Learn important words for calling for food or help
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| INTRODUCTION |
| David: Welcome to CantoneseClass101.com. I'm David. |
| Gimmy: I’m Gimmy. |
| David: And Gimmy, we're here with Beginner Season 1, Lesson 5. |
| Gimmy: Wrong Number. |
| David: Right. A lot of people think, people in Hong Kong never make mistakes. That's not true. |
| Gimmy: No. |
| David: No. Sometimes you'll be dialing the phone and your finger will slip and you get the wrong number. |
| Gimmy: Yes. |
| David: So we've got a dialogue. It takes place over the phone. Let's listen in and see who's speaking. |
Lesson conversation |
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| 喂？喂？搵邊個呀？(wai2? wai2? wan2 bin1 go3 aa3?) |
| 叫外賣。 (giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| 打錯呀。(daa2 co3 aa3.) |
| David: Once again, a bit slower. |
| 喂？喂？搵邊個呀？(wai2? wai2? wan2 bin1 go3 aa3?) |
| 叫外賣。 (giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| 打錯呀。(daa2 co3 aa3.) |
| David: And now, with the English translation. |
| 喂？喂？搵邊個呀？(wai2? wai2? wan2 bin1 go3 aa3?) |
| A: Hello? Hello? Who are you looking for? |
| 叫外賣。 (giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| B: I want take-out. |
| 打錯呀。(daa2 co3 aa3.) |
| A: Wrong number. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| David: Okay. So the dialogue is pretty easy today. |
| Gimmy: Yes. |
| David: We've dialled back the difficulty a bit, give you a bit of a break. But… |
| Gimmy: But we still got some interesting words. |
| David: Right. So let's get to the vocab section now. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Gimmy: 搵 (wan2) [natural native speed] |
| David: To look for. |
| Gimmy: 搵 (wan2) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Gimmy: 搵 (wan2) [natural native speed] |
| Gimmy: 邊個 (bin1 go3) [natural native speed] |
| David: Who. |
| Gimmy: 邊個 (bin1 go3) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Gimmy: 邊個 (bin1 go3) [natural native speed] |
| Gimmy: 叫 (giu3) [natural native speed] |
| David: To call. |
| Gimmy: 叫 (giu3) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Gimmy: 叫 (giu3) [natural native speed] |
| Gimmy: 外賣 (ngoi6 maai6) [natural native speed] |
| David: Take-out. |
| Gimmy: 外賣 (ngoi6 maai6) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Gimmy: 外賣 (ngoi6 maai6) [natural native speed] |
| Gimmy: 打 (daa2) [natural native speed] |
| David: To dial. |
| Gimmy: 打 (daa2) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Gimmy: 打 (daa2) [natural native speed] |
| Gimmy: 錯 (co3) [natural native speed] |
| David: Wrong. |
| Gimmy: 錯 (co3) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Gimmy: 錯 (co3) [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| David: Let's take a closer look at some of these words and phrases. |
| Gimmy: The first one is 邊個. (bin1 go3.) |
| David: Which we translated as "who." |
| Gimmy: 邊個. (bin1 go3.) |
| David: But this really means "which one." |
| Gimmy: Yes. |
| David: We're just using it to refer to people. |
| Gimmy: For example, let's say you're in a party. |
| David: Right, and you see a friend who's with someone incredibly attractive. |
| Gimmy: Then the question to ask is 邊個係你朋友？ (bin1 go3 hai6 nei5 pang4 jau5?) |
| David: Who is your friend? |
| Gimmy: 邊個係你朋友？ (bin1 go3 hai6 nei5 pang4 jau5?) |
| David: Literally, that's "Which one is your friend?" but what you're really asking is "Who is your friend?" |
| Gimmy: Yes. 邊個係你朋友？ (bin1 go3 hai6 nei5 pang4 jau5?) |
| David: So let's say you get the introduction and things go well. |
| Gimmy: Before you know it, you're shopping on the date. |
| David: Right. And so you're looking maybe for clothing or something and you want to say "Which one do you like?" |
| Gimmy: 你鍾意邊個？ (nei5 zung1 ji3 bin1 go3?) |
| David: Which one do you like? |
| Gimmy: 你鍾意邊個？ (nei5 zung1 ji3 bin1 go3?) |
| David: So we can see this word is used in two cases. The first is to describe people. |
| Gimmy: 邊個係你朋友？ (bin1 go3 hai6 nei5 pang4 jau5?) |
| David: And the second is to refer to things. |
| Gimmy: 你鍾意邊個？ (nei5 zung1 ji3 bin1 go3?) |
