ? .......................................................................................................... 7

8. Is there a here? ............................................................................................................. 7

9. Is there a near here?.................................................................................................... 8

10. Where is the ................................................................................................................... 9

11. on the floor...................................................................................................................... 9

12. How to get to the ? ....................................................................................................... 10

13. be........................................................................................................................................ 10

14. not be................................................................................................................................. 11

15. Are you ? ........................................................................................................................ 12

16. How about ? (suggestions for time).......................................................................... 13

17. How about ? (suggestions for something)............................................................... 13

18. How about going out to ? ........................................................................................... 14

19. How about taking ? .................................................................................................... 15

20. How about at ?............................................................................................................. 16

21. How about ? .................................................................................................................. 16

22. How ? .............................................................................................................................. 17

23. How many /much? (quantity) ..................................................................................... 17

24. How much ? (price)....................................................................................................... 18

25. will ..................................................................................................................................... 19

26. will not .............................................................................................................................. 19

27. Will you? ........................................................................................................................... 20

28. Do you?.............................................................................................................................. 20

29. dont ................................................................................................................................... 21

30. can ..................................................................................................................................... 21

31. cannot ............................................................................................................................... 22

32. May I?/ Can you ? ...................................................................................................... 22

33. know (a fact) .................................................................................................................... 23

34. know where is.............................................................................................................. 24

35. know (a person) ............................................................................................................... 24

36. can (capability of doing something)............................................................................ 25

37. be very............................................................................................................................... 26

38. be not / be not very (negative)....................................................................................... 26

39. too ...................................................................................................................................... 28

40. like ..................................................................................................................................... 28

41. like to eat or drink ...................................................................................................... 29

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42. like to do ....................................................................................................................... 29

43. dont like ........................................................................................................................... 30

44. feel / think......................................................................................................................... 30

45. dont feel / dont think .................................................................................................... 31

46. out of order....................................................................................................................... 32

47. broken/ worn out ............................................................................................................. 32

48. Something is wrong with............................................................................................... 33

49. lost ..................................................................................................................................... 34

50. Please help me ............................................................................................................. 34

51. What is your name?........................................................................................................ 35

52. I am called .................................................................................................................... 35

53. My surname is ............................................................................................................. 36

54. have to............................................................................................................................... 36

55. take (transportation) ...................................................................................................... 36

56. tell .............................................................................................................................. 37

57. Verbs - positive ................................................................................................................ 38

58. Verbs - negative............................................................................................................... 39

59. Do you ? (present) ......................................................................................................... 41

60. Did you ? (past) ............................................................................................................. 41

61. Have you gone ? (perfect) ........................................................................................... 42

62. Will / Would you? (future or willingness)................................................................. 43

63. Revision Exercises .......................................................................................................... 44

Glossaries: English to Cantonese........................................................................................... 63

The end of the book .................................................................................................................. 72


1. have 1) I have money ngh ngh ngh ngh yuhyuhyuhyuh chn chn chn chn I have money

2) I have small change. ngh ngh ngh ngh yuhyuhyuhyuh san san san san----j j j j I have scatter paper(bank note)

3) You have pens nih/bt nih/bt nih/bt nih/bt ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ you pen

4) My friend has an ID card ngh phngngh phngngh phngngh phng----yuh / snyuh / snyuh / snyuh / sn----fnfnfnfn---- jing jing jing jing my friend status certificate

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2. not have 1) I dont have any money ngh ngh ngh ngh muhmuhmuhmuh chn chn chn chn I not have money

Cantonese will not say any in negative sentences.

2) I dont have any kids ngh ngh ngh ngh muhmuhmuhmuh saisaisaisai----mnmnmnmn----ji ji ji ji I not have kids

3) He doesnt has time kuih /shkuih /shkuih /shkuih /sh----gaan_____________gaan_____________gaan_____________gaan_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ he time

4) We dont have any books nghnghnghngh----deih / sy____________________________________deih / sy____________________________________deih / sy____________________________________deih / sy____________________________________ we books


3. Do you have ? 1) Do (you) have an ID card? yuh muhyuh muhyuh muhyuh muh sn sn sn sn----fn fn fn fn ---- jing jing jing jing aaaa???? have not have status certificate PRT?

-nihnihnihnih means you could be put at the very beginning. However, because it is always understood,

most of the time, nih nih nih nih is omitted

-generally speaking, when people try to be more polite, they say nihnihnihnih, otherwise people skip it and

it sounds more casual.

-Cantonese use this A-not-A pattern for Yes/No questions.

-The typical answer here is have yuhyuhyuhyuh or not have muhmuhmuhmuh

2) Does he have any money? kuih kuih kuih kuih yuh muhyuh muhyuh muhyuh muh chn chn chn chn aaaa???? he have not have money PRT?

3) Do (you) have any problems? mahnmahnmahnmahn----tihtihtihtih ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ problem

4) Do you have any luggage? nih / hhngnih / hhngnih / hhngnih / hhng----lih___________________________________lih___________________________________lih___________________________________lih___________________________________ you luggage

5) Does Peter have a reservation? Peter/dehng wiPeter/dehng wiPeter/dehng wiPeter/dehng wi ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Peter / book place

6) Do you have beer? (in a restaurant) bbbb----jujujuju ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ beer

-in restaurants or shops, people skip you nihnihnihnih very often. If you want to say it, remember to say

nih deihnih deihnih deihnih deih (plural form of you) but not just nihnihnihnih (singular form of you)

7) Do you have fried noodles? (in a restaurant) chauchauchauchau----mihnmihnmihnmihn ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ stir-fry noodles


8) Do you have BBQ pork with rice? (in a restaurant) chchchch----susususu----faahn_______________________________________faahn_______________________________________faahn_______________________________________faahn_______________________________________ BBQ pork rice

9) Do you have Whisky? wiwiwiwi----sihsihsihsih----gigigigi ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Do you have ? (in a shop) 1) Do you have a larger one? yuh muh daaihyuh muh daaihyuh muh daaihyuh muh daaih----d ga / a?d ga / a?d ga / a?d ga / a? have not have large er PRT?

-you can treat dddd means more

2) Do you have a smaller one? saisaisaisai----dddd ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ small er

3) Do you have a blue one? lahmlahmlahmlahm----sk sk sk sk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ blue colour

4) Do you have a black one? hakhakhakhak----sksksksk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ black colour

5) Do you have a cheaper one? phngphngphngphng----dddd ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ cheap er

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5. Do you sell ? 1) Do you sell maps ? yuh muh deihyuh muh deihyuh muh deihyuh muh deih----tuh maaih a?tuh maaih a?tuh maaih a?tuh maaih a? have not have ground diagram sell PRT?


