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Intro |
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| Nicole: 大家好(daai6 gaa3 hou2). I'm Nicole. |
| Matt: Matt here! Welcome back to CantoneseClass101.com Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 23. |
| Nicole: That's right. What are we looking at today? |
| Matt: In today's lesson, you are going to learn about cooking and most importantly complimenting the cook. |
| Nicole: The conversation takes place in a dining room. |
| Matt: And it's between a husband and a wife. The wife has just finished cooking a delicious meal. |
| Nicole: The speakers are married so they will be speaking casually. |
| Matt: All right, Nicole, let's take a listen to today dialogue. |
| Nicole: Okay. |
Lesson conversation |
| 我個餸點呀？(ngo5 go3 sung3 dim2 aa3?) |
| 正！(zeng3!) |
| 我個人點呀？(ngo5 go3 jan4 dim2 aa3?) |
| 仲正！(zung6 zeng3!) |
| English Host: One more time, a bit slower. |
| 我個餸點呀？(ngo5 go3 sung3 dim2 aa3?) |
| 正！(zeng3!) |
| 我個人點呀？(ngo5 go3 jan4 dim2 aa3?) |
| 仲正！(zung6 zeng3!) |
| English Host: And now with the English translation. |
| 我個餸點呀？(ngo5 go3 sung3 dim2 aa3?) |
| Matt: How is the food I made? |
| 正！(zeng3!) |
| Matt: Awesome! |
| 我個人點呀？(ngo5 go3 jan4 dim2 aa3?) |
| Matt: What about me? |
| 仲正！(zung6 zeng3!) |
| Matt: Even better! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Matt: All right, so hopefully this is the standard conversation that takes place between a husband and a wife and it's not like the food is horrible. So in today's lesson obviously we will be covering food, and different ways to compliment food. |
| Nicole: And food is one of the most talked about topics in Hong Kong and Guangdong. |
| Matt: Right so you will find yourself using this language all the time. |
| Nicole: That's right, there's no better way to make language partners than over the dinner table. |
| Matt: So let's move on to the vocab section. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Nicole: 粥(zuk1) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Porridge. |
| Nicole: 粥(zuk1) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 粥(zuk1) [natural native speed]. 餸(sung3) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Food (dish). |
| Nicole: 餸(sung3) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 餸 (sung3)[natural native speed]. 湯(tong1) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Soup. |
| Nicole: 湯(tong1) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 湯(tong1) [natural native speed]. 甜品(tim4 ban2) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Dessert. |
| Nicole: 甜品(tim4 ban2) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 甜品(tim4 ban2) [natural native speed]. 糖水(tong4 seoi2) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Cantonese dessert. |
| Nicole: 糖水(tong4 seoi2) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 糖水(tong4 seoi2) [natural native speed]. 人(jan4) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Person. |
| Nicole: 人(jan4) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 人(jan4) [natural native speed]. 正(zeng3) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Awesome. |
| Nicole: 正(zeng3) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 正(zeng3) [natural native speed]. 靚 (leng3)[natural native speed] |
| Matt: Beautiful or good. |
| Nicole: 靚(leng3) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 靚(leng3) [natural native speed]. 仲(zung6) [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Even more |
| Nicole: 仲(zung6) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 仲(zung6) [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Matt: First, we are going to go over different types of food. The first one being. |
| Nicole: 餸(sung3) |
| Matt: Dish. |
| Nicole: 餸(sung3) |
| Matt: This is a plate of food, sitting on the dinner table. |
| Nicole: Right, like 我鍾意呢個餸。(ngo5 zung1 ji3 ni1 go3 sung3.) |
| Matt: Which is I like this dish. |
| Nicole: 我鍾意呢個餸。(ngo5 zung1 ji3 ni1 go3 sung3.) |
| Matt: I like this dish. Another very common food is? |
| Nicole: 粥(zuk1) |
| Matt: Porridge. |
| Nicole: 粥(zuk1) |
| Matt: Porridge. Now I don't know if I'd really classify this as food. More like gruel. |
| Nicole: Well something that tastes better is 湯(tong1). |
| Matt: Soup. |
| Nicole: 湯(tong1) |