| David: The second word we want to highlight is the word meaning "take out." |
| Gimmy: 外賣. (ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: "Take out." |
| Gimmy: 外賣. (ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: Gimmy, let's say I go to a restaurant, what are they going to ask me? How do people in Hong Kong say "Do you want it here or do you want it to go?" |
| Gimmy: Usually, they say 喺度食定拎走? (hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2?) |
| David: Let's hear that again a bit slower. |
| Gimmy: 喺度食定拎走? (hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2?) |
| David: Can you break that down for me? |
| Gimmy: Sure. 喺度食 (hai2 dou6 sik6) is for "here to eat," 定 (ding6) "or," 拎走 (ling1 zau2) "to go." |
| David: Right. When you've decided that you want something to go, if you're there in person, you're going to ask… |
| Gimmy: 我想叫外賣. (ngo5 soeng2 giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: "I want take out." |
| Gimmy: 我想叫外賣. (ngo5 soeng2 giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: "I want take out." Although you can also say, "I want it to go." |
| Gimmy: Right. 我要拎走. (ngo5 jiu3 ling1 zau2.) |
| David: Right, which literally means "I want it bagged." |
| Gimmy: Yes. |
| David: So let's hear those words again, "take out." |
| Gimmy: 外賣 (ngoi6 maai6). |
| David: For here. |
| Gimmy: 喺度食 (hai2 dou6 sik6). |
| David: Bagged. |
| Gimmy: 拎走 (ling1 zau2). |
| David: And with these words, you should be ready to take takeout or eat in, whatever you want. And that brings us to the end of our vocab section. |
| Gimmy: Right. |
| David: Now, let's get to our grammar point. |
Lesson focus |
| David: Our grammar point today is about one very special verb. |
| Gimmy: Yes. 叫. (giu3.) |
| David: To call. |
| Gimmy: 叫. (giu3.) |
| David: Or to cry for sometimes. Now, we hear this every podcast from you, Gimmy. |
| Gimmy: Yes. I start it with "我叫 (ngo5 giu3) Gimmy." |
| David: Which means "I'm called Gimmy." |
| Gimmy: Yes. 我叫 (ngo5 giu3) Gimmy. |
| David: Right. And you should already know this because we've taught it in earlier lessons. What's interesting here is that we're using it in different situations that aren't related to names. |
| Gimmy: Yes. |
| David: For instance… |
| Gimmy: What we heard in our dialogue 叫外賣. (giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: To call for takeout. |
| Gimmy: 叫外賣. (giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: To call for takeout. So really, it's saying "To call for or to cry for." |
| Gimmy: Yes. And usually, we can use it to call for help. |
| David: Right. So you could call for a doctor. |
| Gimmy: 叫醫生. (giu3 ji1 sang1.) |
| David: Or call for an ambulance. |
| Gimmy: 叫白車 (giu3 baak6 ce1) Or if you just want to call for help, 叫救命. (giu3 gau3 meng6.) |
| David: Let's hear all of those again. First, to call for take out. |
| Gimmy: 叫外賣. (giu3 ngoi6 maai6.) |
| David: To call for a doctor. |
| Gimmy: 叫醫生. (giu3 ji1 sang1.) |
| David: To call for an ambulance. |
| Gimmy: 叫白車. (giu3 baak6 ce1.) |
| David: Or to call for help. |
| Gimmy: 叫救命. (giu3 gau3 meng6.) |
| David: Right. So this verb is a lot more versatile than just naming things. |
| Gimmy: Exactly. But David, my favourite is still 叫白車. (giu3 baak6 ce1.) |
| David: Calling for the ambulance? |
| Gimmy: Yeah, that's very useful and important to know in Hong Kong. |
| David: I much prefer calling for take out. |
| Gimmy: Okay. |
Outro |
| David: And hopefully, after you do that, you don't need to call for help from anyone. Anyway, that's our lesson for today. Before we go, we want to remind you we've got a grammar write-up in our premium PDF. |
| Gimmy: At our website CantoneseClass101.com. |
| David: Right. It has all of these written out as well as more, more details on these words, more guidance on how to use them. |
| Gimmy: Yes. |
| David: So if you're learning Cantonese, this is invaluable stuff. Be sure to go check it out. |
| Gimmy: Right. |
| David: For now though, we're done. I'm David. |
| Gimmy: I'm Gimmy. |
| David: Thanks a lot for listening and… |
| Gimmy: 下次見. (haa6 ci3 gin3.) |
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