2) Do you sell batteries? yuh muh dihnyuh muh dihnyuh muh dihnyuh muh dihn----sm maaih a?sm maaih a?sm maaih a?sm maaih a? have not have battery sell PRT?

3) Do you sell this one? nnnn----gogogogo ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ this MW

-the MW gogogogo has to be changed accordingly depends on the object you mention. Because different

objects may take different MWs. However if you do not know the appropriate MW for that object,

you just feel free to use gogogogo, because it is the most general MW and people will understand.

4) Do you sell handcrafts? gnggnggnggng----ngaihngaihngaihngaih----bnbnbnbn ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ job art things

5) Do you sell souvenirs? geigeigeigei----nihmnihmnihmnihm----bnbnbnbn ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ memory things

6. Where can I buy ? 1) Where can I buy this one? bnbnbnbn----douh yuh n go maaih a?douh yuh n go maaih a?douh yuh n go maaih a?douh yuh n go maaih a? where have this MW sell PRT?

2) Watson's sells this WtWtWtWt----ShnShnShnShn----S yuh nS yuh nS yuh nS yuh n----go maaih go maaih go maaih go maaih Watson's have this MW sell

Its a typical long answer. You can notice that the order of questions and answers are always the same

in Cantonese.

3) Where can I buy this book? nnnn----bn sybn sybn sybn sy ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ this MW book

4) Where can I buy this brand? nnnn----go paihgo paihgo paihgo paih----j j j j ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ this MW brand


7. Where may I get ? 1) Where can I got a barber shop? bnbnbnbn----douh yuhdouh yuhdouh yuhdouh yuh fi fi fi fi----faatfaatfaatfaat----pu a?pu a?pu a?pu a? where have barber shop PRT?

2) Where may I get a money exchange shop? jaujaujaujau----wuhnwuhnwuhnwuhn----dimdimdimdim ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ exchange shop

3) Where may I get an antique shop? gggg----dngdngdngdng----pupupupu ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ antique shops

4) Where may I get a book store sysysysy----gkgkgkgk ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ books bureau

5) Where may I get a stationery shop mhnmhnmhnmhn----geuihgeuihgeuihgeuih----pupupupu ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ stationery shops

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8. Is there a here? 1) Is there a telephone here? ((((nnnn----douhdouhdouhdouh) ) ) ) yuh muhyuh muhyuh muhyuh muh dihn dihn dihn dihn----w w w w aaaa???? here have not have telephone PRT?

-use in indoor situation

2) Im sorry, there is no telephone here. hhhh----hu yihu yihu yihu yi----si, (nsi, (nsi, (nsi, (n----douh) muh dihndouh) muh dihndouh) muh dihndouh) muh dihn----w w w w sorry , here not have telephone

-a typical answer


3) Yes, its over there yuh, hi g yuh, hi g yuh, hi g yuh, hi g ---- douh douh douh douh have , at there place

-a typical answer

-because the question is have not have?, people have to answer not have muhmuhmuhmuh or have yuh yuh yuh yuh

instead of yes or no. Actually people dont have the word which means yes or no.

4) Is there a car park here? thngthngthngthng----chchchch----chuhng ___________________________________chuhng ___________________________________chuhng ___________________________________chuhng ___________________________________ stop car ground

5) Is there a canteen? faahnfaahnfaahnfaahn----thng ________________________________thng ________________________________thng ________________________________thng ________________________________________________________________ rice hall

- quite often, Hong Kong people say the English canteen instead of faahn thngfaahn thngfaahn thngfaahn thng

9. Is there a near here? 1) Is there a wash room near here? fuhfuhfuhfuh----gahngahngahngahn yuh muhyuh muhyuh muhyuh muh si si si si----susususu----gan gan gan gan aaaa???? nearby have not have wash room PRT?

-use in an outdoor situation but not in an indoor situation

2) Is there a telephone near here? fuhfuhfuhfuh----gahn yuh muh dihngahn yuh muh dihngahn yuh muh dihngahn yuh muh dihn----w a?w a?w a?w a? nearby have not have telephone PRT?

3) Is there a automatic teller machine near here? tih tih tih tih ---- fn fn fn fn ---- gi _ gi _ gi _ gi _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ draw money machine

4) Is there a post office near here? yuhyuhyuhyuh----gk __________________________________________gk __________________________________________gk __________________________________________gk __________________________________________ post bureau

5) Is there a police station near here? chaichaichaichai----gn __________________________________________gn __________________________________________gn __________________________________________gn __________________________________________ police station


10. Where is the 1) Where is the washroom? sisisisi----susususu----gan hi bngan hi bngan hi bngan hi bn----douh a?douh a?douh a?douh a? wash hands room at where PRT?

-They put the words order of the question in this way because in a statement or an answer (see below),

the order is this. In Cantonese the word orders of a question and a statement is the same. It is quite

different from English, where the question word must be at the very beginning.

2) The washroom is on the 1st floor? sisisisi----susususu----gan hi ytgan hi ytgan hi ytgan hi yt----lulululu wash hands room at 1st floor

3) Where is the taxi station? dkdkdkdk----s s s s ---- jaahm jaahm jaahm jaahm ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ taxi station

4) Where is the information desk? sunsunsunsun----mahnmahnmahnmahn----chyuchyuchyuchyu ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ enquiry place

11. on the floor 1) Its on the 5th floor hihihihi gh gh gh gh ---- lulululu at 5th floor

5 should be pronounced as ghghghgh instead of hhhh. However because most people say hhhh and it is

generally accepted.

2) Its on the 2nd floor ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) She is on the ground floor deideideideihhhh----h ____________________________________________h ____________________________________________h ____________________________________________h ____________________________________________ ground floor


4) They are on the 16th floor ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5) We live on the 23rd floor jyuh ______________________________________________jyuh ______________________________________________jyuh ______________________________________________jyuh ______________________________________________ live

12. How to get to the ? 1) How to get to the Grand Hyatt Hotel? dmdmdmdm----yung heuiyung heuiyung heuiyung heui Gwn Gwn Gwn Gwn----Yuht juYuht juYuht juYuht ju----dim dim dim dim aaaa???? how go Grand Hyatt hotel PRT?

