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| INTRODUCTION |
| Echo: Welcome to cantoneseclass101.com. I am Echo. |
| Oscar: 大家好，我係Oscar。(daai6 gaa1 hou2, ngo5 hai6 Oscar.) |
| Echo: And we are here today with lower intermediate, season 1, lesson 1. Concerts in Hong Kong. |
| Oscar: 香港嘅演唱會。(hoeng1 gong2 ge3 jin2 coeng3 wui2.) |
| Echo: Right. So our dialogue takes place at |
| Oscar: 一個搖滾樂演唱會。(jat1 go3 jiu4 gwan2 ngok6 jin2 coeng3 wui2.) |
| Echo: A rock concert in Hong Kong and it’s between two friends attending the show. So they are speaking casual Cantonese as always. |
| Oscar: 我哋而家去睇下。(ngo5 dei6 ji4 gaa1 heoi3 tai2 haa5.) |
| DIALOGUE |
| A: 個音樂會真係好正！(A: go3 jam1 ngok6 wui5 zan1 hai6 hou2 zeng3!) |
| B: 係囉，我好鍾意美國音樂。(B: hai6 lo1 , ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 mei5 gwok3 jam1 ngok6.) |
| A: 美國？呢隊係英國樂隊。(A: mei5 gwok3 ? ni1 deoi6 hai6 jing1 gwok3 ngok6 deoi2.) |
| B: 係咩？(B: hai6 me1?) |
| A: 你聽唔到啲口音嘅咩？ (A: nei5 teng1 ng4 dou2 di1 hau2 jam1 ge3 me1?) |
| B: 我覺得都係一樣。(B: ngo5 gok3 dak1 dou1 hai6 jat1 joeng6.) |
| David: One more time, a bit slower. |
| A: 個音樂會真係好正！(A: go3 jam1 ngok6 wui5 zan1 hai6 hou2 zeng3!) |
| B: 係囉，我好鍾意美國音樂。(B: hai6 lo1 , ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 mei5 gwok3 jam1 ngok6.) |
| A: 美國？呢隊係英國樂隊。(A: mei5 gwok3 ? ni1 deoi6 hai6 jing1 gwok3 ngok6 deoi2.) |
| B: 係咩？(B: hai6 me1?) |
| A: 你聽唔到啲口音嘅咩？ (A: nei5 teng1 ng4 dou2 di1 hau2 jam1 ge3 me1?) |
| B: 我覺得都係一樣。(B: ngo5 gok3 dak1 dou1 hai6 jat1 joeng6.) |
| David: And now with the English translation. |
| A: 個音樂會真係好正！(A: go3 jam1 ngok6 wui5 zan1 hai6 hou2 zeng3!) |
| A: What a great concert! |
| B: 係囉，我好鍾意美國音樂。(B: hai6 lo1 , ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 mei5 gwok3 jam1 ngok6.) |
| B: Yeah, I love American music. |
| A: 美國？呢隊係英國樂隊。(A: mei5 gwok3 ? ni1 deoi6 hai6 jing1 gwok3 ngok6 deoi2.) |
| A: American? This is a British band. |
| B: 係咩？(B: hai6 me1?) |
| B: Really? |
| A: 你聽唔到啲口音嘅咩？(A: nei5 teng1 ng4 dou2 di1 hau2 jam1 ge3 me1?) |
| A: Can't you hear the accent? |
| B: 我覺得都係一樣。(B: ngo5 gok3 dak1 dou1 hai6 jat1 joeng6.) |
| B: They're all the same to me. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Echo: So Oscar, do you go to a lot of shows? |
| Oscar: 差唔多一年兩三次度啦. (caa1 m4 do1 jat1 nin4 loeng5 saam1 ci3 dou2 laa1.) |
| Echo: Okay so you are better than me because I am never down to one concert myself but I heard there are a lot of very good shows in Hong Kong. |
| Oscar: 係呀, 特别係紅磡體育館. (hai6 aa3, dak6 bit6 hai6 hung4 ham3 tai2 juk6 gun2.) |
| Echo: Right. So our audience, if you like music too, this is lesson for you. Right now, we are going to move on and cover lot of concerts and music vocabulary. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Oscar: 音樂會. (jam1 ngok6 wui5.) |
| Echo: Music concert. |
| Oscar: 音.樂.會. 音.樂.會 演唱會. (jam1. ngok6. Wui5. jam1. ngok6. Wui5 jin2 coeng3 wui5.) |
| Echo: Singing concert. |
| Oscar: 演唱會. 演唱會. 音樂. (jin2 coeng3 wui5. jin2 coeng3 wui5. jam1ngok6) |
