Learn five words related to geography
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| Hi guys, welcome back to Cantonese weekly words. Today, we are in Costa Rica, |
| 哥斯達黎加 (go1 si1 daat6 lai4 gaa1). |
| Costa Rica, 哥斯達黎加 (go1 si1 daat6 lai4 gaa1). |
| And we are going to talk about geography, 地理 (dei6 lei5), "Geography". |
| Here we go! |
| 1. 山 (saan1) "Mountain" / "hill" |
| For us, we don’t distinguish between mountains and hills. So I don’t really know what’s different about them. Please tell me in the comments section if you know. So when we go hiking on the mountain, we say 行山 (haang4 saan1) "hiking." |
| Literally, "walk mountain." |
| 行(haang4) is "to walk" and 山 (saan1) "mountain." |
| 行山 (haang4 saan1) |
| And in the winter, we go to snow mountain for skiing. |
| 雪山 (syut3 saan1) "snow mountain" |
| 雪 (syut3) is "snow," and then mountain. |
| 雪山 (syut3 saan1) |
| And here in Costa Rica, they have a lot of volcanoes. |
| So "volcanoes" in Cantonese is 火山 (fo2 saan1), literally "fire mountain." |
| 火山 (fo2 saan1) "fire mountain," that’s "volcano." |
| 富士山係一個好出名嘅火山。 |
| (fu3 si6 saan1 hai6 jat1 go3 hou2 ceot1 meng2 ge3 fo2 saan1.) |
| "Fuji mountain is a very famous volcano." |
| Have you ever been there? Let us know. |
| And the next word is... |
| 2. 島 (dou2) "Island" |
| 島(dou2) |
| I would want to visit Greece. I heard that there are more than 6000 islands there. |
| 希臘有差唔多六千個島。 |
| (hei1 lip6 jau5 caa1 m4 do1 luk6 cin1 go3 dou2.) |
| "There are around six thousand islands in Greece." |
| Do you have any suggestions on where to go in Greece? I would really love to visit there. Please let us know in the comments section. |
| 3. "Beach" 沙灘 (saa1 taan1) |
| "Beach"; sometimes you hear 海灘 (hoi2 taan1), so they are interchangeable. |
| 沙 (saa1) means "sand" and, 灘 (taan1) is just "beach". |
| So 沙灘 (saa1 taan1) is like "sand beach." |
| 呢度去沙灘行十五分鐘。 |
| (ni1 dou6 heoi3 saa1 taan1 haang4 sap6 ng5 fan1 zung1.) |
| "From here, we can walk to the beach in 15 minutes." |
| 由呢度行去沙灘要十五分鐘。 |
| (jau4 ni1 dou6 haang4 heoi3 saa1 taan1 jiu3 sap6 ng5 fan1 zung1.) |
| "It takes 15 minutes to walk from here to the beach." |
| 4. 森林 (sam1 lam4) "Forest" |
| 泰山住喺森林入面。 |
| (taai3 saan1 zyu6 hai2 sam1 lam4 jap6 min6.) |
| "Tarzan lives in the - ." |
| What’s the difference between jungle and forest? I don’t know. We also call "jungle" 森林 (sam1 lam4), I think. |
| So 森林 (sam1 lam4) for both "forest" and "jungle." |
| So "Tarzan (for us) lives in a jungle." |
| 泰山住喺森林入面。 |
| (taai3 saan1 zyu6 hai2 sam1 lam4 jap6 min6.) |
| 老虎住喺森林入面。 |
| (lou5 fu2 zyu6 hai2 sam1 lam4 jap6 min6.) |
| "Tigers live in the forest." |
| And the next word is... |
| 5. 河 (ho4) "River" |
| 河 (ho4). It’s a very low tone. So, 河 (ho4) "river". |
| 尼羅河 (nei4 lo4 ho4) "The Nile River" |
| 泰晤士河 (taai3 ng4 si6 ho4) |
| "The Thames – The Thames. The Thame River. The Thames River." |
| 泰晤士河 (taai3 ng4 si6 ho4) "Thames River." |
| The Canyon. The Canyon was created because of the river flow. So we can say that, |
| 河流形成峽谷。 |
| (ho4 lau4 jing4 sing4 haap6 guk1.) |
| "The flowing river created the canyon." |
| So that’s it for today. Today, we talked about geography and I will see you next time in other Cantonese videos. I am Olivia. See you. |
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