2) How to get to the HK convention and exhibition centre Wuih Wuih Wuih Wuih ---- Jn Jng Jn Jng Jn Jng Jn Jng----Sm_____________________________Sm_____________________________Sm_____________________________Sm_____________________________ convention exhibition centre

3) How to get to the airport fifififi ----gi gi gi gi ---- chuhng____________________________________ chuhng____________________________________ chuhng____________________________________ chuhng____________________________________ fly machine ground

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13. be 1) I am an American ngh ngh ngh ngh haihhaihhaihhaih Mih Mih Mih Mih----GwokGwokGwokGwok----yhnyhnyhnyhn I be the USA people

2) She is my colleague kuih kuih kuih kuih haihaihaihaihhhh ngh thng ngh thng ngh thng ngh thng----sihsihsihsih she be my colleague

3) You are Chinese nih / Jngnih / Jngnih / Jngnih / Jng----GwokGwokGwokGwok----yhn______________________________yhn______________________________yhn______________________________yhn______________________________ you China person


4) They are my friends kuihkuihkuihkuih----deih / ngh phngdeih / ngh phngdeih / ngh phngdeih / ngh phng----yuh_________________________yuh_________________________yuh_________________________yuh_________________________ they my friends

5) Today is Tuesday gmgmgmgm----yaht/lihyaht/lihyaht/lihyaht/lih----baaibaaibaaibaai----yih ______________________________yih ______________________________yih ______________________________yih ______________________________ today Tuesday

6) Tomorrow is Saturday tngtngtngtng----yaht / lihyaht / lihyaht / lihyaht / lih----baaibaaibaaibaai----luhkluhkluhkluhk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ tomorrow Saturday

7) It is September now yhyhyhyh----g / gug / gug / gug / gu----yuht___________________________________yuht___________________________________yuht___________________________________yuht___________________________________ now 9th month

8) Today is the 8th gmgmgmgm----yaht / baatyaht / baatyaht / baatyaht / baat----houhhouhhouhhouh ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ today 8 number

9) Today is the 8th October gmgmgmgm----yaht / sahpyaht / sahpyaht / sahpyaht / sahp----yuht baatyuht baatyuht baatyuht baat----houhhouhhouhhouh today 10th month 8 no.

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10) It is 5:30 now yhyhyhyh----g / ghg / ghg / ghg / gh----dmdmdmdm----bunbunbunbun ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ now 5 oclock half

14. not be 1) I am not British ngh ngh ngh ngh h haihh haihh haihh haih Yng Yng Yng Yng----GwokGwokGwokGwok----yhnyhnyhnyhn I not be British people


2) She is not my wife kuih kuih kuih kuih h haihh haihh haihh haih ngh taai ngh taai ngh taai ngh taai----taitaitaitai she not be my wife

3) Mary is not Canadian Mary/ GMary/ GMary/ GMary/ G----NhNhNhNh----DaaihDaaihDaaihDaaih----yhn___________________________yhn___________________________yhn___________________________yhn___________________________ Canada person

4) He is not my husband kuih /ngh snkuih /ngh snkuih /ngh snkuih /ngh sn----sasasasannnn ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ he my husband

15. Are you ? 1) Are you Chinese? nih nih nih nih haih h haihhaih h haihhaih h haihhaih h haih Jng Jng Jng Jng----GwokGwokGwokGwok----yhn yhn yhn yhn aaaa???? you be not be China people PRT

2) Is she your friend? kuih kuih kuih kuih haih h haihhaih h haihhaih h haihhaih h haih nih phng nih phng nih phng nih phng----yuh yuh yuh yuh aaaa???? she be not be your friend PRT

3) Are they American? kuihkuihkuihkuih----deih /Mihdeih /Mihdeih /Mihdeih /Mih----GwokGwokGwokGwok----yhn_________________________yhn_________________________yhn_________________________yhn_________________________ they the USA person

4) Is he your boy friend? kuih / nih nahmkuih / nih nahmkuih / nih nahmkuih / nih nahm----phngphngphngphng----yuh _______________________yuh _______________________yuh _______________________yuh _______________________ he your male friend

5) Is she your girl friend? kuih / nih nuihkuih / nih nuihkuih / nih nuihkuih / nih nuih----phngphngphngphng----yuh _______________________yuh _______________________yuh _______________________yuh _______________________ she your female friend

6) Is this dress better? nnnn----tuh kwhn / hutuh kwhn / hutuh kwhn / hutuh kwhn / hu----d ______________________________d ______________________________d ______________________________d ______________________________ this MW dress good er (better)


7) Is this cheaper? nnnn----go/phnggo/phnggo/phnggo/phng----dddd ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ this MW cheap er

8) Is this brand better? nnnn----go paihgo paihgo paihgo paih----j / huj / huj / huj / hu----d________________________________d________________________________d________________________________d________________________________ this brand better

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16. How about ? (suggestions for time) 1) How about tomorrow? tngtngtngtng----yaht yaht yaht yaht hu h hu ahu h hu ahu h hu ahu h hu a???? tomorrow good not good PRT?

-For making suggestions, say what you suggest first, then say hu h hu a?hu h hu a?hu h hu a?hu h hu a? at the end.

2) How about 3:30 ? samsamsamsam----dmdmdmdm----bunbunbunbun ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 oclock half

3) How about on this Sunday? nnnn----go lihgo lihgo lihgo lih----baaibaaibaaibaai----yahtyahtyahtyaht this MW Sunday

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) How about on next Monday 4:00? hahhahhahhah----go lihgo lihgo lihgo lih----baaibaaibaaibaai----yt seiyt seiyt seiyt sei----dmdmdmdm next Monday 4 oclock

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5) Its fine, no problem hu , (muh mahn tih) hu , (muh mahn tih) hu , (muh mahn tih) hu , (muh mahn tih) good (fine) PRT, no problem

When somebody asks How about ? people could answer in this way

17. How about ? (suggestions for Daily Sentence Patterns Page 14

something) 1) How about tea? chh hu h hu a?chh hu h hu a?chh hu h hu a?chh hu h hu a? tea good not good PRT?

2) How about plain water? chng suichng suichng suichng sui ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ clear water

3) How about coffee? gagagaga----ffff ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) How about fast food noodles? gnggnggnggng----jijijiji----mihn / jkmihn / jkmihn / jkmihn / jk----sihksihksihksihk----mihnmihnmihnmihn doll noodle instant eat noodle

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5) Yes, please hu , hhu , hhu , hhu , h----gigigigi fine PRT, please

6) No, thanks h si la, hh si la, hh si la, hh si la, h----gigigigi no need PRT, thanks for help or service

18. How about going out to ? 1) How about going out to a movie? ((((heuiheuiheuiheui) ti hei ) ti hei ) ti hei ) ti hei hu h hu ahu h hu ahu h hu ahu h hu a???? go watch movie good not good PRT?

-suggestions for going out

2) How about going out to have dinner? sihk faahnsihk faahnsihk faahnsihk faahn ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ eat rice

-unless people want to emphasis, they wont say dinner: mahn faahnmahn faahnmahn faahnmahn faahn


3) How about going out to have dance? tiutiutiutiu----muhmuhmuhmuh ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ jump dance(its a noun here but not a verb)

they call tiutiutiutiu----muhmuhmuhmuh is a verb-object compound. muhmuhmuhmuh itself is a noun here, when it combines with

jump tiu tiu tiu tiu, tiu muh tiu muh tiu muh tiu muh becomes the verb of dance in English.