| Echo: Music. |
| Oscar: 音 樂, 音樂 樂隊 (jam1 ngok6, jam1ngok6 ngok6 deoi2) |
| Echo: Band. |
| Oscar: 樂 隊, 樂隊 口音 (ngok6 deoi2, ngok6 deoi2 hau2 jam1) |
| Echo: Accent. |
| Oscar: 口 音, 口音 (hau2 jam1, hau2 jam1) |
| Echo: Song. |
| Oscar: 歌 曲, 歌曲 歌詞 (go1 kuk1, go1 kuk1 go1 ci4) |
| Echo: Lyrics. |
| Oscar: 歌 詞, 歌詞 歌手 (go1 ci4, go1 ci4 go1 sau2) |
| Echo: Singer |
| Oscar: 歌 手, 歌手 (go1 sau2, go1 sau2) |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Echo: Let’s have a closer look at some of the words from this lesson. The first word is concert. |
| Oscar: 音樂會 (jam1 ngok6 wui2) |
| Echo: Concert. |
| Oscar: 音樂會 ( jam1 ngok6 wui2) |
| Echo: And there is another word for concert too, right? |
| Oscar: Right, 演唱會 (jin2 coeng3 wui2) |
| Echo: Concert. So we have |
| Oscar: 演唱會 (jin2 coeng3 wui2) |
| Echo: And |
| Oscar: 音樂會 (jam1 ngok6 wui2) |
| Echo: So what’s the difference? |
| Oscar: 音樂會 ( jam1 ngok6 wui2) just has 音樂 (jam1 ngok6) |
| Echo: Right. That’s music. |
| Oscar: But 演唱會 (jin2 coeng3 wui2) has people singing. |
| Echo: Right. So rock concert will be |
| Oscar: 有搖滾樂嘅係演唱會 (jau5 jiu4 gwan2 ngok6 ge3 hai6 jin2 coeng3 wui2) |
| Echo: A rock concert. |
| Oscar: 有搖滾樂嘅係演唱會 (jau5 jiu4 gwan2 ngok6 ge3 hai6 jin2 coeng3 wui2) |
| Echo: And an orchestra will be |
| Oscar: 冇人唱歌嘅係音樂會 (mou5 jan4 coeng3 go1 ge3 hai6 jam1 ngok6 wui2) |
| Echo: And orchestra |
| Oscar: 冇人唱歌嘅係音樂會 (mou5 jan4 coeng3 go1 ge3 hai6 jam1 ngok6 wui2) |
| Echo: So we’ve covered music. |
| Oscar: 音樂 (jam1 ngok6) |
| Echo: A rock concert. |
| Oscar: 演唱會 (jin2 coeng3 wui2) |
| Echo: And an instrumental concert. |
| Oscar: 音樂會 ( jam1 ngok6 wui2) |
| Echo: Okay. Let’s have some examples. I am going to a rock concert. |
| Oscar: 我去一個搖滾樂演唱會。 (ngo5 heoi3 jat1 go3 jiu4 gwan2 ngok6 jin2 coeng3 wui2.) |
| Echo: I am going to a rock concert. |
| Oscar: 我去一個搖滾樂演唱會。 (ngo5 heoi3 jat1 go3 jiu4 gwan2 ngok6 jin2 coeng3 wui2.) |
| Echo: Right and I want to invite a friend. Then you should ask him or her |
| Oscar: 陪我去演唱會呀！ (pui4 ngo5 heoi3 jin2 coeng3 wui2 aa1 ！) |
| Echo: Do you want to go to the concert with me? |
| Oscar: 陪我去演唱會呀！(pui4 ngo5 heoi3 jin2 coeng3 wui2 aa1 ！) |
| Echo: Right. So Oscar, is this a date? |
| Oscar: 唔關你事 (m4 gwaan1 nei5 si6) |
| Echo: Okay. Let’s repeat. Do you want to go to the concert with me? |
| Oscar: 陪我去演唱會呀! (pui4 ngo5 heoi3 jin2 coeng3 wui2 aa1 !) |
| Echo: Right. And next, we are going to talk about these three words. |
| Oscar: 歌曲 , 歌詞, 歌手 (go1 kuk1, go1 ci4, go1 sau2) |
| Echo: Song |
| Oscar: 歌曲 (go1 kuk1) |
| Echo: Song. |
| Oscar: 歌曲 (go1 kuk1) |
| Echo: Lyrics. |
| Oscar: 歌詞 (go1 ci4) |
| Echo: Lyrics. |
| Oscar: 歌詞 (go1 ci4) |
| Echo: And singer |
| Oscar: 歌手 (go1 sau2) |
| Echo: Singer |
| Oscar: 歌手 (go1 sau2) |
| Echo: Okay let’s have some examples. Who is that singer? |
| Oscar: 呢個歌手係邊個? (ni1 go3 go1 sau2 hai6 bin1 go3?) |
| Echo: Who is that singer? |
| Oscar: 呢個歌手係邊個? (ni1 go3 go1 sau2 hai6 bin1 go3?) |
| Echo: Or I don’t remember the lyrics. |
