Learn five words for study subjects
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| Hi everyone. Welcome to Cantonese weekly words. Today, we are going to talk about Study Subjects. 學科 (hok6 fo1) "Study Subjects." |
| What was your favorite study subject? Let us know in the comments section. |
| Let’s check out the word list now. First word is... |
| 1. "English" 英文 (jing1 man2) |
| 我好鍾意我嘅英文先生。 |
| (ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 ngo5 ge3 jing1 man2 sin1 saang1.) |
| "I like my English teacher." When I was in high school. |
| Next word is... |
| 2. 歷史 (lik6 si2) "History" |
| 世界歷史 (sai3 gaai3 lik6 si2) "World history" |
| 中國歷史 (zung1 gwok3 lik6 si2) "Chinese history" |
| 法國歷史, (faat3 gwok3 lik6 si2) "French history" |
| "Art history" is 美術歷史 (mei5 seot6 lik6 si2) |
| 我歷史唔係好叻，但係我鍾意。 |
| (ngo5 lik6 si2 m4 hai6 hou2 lek1, daan6 hai6 ngo5 zung1 ji3.) |
| "I'm not very good at history, but I like it a lot." |
| Next word is... |
| 3. 地理 (dei6 lei5) "Geography" |
| Not many of my friends have studied geography. Usually, they just draw a lot of graphs after tearing of the layers of earth and whatever. |
| 地理堂好似好難喎。 |
| (dei6 lei5 tong4 hou2 ci3 hou2 naan4 wo6.) |
| "It sounds difficult to take geography class." |
| Have you ever taken geography class? Is it difficult? |
| Next word is... |
| 4. 經濟 (ging1 zai3) "Economics" |
| 我表妹讀經濟學嘅 |
| (ngo5 biu2 mui2 duk6 ging1 zai3 hok6 ge3) |
| "My cousin studied economics." |
| "The study of economics" is 經濟學 (ging1 zai3 hok6) |
| And you can also use it for economy. So you can say that, |
| "A country’s economy is good." |
| So, 呢個國家嘅經濟好好。 |
| (ni1 go3 gwok3 gaa1 ge3 ging1 zai3 hou2 hou2.) |
| Next word is... |
| 5. "Art" |
| 美術 (mei5 seot6) "Art" |
| 我鍾意上美術堂，可以畫畫同埋雕刻。 |
| (ngo5 zung1 ji3 soeng5 mei5 seot6 tong4, ho2 ji3 waak6 waa2 tung4 maai4 tiu1 haak1.) |
| "I like art class because I can paint and do sculptures." |
| 雕刻 (tiu1 haak1) "doing sculpture" |
| 畫畫 (waak6 waa2) "to paint" or "to draw" |
| 美術班 (mei5 seot6 baan1) is the "art class" |
| So that’s it for today. Today, we talked about study subjects. |
| Let us know your favorite subject in school. Are you doing something and is your job related to what you studied and I will see you next time. I am Olivia. Bye! |
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