4) How about going out to hike? hahnghahnghahnghahng----san_______________________________________san_______________________________________san_______________________________________san_______________________________________ walk mountain

5) How about going out to drink something? ym yh____________________________________________ym yh____________________________________________ym yh____________________________________________ym yh____________________________________________ drink stuff

6) How about going out to eat something? sihk yh____________________________________________sihk yh____________________________________________sihk yh____________________________________________sihk yh____________________________________________ eat stuff

19. How about taking ? 1) How about taking a taxi? (daap) d(daap) d(daap) d(daap) dkkkk----s hu h hu a?s hu h hu a?s hu h hu a?s hu h hu a? take taxi good not good PRT?

suggestions for transportation

2) How about taking the MTR? deihdeihdeihdeih----tit___________________________________________tit___________________________________________tit___________________________________________tit___________________________________________ ground iron

3) How about taking a minibus? susususu----b______________________________b______________________________b______________________________b__________________________________________________________________________________ small bus


20. How about at ? 1) How about at my office? ((((hihihihi) ngh gng) ngh gng) ngh gng) ngh gng----s s s s hu h hu ahu h hu ahu h hu ahu h hu a???? at my company good not good PRT?

-suggestions for a place

2) How about waiting at the doorway? (hi) mhn(hi) mhn(hi) mhn(hi) mhn---- hu dng hu h hu a? hu dng hu h hu a? hu dng hu h hu a? hu dng hu h hu a? at door opening wait good not good PRT?

3) How about at your home? nih knih knih knih k----kikikiki ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ your home

21. How about ? 1) How about you? nih nih nih nih dm adm adm adm a???? you how PRT?

2) I go to TST, how about you? ngh hengh hengh hengh heui Jmui Jmui Jmui Jm----SSSS----Jui, nih Jui, nih Jui, nih Jui, nih dm adm adm adm a???? I go TST , you how PRT?

3) Peter is sick, how about him? Peter bPeter bPeter bPeter beeeehnghnghnghng----j, kuih j, kuih j, kuih j, kuih dm adm adm adm a???? Peter sick ed, he how PRT?

4) How about this matter? nnnn----gihn sihgihn sihgihn sihgihn sih ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ this MW matter

5) How about this project? nnnn----go project________________________________________go project________________________________________go project________________________________________go project________________________________________ this MW project

-most of the time, Hong Kong people say the English project instead of the Cantonese words


6) How about the meeting? go wi___________________________________________go wi___________________________________________go wi___________________________________________go wi___________________________________________ MW meeting

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22. How ? 1) How long does it take? gigigigi noih noih noih noih aaaa ? ? ? ? how long(for time, not for length) PRT?

2) How far? yhn_______________________________________________yhn_______________________________________________yhn_______________________________________________yhn_______________________________________________

3) How tall? gu________________________________________________gu________________________________________________gu________________________________________________gu________________________________________________

4) How tall is Peter? (Cantonese order: Peter how tall?)

gu________________________________________________gu________________________________________________gu________________________________________________gu________________________________________________

5) How many? d_________________________________________________d_________________________________________________d_________________________________________________d_________________________________________________

23. How many /much? (quantity) 1) How much salt? gigigigi d yhm d yhm d yhm d yhm aaaa ? ? ? ? how much salt PRT?

-because salt is uncountable, it doesnt take any MW.

2) How many people ? (expect the quantity is large) gi dgi dgi dgi d yhn yhn yhn yhn aaaa ? ? ? ? how many people PRT?

In questions, if the speaker expect the number of the answer is large, usually more then ten, no MW is

used and vice versa.


3) How many kids? (expect the quantity is small) gi d go saigi d go saigi d go saigi d go sai----mnmnmnmn----jijijiji how many MW kids

Here the MW is used, means the speaker expect the number of children should be small.

4) How many colleagues? (expect the quantity is large) thngthngthngthng----sih______________________________________sih______________________________________sih______________________________________sih______________________________________ colleagues

5) How many colleagues? (expect the quantity is small) go thnggo thnggo thnggo thng----sih______________________________________sih______________________________________sih______________________________________sih______________________________________ MW colleagues

6) How many computers? (expect the quantity is large) dihndihndihndihn----nuh___________________________________nuh___________________________________nuh___________________________________nuh___________________________________ computers

7) How many computers? (expect the quantity is small) bouh dihnbouh dihnbouh dihnbouh dihn----nuh___________________________________nuh___________________________________nuh___________________________________nuh___________________________________ MW computers

24. How much ? (price) 1) How much? gi (gi (gi (gi (dodododo) chn a ? ) chn a ? ) chn a ? ) chn a ? how much money PRT?

2) How much is this one? nnnn----go go go go gi chngi chngi chngi chn a ? a ? a ? a ? this MW how money PRT?

3) How much is this dress? nnnn----tuh kwhn_______________________________________tuh kwhn_______________________________________tuh kwhn_______________________________________tuh kwhn_______________________________________ this MW dress


4) How much is this watch? nnnn----jek sujek sujek sujek su----bu_____________________________________bu_____________________________________bu_____________________________________bu_____________________________________ this MW hand watch

5) How much is the fare? chchchch----fai____________________________________________fai____________________________________________fai____________________________________________fai____________________________________________ car expense

6) How much in total? ytytytyt----guhng_________________________________________guhng_________________________________________guhng_________________________________________guhng_________________________________________

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25. will 1) I will go to France ngh ngh ngh ngh wihwihwihwih heui Faat heui Faat heui Faat heui Faat----GwokGwokGwokGwok I will go France

2) I will practice Cantonese ngh / lihnngh / lihnngh / lihnngh / lihn----jaahp Gwngjaahp Gwngjaahp Gwngjaahp Gwng----DngDngDngDng----WWWW I practice Cantonese

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) I will do my homework ngh / jouh gngngh / jouh gngngh / jouh gngngh / jouh gng----fo__________________________________fo__________________________________fo__________________________________fo__________________________________ I do homework

26. will not 1) I will not go to New Zealand ngh ngh ngh ngh h wihh wihh wihh wih heui Nu heui Nu heui Nu heui Nu----SiSiSiSi----LahnLahnLahnLahn I not will go New Zealand

2) She wont believe you kuih / seunkuih / seunkuih / seunkuih / seun----nih ___________________________________nih ___________________________________nih ___________________________________nih ___________________________________ she believe you


3) They wont listen to you kuihkuihkuihkuih----deih / tng nih gng___________________________deih / tng nih gng___________________________deih / tng nih gng___________________________deih / tng nih gng___________________________ they listen you say

27. Will you? 1) Will you go to Europe? nih nih nih nih wih h wihwih h wihwih h wihwih h wih heui u heui u heui u heui u----Ju Ju Ju Ju aaaa???? I will not will go Europe PRT

-the typical short answers are will wihwihwihwih or not will h wihh wihh wihh wih

-dont like English, in yes/no question, the answers always start with yes or no

2) Will you buy it? nih / maih __________nih / maih __________nih / maih __________nih / maih __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ you buy

3) Will they come? kuihkuihkuihkuih----deih / lih _____________________________________deih / lih _____________________________________deih / lih _____________________________________deih / lih _____________________________________ they come

28. Do you? 1) Do you go to Europe? nih nih nih nih heui h heuiheui h heuiheui h heuiheui h heui u u u u----Ju Ju Ju Ju aaaa???? I go not go Europe PRT

-the typical short answer are go heuiheuiheuiheui or not go h heuih heuih heuih heui.