| Oscar: 我唔記得咗歌詞. (ngo5 m4 gei3 dak1 zo2 go1 ci4.) |
| Echo: I don’t remember the lyrics. |
| Oscar: 我唔記得咗歌詞. (ngo5 m4 gei3 dak1 zo2 go1 ci4.) |
| Echo: Right. Let’s review. We learned these three words. |
| Oscar: 歌曲 , 歌詞, 歌手 (go1 kuk1, go1 ci4, go1 sau2) |
| Echo: Right and they all start with this character |
| Oscar: 歌. (go1.) |
| Echo: Right which makes them easy to remember. |
| Oscar: 歌曲 , 歌詞, 歌手 (go1 kuk1, go1 ci4, go1 sau2) |
| Echo: Okay. Now let’s move on to our grammar point. |
Lesson focus |
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| Oscar: It’s grammar time. |
| Echo: Okay. Today’s grammar point, we are going to focus on how to say all in Cantonese. |
| Oscar: 都 (dou1) |
| Echo: All |
| Oscar: 都 (dou1) |
| Echo: Right. It is an adverb we put in front of verbs and usually we will put in front of this verb. |
| Oscar: 係 (hai6) |
| Echo: Right. |
| Oscar: 都係 (dou1 hai6) |
| Echo: Both, all. Previously we learned |
| Oscar: 都係 (dou1 hai6) |
| Echo: Means also or to. For instance, |
| Oscar: 我學緊廣東話, 我都係. (ngo5 hok6 gan2 gwong2 dung1 waa2, ngo5 dou1 hai6.) |
| Echo: I am learning Cantonese, me too. |
| Oscar: 我都係. (ngo5 dou1 hai6.) |
| Echo: Me too. This has different meaning. It means all. For example |
| Oscar: 我哋都係學生。(ngo5 dei6 dou1 hai6 hok6 sang1.) |
| Echo: We are all students. |
| Oscar: 我哋都係學生. (ngo5 dei6 dou1 hai6 hok6 sang1.) |
| Echo: We are all students. |
| Oscar: 我哋都係學生. (ngo5 dei6 dou1 hai6 hok6 sang1.) |
| Echo: The singers are all American. |
| Oscar: 歌手都係美國人. (go1 sau2 dou1 hai6 mei5 gwok3 jan4.) |
| Echo: The singers are all American. |
| Oscar: 歌手都係美國人. (go1 sau2 dou1 hai6 mei5 gwok3 jan4.) |
| Echo: All the lyrics are written by him. |
| Oscar: 全部歌詞都係佢寫. (cyun4 bou6 go1 ci4 dou1 hai6 keoi5 se2.) |
| Echo: All the lyrics are written by him. |
| Oscar: 全部歌詞都係佢寫. (cyun4 bou6 go1 ci4 dou1 hai6 keoi5 se2.) |
| Echo: Right. So very simple to use. We put |
| Oscar: 都 (dou1) |
| Echo: After the subject and before the verb. |
| Oscar: 都係, 都做, 都想 (dou1 hai6, dou1 zou6, dou1 soeng2) |
| Echo: Right. For instance |
| Oscar: 都係男人 (dou1 hai6 naam4 jan2) |
| Echo: All are men. |
| Oscar: 都做作業. (dou1 zou6 zok3 jip6.) |
| Echo: All do homework. |
| Oscar: 都想去香港. (dou1 soeng2 heoi3 hoeng1 gong2.) |
| Echo: All want to go to Hong Kong and that’s how we say all in Cantonese. |
| Oscar: 都. (dou1.) |
Outro |
| Echo: Right. So that’s our lesson for today. We learned lot of music words like |
| Oscar: 演唱會，音樂會，歌詞，歌手，歌曲 (jin2 coeng3 wui2, jam1 ngok6 wui2, go1 ci4, go1 sau2, go1 kuk1) |
| Echo: And how to say all in Cantonese? |
| Oscar: 都 (dou1) |
| Echo: Right. Before we go, we like to remind you. We have transcripts of all of our dialogues on cantoneseclass101.com. If you have any trouble, just go check those out. |
| Oscar: 我哋網上見. (ngo5 dei6 mong5 soeng5 gin3.) |
| Echo: Right. Thanks for listening, bye bye. |
| Oscar: 下次見. (haa6 ci3 gin3.) |
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