Learn about animals that are common in Hong Kong
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Gabriella: Hi everyone, I’m Gabriella. |
| Olivia: And I’m Olivia! |
| Gabriella: And welcome to Culture Class: Essential Cantonese Vocabulary, Lesson 12! In this lesson you'll learn five essential words related to geography and nature. These are five common animals in Cantonese. Hand picked. You can find a complete list of vocabulary at CantoneseClass101.com |
| FIVE KEY VOCABULARY ITEMS |
| Gabriella: Olivia, what’s our first word? |
| Olivia: 馬騮 |
| Gabriella: monkey |
| Olivia: (slow) 馬騮 (regular) 馬騮 |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Olivia: 馬騮 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gabriella: Kam Shan Country Park, also known as Monkey Hill, is a popular place to see monkeys in Hong Kong.There are about 2,100 wild monkeys in Hong Kong. |
| Gabriella: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Olivia: (normal) 我哋一去到就俾啲馬騮搶嘢喇。 |
| Gabriella: Once we got there, we got mugged by the monkeys. |
| Olivia: (slow) 我哋一去到就俾啲馬騮搶嘢喇。 |
| Gabriella: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Olivia: 狗 |
| Gabriella: dog |
| Olivia: (slow) 狗 (regular) 狗 |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Olivia: 狗 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gabriella: Dogs are one of the most popular pets in Hong Kong. All dogs more than three months old receive rabies shots and are microchipped and licensed. |
| Gabriella: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Olivia: (normal) 不如我哋去愛護動物協會領養隻狗吖。 |
| Gabriella: Let's adopt a dog from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
| Olivia: (slow) 不如我哋去愛護動物協會領養隻狗吖。 |
| Gabriella: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Olivia: 貓 |
| Gabriella: cat |
| Olivia: (slow) 貓 (regular) 貓 |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Olivia: 貓 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gabriella: Cats are another popular pet in Hong Kong. Brother Cream is essentially a cat celebrity there, and you may see him in books or advertisements, or on television in Hong Kong. |
| Gabriella: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Olivia: (normal) 我真係好想養隻貓。 |
| Gabriella: I really want to have a cat. |
| Olivia: (slow) 我真係好想養隻貓。 |
| Gabriella: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Olivia: 熊貓 |
| Gabriella: panda |
| Olivia: (slow) 熊貓 (regular) 熊貓 |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Olivia: 熊貓 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gabriella: The Chinese central government gave An An and Jia Jia, a pair of giant pandas, to Ocean Park in 1999. Then in 2007, Hong Kong received two more pandas called Le Le and Ying Ying, as part of the celebration of 10 years back under Chinese sovereignty. |
| Gabriella: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Olivia: (normal) 我啲細路成日都想去海洋公園睇熊貓。 |
| Gabriella: My kids always want to go to Ocean Park to see the pandas. |
| Olivia: (slow) 我啲細路成日都想去海洋公園睇熊貓。 |
| Gabriella: Okay, what’s the last word? |
| Olivia: 白海豚 |
| Gabriella: white dolphin |
| Olivia: (slow) 白海豚 (regular) 白海豚 |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Olivia: 白海豚 |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gabriella: For the last twelve years, visitors and residents of Hong Kong have been able to catch boat rides out to see the white dolphins. The trips are mainly done to raise awareness about the dolphins. |
| Gabriella: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Olivia: (normal) 近年嚟香港嘅污染嚴重威脅緊白海豚。 |
| Gabriella: The white dolphin has been threatened by Hong Kong's pollution in recent years. |
| Olivia: (slow) 近年嚟香港嘅污染嚴重威脅緊白海豚。 |
| QUIZ |
| Gabriella: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the words you just learned? Olivia will give you the Cantonese – please say the English meaning out loud! Are you ready? |
| Olivia: 馬騮 |
| [pause]Gabriella: monkey |
| Olivia: 狗 |
| [pause]Gabriella: dog |
| Olivia: 貓 |
| [pause]Gabriella: cat |
| Olivia: 熊貓 |
| [pause]Gabriella: panda |
| Olivia: 白海豚 |
| [pause]Gabriella: white dolphin |
Outro |
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| Gabriella: There you have it – five animals in Hong Kong! We have more vocab lists available at CantoneseClass101.com, so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Olivia: 拜拜! |
Comments
HideAre there any wild animals in your country? Can you tell us in Cantonese?
Hello robert groulx,
You are very welcome. 😇
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Good luck with your language studies.
Kind regards,
利凡特
Team CantoneseClass101.com
thanks for the lesson
my favorite is 熊貓
robert
Hi Clayton Davis,
thank you very much for the feedback!:smile:
I'll share your post with my team!
Have you tried our regular lessons? This series is Culture Class, but we also have
conversational regular ressons and you would like them too!
Please check other series with different levels! Hope you'll enjoy them:wink:
Natsuko,
Team CantoneseClass101.com
This series is pretty useful; most Cantonese learning materials sorely miss this kind of stuff. I just wish we could have more words per lesson. After seeing the recent picture online depicting so many Cantonese vernacular idioms I'd also like a chance to learn more of those in an intermediate or advanced series. I'd also like some listening comprehension tests like seen in some of your parent company's other language series.