2) Do you buy? nih / maih ______________________________________nih / maih ______________________________________nih / maih ______________________________________nih / maih ______________________________________ you buy

3) Do they come? kuihkuihkuihkuih----deih / lih____________________________________deih / lih____________________________________deih / lih____________________________________deih / lih____________________________________ they come

-come could be pronounced as lihlihlihlih or lihlihlihlih


29. dont 1) I dont eat meat ngh ngh ngh ngh hhhh sihk yuhk sihk yuhk sihk yuhk sihk yuhk I not eat meat

2) I dont go to Japan ngh / heui Yahtngh / heui Yahtngh / heui Yahtngh / heui Yaht----Bn_______________________________Bn_______________________________Bn_______________________________Bn_______________________________ I go Japan

3) I dont like this clothes jngjngjngjng----yi nyi nyi nyi n----gihn samgihn samgihn samgihn sam____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ like this MW clothes

4) She doesnt eat salad kuih/ sihk skuih/ sihk skuih/ sihk skuih/ sihk s----lut__________________________________lut__________________________________lut__________________________________lut__________________________________ she eat salad

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30. can 1) You can smoke here nnnn----douh douh douh douh h yhh yhh yhh yh sihk yn sihk yn sihk yn sihk yn here can eat cigarette

2) (You) can stay here nih/luh hi douh___________________________________nih/luh hi douh___________________________________nih/luh hi douh___________________________________nih/luh hi douh___________________________________ you stay at here

3) (You) can take away llllng ju____________________________________________ng ju____________________________________________ng ju____________________________________________ng ju____________________________________________ take leave/away


31. cannot 1) (You) cant smoke h h yhh h yhh h yhh h yh sihk yn sihk yn sihk yn sihk yn not can eat cigarette

2) (You) cant take photos h h yhh h yhh h yhh h yh yng yng yng yng----sungsungsungsung not can take photo

3) (You) cant come in yahpyahpyahpyahp----lih___________________________________________lih___________________________________________lih___________________________________________lih___________________________________________ enter come

4) (You) cant go out chutchutchutchut----heui________heui________heui________heui________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ out go

32. May I?/ Can you ? 1) May I try it? h h hh h hh h hh h h----yhyhyhyh si si si si----hh a?hh a?hh a?hh a? can not can try a while PRT ?

-the answer may be can hhhh----yhyhyhyh or not can h hh hh hh h----yhyhyhyh

2) Can we change it to Tuesday? gi lih gi lih gi lih gi lih----baaibaaibaaibaai----yih yih yih yih ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ change/correct Tuesday

-here you could also say gi lih-baai-yih dk h dk a?

-say your request first then say dk h dk a?dk h dk a?dk h dk a?dk h dk a? at the end

3) May I take a look at it ? ti hh ________________________________________ti hh ________________________________________ti hh ________________________________________ti hh ________________________________________________ look a while

4) May I smoke here? n douh sihk yn_______________________________________n douh sihk yn_______________________________________n douh sihk yn_______________________________________n douh sihk yn_______________________________________ here eat cigarette


5) May I take photos here? yng sung__________________________________________yng sung__________________________________________yng sung__________________________________________yng sung__________________________________________ take image photos

6) May I watch TV? (a child speak to his mother) ti dihnti dihnti dihnti dihn----sih___________________________________________sih___________________________________________sih___________________________________________sih___________________________________________ watch TV

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33. know (a fact) 1) I know this matter ngh ngh ngh ngh jjjj n gihn sih n gihn sih n gihn sih n gihn sih I know this MW matter

2) I know who Clinton is ngh ngh ngh ngh jjjj Hak Hak Hak Hak----LhmLhmLhmLhm----Deuhn haih bnDeuhn haih bnDeuhn haih bnDeuhn haih bn----gogogogo I know Clinton be who

ngh ngh ngh ngh jjjj bn bn bn bn----go haih Hakgo haih Hakgo haih Hakgo haih Hak----LhmLhmLhmLhm----DeuhnDeuhnDeuhnDeuhn I know who be Clinton

3) You dont know this matter h j / n gihn sih _________________________________h j / n gihn sih _________________________________h j / n gihn sih _________________________________h j / n gihn sih _________________________________ dont know this MW matter

4) I know today is Sunday sngsngsngsng----kihkihkihkih----yaht /lihyaht /lihyaht /lihyaht /lih----baaibaaibaaibaai----yaht______________________________yaht______________________________yaht______________________________yaht______________________________ Sunday / Sunday

-both sngsngsngsng----kihkihkihkih----yahtyahtyahtyaht and lihlihlihlih----baaibaaibaaibaai----yahtyahtyahtyaht are equally common and the former one is a little bit more

formal.

5) I know Mary is your colleague ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6) I know who your wife is ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


34. know where is 1) I know where the wash room is ngh ngh ngh ngh jjjj si si si si----susususu----gan gan gan gan hi bnhi bnhi bnhi bn----douhdouhdouhdouh I know washroom at where

2) I know where Stanley is ngh ngh ngh ngh jjjj Chek Chek Chek Chek----Chyh Chyh Chyh Chyh hi bnhi bnhi bnhi bn----douhdouhdouhdouh I know Stanley at where

3) I know where your home is. nih knih knih knih k----kikikiki ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ your home

4) I know where your office is nih gngnih gngnih gngnih gng----ssss ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ your company

5) I dont know where the telephone is dihndihndihndihn----wwww ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ electric speak

6) I dont know where the MTR station is deihdeihdeihdeih----tittittittit----jaahmjaahmjaahmjaahm ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

35. know (a person) 1) I know Peter ngh ngh ngh ngh sksksksk Peter Peter Peter Peter I know Peter

2) I know him ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) I know his father bbbbhhhh----b_____________________________________________b_____________________________________________b_____________________________________________b_____________________________________________ papa