| Matt: Now here we should mention that we eat porridge. |
| Nicole: 食粥(sik6 zuk1) |
| Matt: And we drink soup. |
| Nicole: 飲湯(jam2 tong1) |
| Matt: So the verbs are going to be different for these two foods. |
| Nicole: Right. |
| Matt: Everyone's favorite part of dinner of course is dessert. |
| Nicole: 甜品(tim4 ban2) |
| Matt: Dessert. |
| Nicole: 甜品(tim4 ban2) |
| Matt: Now literally means sweet goods. |
| Nicole: Right. And desserts specific to Guangdong is called 糖水(tong4 seoi2.) |
| Matt: Which literally means sweet water. |
| Nicole: Yeah, but that's more than that. There are many types of 糖水(tong4 seoi2) that involves milk, eggs, sugar, basically anything sweet. |
| Matt: And when you're in Hong Kong you have to try a Hong Kong or Cantonese dessert, it's so good. |
| Nicole: Right 香港糖水好正！(hoeng1 gong2 tong4 seoi2 hou2 zeng3!) |
| Matt: Next we have an adjective. |
| Nicole: 正(zeng3) |
| Matt: Awesome. |
| Nicole: 正(zeng3) |
| Matt: Awesome. And you can use this to describe food, the weather, a movie, anything really. |
| Nicole: Also if something is really, really awesome you can say 好正(hou2 zeng3) |
| Matt: That's taking it to the next level of awesomeness. Now our next adjective is? |
| Nicole: 靚(leng3) |
| Matt: Beautiful. |
| Nicole: 靚(leng3 ) it also means good. If you want to say something is good, you can say 靚.(leng3) |
| Matt: And our listeners should be pretty familiar with this word by now. |
| Nicole: Right like 靚女.(leng3 neoi5.) |
| Matt: Pretty girl |
| Nicole: 靚仔(leng3 zai2) |
| Matt: Handsome guy. |
| Nicole: So now we have three ways of saying something's good 好(hou2)，靚(leng3)，正(zeng3). |
| Matt: 好(hou2)，靚(leng3)，正(zeng3). or good, nice, awesome! |
| Nicole: Right. And our final word is 仲(zung6). |
| Matt: Even more. |
| Nicole: 仲(zung6) |
Lesson focus |
| Matt: Even more. And this is actually the focus of today's grammar point. |
| Nicole: Right so let's go there right now. 仲(zung6) |
| Matt: Even more. |
| Nicole: 仲(zung6) |
| Matt: Now there is a formula we want to follow when we're using this adverb. |
| Nicole: Right an adjective follows 仲(zung6) |
| Matt: For example, in the dialogue we heard this sentence. |
| Nicole: 仲正 ! (zung6 zeng3!) |
| Matt: More awesome, the degree of awesomeness |
| Nicole: 仲正 ! (zung6 zeng3!) Notice the adjective 正(zeng3) is placed after 仲(zung6). |
| Matt: This is a pretty simple concept to understand so we are going to give you some example sentences. |
| Nicole: Okay. Our first one is 我慢，佢仲慢。(ngo5 maan6, keoi5 zung6 maan6) |
| Matt: I'm slow. But he is even slower. |
| Nicole: 我慢，佢仲慢。(ngo5 maan6, keoi5 zung6 maan6) |
| Matt: I'm slow. He is even slower. Notice that we can compare two things here. |
| Nicole: Right. 我(ngo5) and 佢(keoi5). |
| Matt: Me and him. |
| Nicole: And the adverb 仲 is placed after the subject. So in total we have Subject + 仲(zung6) + Adjective. |
| Matt: Let's see some more examples with this formula. |
| Nicole: 佢哋仲快。(keoi5 dei6 zung6 faai3) |
| Matt: They're even faster. |
| Nicole: 佢哋仲快。(keoi5 dei6 zung6 faai3) |
| Matt: They're even faster. Now when you're at the dinner table, you can flatter your chef by saying? |
| Nicole: 呢個餸好好。(ni1 go3 sung3 hou2 hou2) |
| Matt: This dish is very good. |
| Nicole: 呢個餸好好。(ni1 go3 sung3 hou2 hou2) |
| Matt: This dish is very good. |
| Nicole: Or 嗰個餸仲好。(go2 go3 sung3 zung6 hou2) |
| Matt: This means that dish is even better. |
| Nicole: 嗰個餸仲好。(go2 go3 sung3 zung6 hou2) |
| Matt: That dish is even better. |
| Nicole: See how we simply replace the 好(hou2) |
| Matt: Very. |
| Nicole: With 仲(zung6) |
| Matt: Even more. |
| Nicole: And form a comparison. |
| Matt: And a compliment. |
| Matt: You can also say. |
| Nicole: 嗰個湯仲靚。(go2 go3 tong1 zung6 leng3.) |
| Matt: That soup is even better. |
| Nicole: 嗰個湯仲靚。(go2 go3 tong1 zung6 leng3.) |
| Matt: That soup is even better. So by now you should know that CantoneseClass101.com is even better than a textbook. |
| Nicole: Right. CantoneseClass101 仲正！(zung6 zeng3!) |
| Matt: So for more premium learning tools make sure you visit CantoneseClass101.com and be sure to sign up for your free lifetime account. |
| Nicole: That's right. So thank you for tuning in. I'm Nicole. |
| Matt: And I'm Matt. We'll see you next time. |
| Nicole: Bye. |
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