Learn how to talk about your dislikes
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Cantonese Season 1, Lesson 21 - Talking about Your Dislikes. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say that you don't like something in Cantonese. |
| Body |
| Eric: First we’ll see how to say 'I don't like this.' in Cantonese. |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我唔鍾意呢樣。(ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 ni1 joeng6) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我 [Slow] 我 (ngo5) |
| Eric: Next is the adverb meaning 'not' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 唔 [Slow] 唔(m4) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to like' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 鍾意 [Slow] 鍾意(zung1 ji3 ) |
| Eric: Last is the pronoun meaning 'this one' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 呢樣 [Slow] 呢樣(ni1 joeng6) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't like this.' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 我唔鍾意呢樣。 [Normal] 我唔鍾意呢樣。(ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 ni1 joeng6) |
| Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at how to say 'I don't like waiting (for someone).' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我唔鍾意等人。(ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 dang2 jan4) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我 [Slow] 我 (ngo5) |
| Eric: Next is the adverb meaning 'not' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 唔 [Slow] 唔(m4) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to like' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 鐘意 [Slow] 鐘意(zung1 ji3 ) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to wait' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 等 [Slow] 等(dang2) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'people’ |
| Olivia: [Normal] 人 [Slow] 人(jan4) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't like waiting.' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 我唔鍾意等人。 [Normal] 我唔鍾意等人。(ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 dang2 jan4) |
| Eric: Following, we’ll see how to say 'I hate this.' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我憎呢個。(ngo5 zang1 ni1 go3) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我 [Slow] 我(ngo5) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to hate' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 憎 [Slow] 憎 (zang1) |
| Eric: Last is the pronoun meaning 'this' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 呢個 [Slow] 呢個(ni1 go3) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I hate this.' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 我憎呢個。 [Normal] 我憎呢個。(ngo5 zang1 ni1 go3) |
| Eric: Finally, we have a way to say 'I hate waiting.' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我好憎等人。(ngo5 hou2 zang1 dang2 jan4) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我 [Slow] 我(ngo5) |
| Eric: Next is the adverb meaning 'very' or ‘quite’ |
| Olivia: [Normal] 好 [Slow] 好 (hou2) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to hate' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 憎 [Slow] 憎(zang1) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to wait' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 等 [Slow] 等(dang2) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'people’ |
| Olivia: [Normal] 人 [Slow] 人(jan4) |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I hate waiting.' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 我好憎等人。 [Normal] 我好憎等人。(ngo5 hou2 zang1 dang2 jan4) |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Olivia: If you want to give emphasis to an adjective, you can add 好 (hou2) in front of the adjective. For example, let’s say you don’t like the climate of Hong Kong during the summer. It’s too hot and too humid. In Cantonese, 好熱 (hou2 jit5) is for “too hot” and 好潮濕 (hou2 ciu6 sap1) is for “too humid.” Here, you can use 好 (hou2) to mean “very” or “too.” |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Olivia: 拜拜! (baai1 baai3) |
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