4) I know your boss bbbb----ssss ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ boss

36. can (capability of doing something) 1) I can cook ngh ngh ngh ngh sksksksk jy jy jy jy----faahnfaahnfaahnfaahn I know cook rice

2) I can speak a little bit of Cantonese ngh / gng sungh / gng sungh / gng sungh / gng su----su Gwngsu Gwngsu Gwngsu Gwng----DngDngDngDng----WWWW I / speak little little Cantonese

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) I dont know Japanese h sk /Yahth sk /Yahth sk /Yahth sk /Yaht----Mn_____________________________________Mn_____________________________________Mn_____________________________________Mn_____________________________________ dont know Japanese language

4) I can dance tiutiutiutiu----muh___________________________________________muh___________________________________________muh___________________________________________muh___________________________________________

5) I can play piano tahn tahn tahn tahn ---- khm khm khm khm play on stringed instrument / press down piano

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6) My friend doesnt know English YngYngYngYng----Mn___________________________________________Mn___________________________________________Mn___________________________________________Mn___________________________________________ British language

7) I dont know Mandarin/Putonghua. GwokGwokGwokGwok----Yh / PuYh / PuYh / PuYh / Pu----TngTngTngTng----W_______________________________W_______________________________W_______________________________W_______________________________ Mandarin / Putonghua

(Mandarin and Putonghua are the same. Putonghua is the name used by the Chinese government)

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37. be very 1) I am very hungry ngh ngh ngh ngh huhuhuhu tuh tuh tuh tuh----ngngngngohohohoh I very hungry

-as a habit, people would add a modifier before an adjective. If there is no such modifier, they add

huhuhuhu, means very before an adjective.

- there is no need to add verb to be before an adjective. Unless the speaker wants to emphasis it.

2) He is very rich kuih kuih kuih kuih huhuhuhu yuh yuh yuh yuh----chnchnchnchn he very have money

3) Your friend is very fat nih phngnih phngnih phngnih phng----yuh/ fih_______________________________yuh/ fih_______________________________yuh/ fih_______________________________yuh/ fih_______________________________ your friend fat

4) She is very pretty kuih/ lengkuih/ lengkuih/ lengkuih/ leng ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ she pretty

5) They are very lazy kuihkuihkuihkuih----deih / lahn__________________________________deih / lahn__________________________________deih / lahn__________________________________deih / lahn__________________________________ they lazy

6) You are very hardworking nih/ khnnih/ khnnih/ khnnih/ khn----lihklihklihklihk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

38. be not / be not very (negative) 1) I am not tall ngh ngh ngh ngh hhhh gu gu gu gu I not tall


2) I am not very tall ngh ngh ngh ngh h haih huh haih huh haih huh haih hu gu gu gu gu I not be very tall

-if hu is used in a negative case, haih have to be used as well

3) I am not happy ngh ngh ngh ngh hhhh hi hi hi hi----smsmsmsm I not happy

4) I am not very happy ngh ngh ngh ngh h haih huh haih huh haih huh haih hu hi hi hi hi----smsmsmsm I not be very happy

5) My friend is not ugly ngh phng yuh/ chungh phng yuh/ chungh phng yuh/ chungh phng yuh/ chu----yungyungyungyung my friend ugly

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6) My friend is not very ugly ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7) You are not thin nih/ sau___________________________________________nih/ sau___________________________________________nih/ sau___________________________________________nih/ sau___________________________________________ you thin

8) You are not very thin ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9) I am not free ngh/ dkngh/ dkngh/ dkngh/ dk----hhhhahnahnahnahn ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I free

10) I am not very free ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


39. too 1) This pen is too expensive n j bt n j bt n j bt n j bt taaitaaitaaitaai gwai la gwai la gwai la gwai la this MW pen too expensive PRT

2) This clothes is too large n gihn sam/ daaih_________________________________n gihn sam/ daaih_________________________________n gihn sam/ daaih_________________________________n gihn sam/ daaih_________________________________ this MW clothes large

3) This pair of pants is too long tuh fu/ chuhng_____________________________________tuh fu/ chuhng_____________________________________tuh fu/ chuhng_____________________________________tuh fu/ chuhng_____________________________________ this pants long

4) You are too heavy nih/ chhng_______________________________nih/ chhng_______________________________nih/ chhng_______________________________nih/ chhng_______________________________________________________________ you heavy

5) Its too noisy here n douh/ chuh______________________________________n douh/ chuh______________________________________n douh/ chuh______________________________________n douh/ chuh______________________________________ here noisy

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40. like 1) I like brown ngh ngh ngh ngh jngjngjngjng----yiyiyiyi f f f f----sksksksk I like brown colour

2) I like yellow whngwhngwhngwhng----sksksksk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ yellow color

3) I like rose mihmihmihmih----gwaigwaigwaigwai----((((f)f)f)f)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ rose flower


41. like to eat or drink 1) I like coke ngh ngh ngh ngh jngjngjngjng----yiyiyiyi ym h ym h ym h ym h----lohklohklohklohk I like drinking coke

-quite often, people say ymymymym or sihksihksihksihk for drinks and food respectively as well

2) I like chocolate ngh ngh ngh ngh jngjngjngjng----yiyiyiyi sihk jy sihk jy sihk jy sihk jy----gggg----lklklklk I like eat chocolate

3) I like sprite SyutSyutSyutSyut----Bk_________________________________________Bk_________________________________________Bk_________________________________________Bk_________________________________________

4) I like wine ju______________________________________________ju______________________________________________ju______________________________________________ju______________________________________________ wine/ alcohol

5) I like beer bbbb----ju____________________________________________ju____________________________________________ju____________________________________________ju____________________________________________

6) I like ice-cream syutsyutsyutsyut----gu__________________________________________gu__________________________________________gu__________________________________________gu__________________________________________ snow cake

7) I like cigarette sihk yn ____________________sihk yn ____________________sihk yn ____________________sihk yn ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ eat cigarette

42. like to do 1) I like playing tennis ngh ngh ngh ngh jngjngjngjng----yiyiyiyi d mhng d mhng d mhng d mhng----kuhkuhkuhkuh I like beat net ball


2) I like playing piano tahn (gong)tahn (gong)tahn (gong)tahn (gong)----khm__________________________________khm__________________________________khm__________________________________khm__________________________________ play piano

3) I like watching movies ti heiti heiti heiti hei ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ watch movie

43. dont like 1) I dont like black ngh ngh ngh ngh h jngh jngh jngh jng----yiyiyiyi hak hak hak hak----sksksksk I like black colour

2) I dont like red hhnghhnghhnghhng----sksksksk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) I dont like eating beef sihk nguhsihk nguhsihk nguhsihk nguh----yuhkyuhkyuhkyuhk ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ eat cow meat

4) I dont like eating fish sihk y____________________________________________sihk y____________________________________________sihk y____________________________________________sihk y____________________________________________ eat fish

44. feel / think 1) I feel sick ngh ngh ngh ngh gokgokgokgok----dkdkdkdk h h h h----sysysysy----fuhkfuhkfuhkfuhk I feel not comfortable

-if someone wants to say Im sick, just say ngh h sy fuhkngh h sy fuhkngh h sy fuhkngh h sy fuhk is OK.

2) I think he is stupid ngh ngh ngh ngh gokgokgokgok----dkdkdkdk kuih hu chun kuih hu chun kuih hu chun kuih hu chun I feel he very stupid

-in Cantonese, only for calculation in peoples mind, they say think nmnmnmnm. If it is a direct feeling,

they say feel gok dkgok dkgok dkgok dk instead.


3) I think its expensive ngh ngh ngh ngh gokgokgokgok----dkdkdkdk hu gwai hu gwai hu gwai hu gwai I feel very expensive

-If someone say, ngh ngh ngh ngh nm(think) hu gwai hu gwai hu gwai hu gwai means he thinks it would be very expensive, the

speaker doesnt know the exact price. If he knows the exact price and think its expensive, he has to

say ngh ngh ngh ngh gok dk hu gwai hu gwai hu gwai hu gwai.

4) I feel headache tuhtuhtuhtuh----tungtungtungtung ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ head painful

5) I think this house is good value n gan k /hu di______________________________n gan k /hu di______________________________n gan k /hu di______________________________n gan k /hu di______________________________ this MW house/ very good value

6) I think she is very nice kuih/hu hukuih/hu hukuih/hu hukuih/hu hu ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ she very good

7) I think you idiotic nih/hu baahknih/hu baahknih/hu baahknih/hu baahk----ch_________________________________ch_________________________________ch_________________________________ch_________________________________ you very idiotic

45. dont feel / dont think 1) I dont feel (very) hot ngh ngh ngh ngh h gokh gokh gokh gok----dkdkdkdk (hu) yiht (hu) yiht (hu) yiht (hu) yiht I not feel very hot

2) I dont think he is very fat ngh ngh ngh ngh h gokh gokh gokh gok----dkdkdkdk kuih (hu) kuih (hu) kuih (hu) kuih (hu) fih fih fih fih I not feel he very fat

3) I dont think theyre very bad kuih deih / hu sui_______________________________kuih deih / hu sui_______________________________kuih deih / hu sui_______________________________kuih deih / hu sui_______________________________ they very bad


4) I dont think she is not smart kuih / h lkkuih / h lkkuih / h lkkuih / h lk ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ she not smart

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46. out of order 1) The air-conditioner is out of order (broken) bouh bouh bouh bouh llllahngahngahngahng----hei hei hei hei ---- gi gi gi gi waaih waaih waaih waaih ---- j j j j MW(the) cold air machine out of order ed

-waaihwaaihwaaihwaaih means functional problem, the appearance doesnt tell the problem.

-jjjj is an aspect particle that shows waaihwaaihwaaihwaaih has happened.

2) The car has broken down bouh chbouh chbouh chbouh ch ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MW(the) car

3) The telephone is out of order go dihngo dihngo dihngo dihn----w_______________________________________w_______________________________________w_______________________________________w_______________________________________ MW electrical speech

47. broken/ worn out 1) The sofa is worn out jung sjung sjung sjung s----f f f f laahn laahn laahn laahn ---- j j j j MW(the) sofa worn out ed

laahnlaahnlaahnlaahn must refer to physical damage

2) The window is broken go chung go chung go chung go chung laahn laahn laahn laahn ---- j j j j MW(the) window broken ed

3) The glass/cup is broken jk bi _______________________________________jk bi _______________________________________jk bi _______________________________________jk bi _______________________________________ MW glass/cup


4) The book is broken bn sy _______________________________________bn sy _______________________________________bn sy _______________________________________bn sy _______________________________________ MW book

5) The glasses/cups are broken d bi _______________________________________d bi _______________________________________d bi _______________________________________d bi _______________________________________ MW glass/cup

dddd is the MW used for all uncountable or countable but plural objects (when the number of the

quantity is not specified, otherwise the corresponding MW has to be used eg four cups sei jek bisei jek bisei jek bisei jek bi)

6) The books are broken d sy _________________________d sy _________________________d sy _________________________d sy _________________________________________________________________________________ MW book

48. Something is wrong with 1) Something is wrong with the computer bouh dihn bouh dihn bouh dihn bouh dihn ---- nuh nuh nuh nuh yuh d mahnyuh d mahnyuh d mahnyuh d mahn----tihtihtihtih MW(the) electrical brain have some problem

2) Something is wrong with the photocopier bouh yngbouh yngbouh yngbouh yng----yanyanyanyan----gi______gi______gi______gi______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MW(the) photocopy machine

3) Something is wrong with the TV set bouh dihnbouh dihnbouh dihnbouh dihn----sihsihsihsih----gi__________________________________gi__________________________________gi__________________________________gi__________________________________ MW(the) electric vision machine

4) Something is wrong with your friend nih phngnih phngnih phngnih phng----yuh _______________________yuh _______________________yuh _______________________yuh _______________________________________________________________________ your friend


49. lost 1) I lost my wallet ngh ngh ngh ngh hhhh----gingingingin----jjjj go nghn go nghn go nghn go nghn----baubaubaubau I lost MW(the) wallet/purse

-when people refer some personal belongings, they say the instead of my as it is understood

it means my.

2) I lost my ID card go sngo sngo sngo sn----fnfnfnfn----jing____________________________________jing____________________________________jing____________________________________jing____________________________________

3) They lost their passports d wuhd wuhd wuhd wuh----jiu______________________________________jiu______________________________________jiu______________________________________jiu______________________________________ MW(the) passports

4) I lost the money d chn_______________________________________ d chn_______________________________________ d chn_______________________________________ d chn_______________________________________ MW(the) money

5) She lost her hand bag go su go su go su go su----di______________________________________di______________________________________di______________________________________di______________________________________ MW(the) handbag

6) You lost the pens d btd btd btd bt ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MW pen

50. Please help me 1) Please call a taxi for me? hhhh----gi bng nghgi bng nghgi bng nghgi bng ngh giu ga dk giu ga dk giu ga dk giu ga dk----s s s s ???? please help me call MW taxi PRT?

-particle is used in requests. It gives request intonation and it is more polite.

2) Please help me to check the air conditioner hhhh----gi bng nghgi bng nghgi bng nghgi bng ngh ti ti ti ti----ti go ti go ti go ti go llllahngahngahngahng----heiheiheihei----gi gi gi gi please help me look look the air conditioner PRT.


3) Please help to post the letters for me geigeigeigei----seun____________________________________________seun____________________________________________seun____________________________________________seun____________________________________________ post letters

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51. What is your name? 1) What is your name? nih gnih gnih gnih giuiuiuiu mt mt mt mt----yh mng a?yh mng a?yh mng a?yh mng a? you called what name PRT?

2) What is your sons name? nih go ji_______________________________________nih go ji_______________________________________nih go ji_______________________________________nih go ji_______________________________________ your MW son

your son could be said as nih ge ji nih ge ji nih ge ji nih ge ji or nih go jinih go jinih go jinih go ji where gegegege is a LP and gogogogo is a MW. Both

have the functions to show possession.

3) What is your friends name? nih phngnih phngnih phngnih phng----yuh __________________________________yuh __________________________________yuh __________________________________yuh __________________________________

52. I am called 1) I am called Mary. ngh gngh gngh gngh giuiuiuiu Mary Mary Mary Mary I called Mary

2) He is called Peter. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) My daughter is called Mary ngh ge nuingh ge nuingh ge nuingh ge nui my LP daughter

-be careful: daughter is pronounced as nuinuinuinui, but female is pronounced as nuihnuihnuihnuih

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


4) My friend is called Kitty ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

53. My surname is 1) My surname is Wong. ngh ngh ngh ngh singsingsingsing Whng Whng Whng Whng I surnamed Wong

2) Peters surname is Chan/Chhn/ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) My friends surname is Lee/Lih/ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

54. have to 1) I have to go back to Australia ngh ngh ngh ngh yiuyiuyiuyiu fan Ou fan Ou fan Ou fan Ou----JuJuJuJu I have to back Australia

2) I have to buy things maih yhmaih yhmaih yhmaih yh ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ buy things

3) She has to go to Central heui Jngheui Jngheui Jngheui Jng----WahWahWahWahn__________________________________n__________________________________n__________________________________n__________________________________ go Central

55. take (transportation) 1) I take taxi ngh ngh ngh ngh daapdaapdaapdaap dk dk dk dk----ssss I take taxi

-if talk about on foot, people do not say daap daap daap daap , they just say hahng louhhahng louhhahng louhhahng louh, literally means

walk road

-daapdaapdaapdaap is only used for take a transport. If take a pen, people say or llll for the take


2) I take bus bbbb----ssss ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) He takes the MTR deihdeihdeihdeih----tit__________________________________________tit__________________________________________tit__________________________________________tit__________________________________________

4) We take tram dihn dihn dihn dihn ---- ch ch ch ch ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ electrical car

56. tell 1) I tell her ngh ngh ngh ngh thngthngthngthng kuih kuih kuih kuih gnggnggnggng I with her tell

ngh ngh ngh ngh gong bigong bigong bigong bi kuih kuih kuih kuih tngtngtngtng I tell to her to listen

ngh ngh ngh ngh wah biwah biwah biwah bi kuih kuih kuih kuih tngtngtngtng I say to her to listen

-Here, people cant directly translate to ngh gng kuihngh gng kuihngh gng kuihngh gng kuih or ngh wah kuihngh wah kuihngh wah kuihngh wah kuih. Because both means

I talk about her instead of I tell her

2) He tells me ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) My mother tells me ngh m mh ___________________________________________ngh m mh ___________________________________________ngh m mh ___________________________________________ngh m mh ___________________________________________ my mummy

4) I tell you ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


5) You tell her ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6) They tell my friends ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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57. Verbs - positive 1) I go (present) or I went (past) ngh ngh ngh ngh heuiheuiheuiheui I go

-Suppose here we talk about the situation is about going to an exhibition and watching a movie.

2) I watch (present) or I watched (past) ngh ngh ngh ngh titititi I watch

3) I will go (future) ngh (ngh (ngh (ngh (wih)wih)wih)wih) heuiheuiheuiheui I will go

-doesnt like English, wihwihwihwih which means will could be omitted in future tense sentences.

4) I will watch (future) ngh _____________ngh _____________ngh _____________ngh _____________

5) I have gone (present perfect) or I had gone (past perfect) ngh heui ngh heui ngh heui ngh heui ---- j j j j I go ed

6) I have watched (present perfect) or I had watched (past perfect) ngh ______________ngh ______________ngh ______________ngh ______________

7) I will have gone (future perfect) ngh ngh ngh ngh wihwihwihwih heui heui heui heui ---- j j j j I will go ed


8) I will have watched (future perfect) ngh _________________ngh _________________ngh _________________ngh _________________

9) I am going (present continuous) or I was going (past continuous)

ngh heui ngh heui ngh heui ngh heui ---- gn gn gn gn I go ing

10) I am watching (present continuous) or I was watching (past continuous)

ngh _______ngh _______ngh _______ngh _______________________

11) I will be going (future continuous) ngh ngh ngh ngh wihwihwihwih (haih) (haih) (haih) (haih) heui heui heui heui ---- gn gn gn gn I will be go ing

12) I will be watching (future continuous) ngh ________________________ngh ________________________ngh ________________________ngh ________________________

58. Verbs - negative 1) I dont go (simple present) ngh ngh ngh ngh hhhh heuiheuiheuiheui (means(means(means(means I dont want to go) I dont want to go) I dont want to go) I dont want to go) I dont go

2) I dont watch (simple present) ngh _____________________ngh _____________________ngh _____________________ngh _____________________

3) I didnt go (simple past) ngh ngh ngh ngh muhmuhmuhmuh heuiheuiheuiheui I havent went

-here just means I havent gone, doesnt means I dont want to go

4) I didnt watch (simple past) ngh _____________________ngh _____________________ngh _____________________ngh _____________________


5) I will not go (simple future) ngh h wih heuingh h wih heuingh h wih heuingh h wih heui I not will go

6) I will not watch (simple future) ngh _______________________ngh _______________________ngh _______________________ngh _______________________

7) I havent gone yet(present perfect) or I hadnt gone yet (past perfect)

ngh ngh ngh ngh meihmeihmeihmeih heuiheuiheuiheui I not yet go

8) I havent watched yet(present perfect) or I hadnt watched yet (past perfect)

ngh _______________________ngh _______________________ngh _______________________ngh _______________________

9) I will not have gone (future perfect) ngh ngh ngh ngh h wihh wihh wihh wih (haih) (haih) (haih) (haih) heui heui heui heui ---- j j j j I not will be go ed

10) I will not have watched (future perfect) ngh __________________________ngh __________________________ngh __________________________ngh __________________________

11) I am not going (present continuous) or I was not going (past continuous)

ngh h haih heui ngh h haih heui ngh h haih heui ngh h haih heui ---- gn gn gn gn I not be

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