Learn two useful Cantonese sentence patterns, and why Hong Kong is a great place to shop for certain products
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| INTRODUCTION |
| Echo: Welcome to CantoneseClass101.com. I am Echo. |
| Oscar: Hello 我係 (ngo5 hai6) Oscar。 |
| Echo: And we are here today with lower intermediate, season 1, lesson 3. Nothing is Perfect in China. |
| Oscar: 冇嘢係完美嘅。(mou5 je5 hai6 jyun4 mei5 ge3.) |
| Echo: Not everything can be perfect. |
| Oscar: 唔係所有嘢都咁完美。(m4 hai6 so2 jau5 je5 dou1 gam3 jyun4 mei5.) |
| Echo: Our dialogue today takes place between two friends. They are talking about a new laptop and are speaking casual Cantonese as always. |
| Oscar: 咁我哋而家去聽下。 (gam2 ngo5 dei6 ji4 gaa1 heoi3 teng1 haa5.) |
| DIALOGUE |
| A: 部手提電腦好靚喔！ (A: bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 hou2 leng3 wo3!) |
| B: 多謝，我尋日買嘅。 (B: do1 ze6, ngo5 cam4 jat6 maai5 ge3.) |
| A: 又薄又輕。 (A: jau6 bok6 jau6 heng1.) |
| B: 係呀...係最新嘅型號。 (B: hai6 aa1...hai6 zeoi3 san1 ge3 jing4 hou6.) |
| A: 但係個螢幕細咗啲。 (A: daan6 hai6 go3 jing4 mok6 sai3 zo2 di1.) |
| B: 冇嘢係完美㗎嘛。 (B: mou5 je5 hai6 jyun4 mei5 gaa1 maa3.) |
| David: One more time, a bit slower. |
| A: 部手提電腦好靚喔！ (A: bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 hou2 leng3 wo3!) |
| B: 多謝，我尋日買嘅。 (B: do1 ze6, ngo5 cam4 jat6 maai5 ge3.) |
| A: 又薄又輕。 (A: jau6 bok6 jau6 heng1.) |
| B: 係呀...係最新嘅型號。 (B: hai6 aa1...hai6 zeoi3 san1 ge3 jing4 hou6.) |
| A: 但係個螢幕細咗啲。 (A: daan6 hai6 go3 jing4 mok6 sai3 zo2 di1.) |
| B: 冇嘢係完美㗎嘛。 (B: mou5 je5 hai6 jyun4 mei5 gaa1 maa3.) |
| David: And now with the English translation. |
| A: 部手提電腦好靚喔！ (A: bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 hou2 leng3 wo3!) |
| A: What a beautiful laptop! |
| B: 多謝，我尋日買嘅。 (B: do1 ze6, ngo5 cam4 jat6 maai5 ge3.) |
| B: Thanks, I just bought it yesterday. |
| A: 又薄又輕。 (A: jau6 bok6 jau6 heng1.) |
| A: It's so thin, and so light. |
| B: 係呀...係最新嘅型號。 (B: hai6 aa1...hai6 zeoi3 san1 ge3 jing4 hou6.) |
| B: Yeah...it's the latest model. |
| A: 但係個螢幕細咗啲。 (A: daan6 hai6 go3 jing4 mok6 sai3 zo2 di1.) |
| A: But the screen is a bit small. |
| B: 冇嘢係完美㗎嘛。 (B: mou5 je5 hai6 jyun4 mei5 gaa1 maa3.) |
| B: Well...nothing is perfect. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Echo: Oscar, what kind of laptop do you like? |
| Oscar: 輕啲嘅，同薄啲嘅，咁你呢？ (heng1 di1 ge3 ，tung4 bok6 di1 ge3 ，gam3 nei5 ne1?) |
| Echo: Same here. Actually I like perfect computers. |
| Oscar: 邊有咁容易買到㗎？ (bin1 jau5 gam3 jung4 ji6 maai5 dou2 gaa3?) |
| Echo: I know. Anyway, our vocabulary today is all about computers. Let’s have a listen. lesson |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Oscar: 手提電腦 (sau2 tai4 din6 nau5) |
| Echo: Laptop. |
| Oscar: 手 提 電 腦, 手提電腦。薄 (sau2 tai4 din6 nau5, sau2 tai4 din6 nau5. bok6) |
| Echo: Thin. |
| Oscar: 薄, 薄。輕 (bok6, bok6. heng1) |
| Echo: Light. |
| Oscar: 輕, 輕。大 (heng1, heng1. daai6) |
| Echo: Big. |
| Oscar: 大, 大。細 (daai6, daai6. sai3) |
| Echo: Small |
| Oscar: 細, 細。型號 (sai3, sai3. jing4 hou6) |
| Echo: Model. |
| Oscar: 型 號, 型號。螢幕 (jing4 hou6, jing4 hou6. jing4 mok6) |
| Echo: Screen. |
| Oscar: 螢 幕, 螢幕。完美 (jing4 mok6, jing4 mok6. jyun4 mei5) |
| Echo: Perfect. |
| Oscar: 完 美, 完美。方便 (jyun4 mei5, jyun4 mei5. fong1 bin6) |
| Echo: Convenient. |
| Oscar: 方 便, 方便 (fong1 bin6, fong1 bin6) |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Echo: Let’s have a closer look at some of the words in this lesson. Our first word is perfect. |
| Oscar: 完美 (jyun4 mei5) |
| Echo: Perfect. |
| Oscar: 完 美 (jyun4 mei5) |
| Echo: But as we know, nothing is perfect. |
| Oscar: 冇嘢係完美嘅。 (mou5 je5 hai6 jyun4 mei5 ge3.) |
| Echo: Nothing is perfect. |
| Oscar: 冇嘢係完美嘅。 (mou5 je5 hai6 jyun4 mei5 ge3.) |
| Echo: Right but my laptop is nearly perfect. |
| Oscar: 我部手提電腦差唔多完美。 (ngo5 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 caa1 m4 do1 jyun4 mei5.) |
| Echo: Right because it’s an Apple. |
| Oscar: Okay, Apple嘅手提電腦差唔多完美. (Apple ge3 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 caa1 m4 do1 jyun4 mei5. ) |
| Echo: Right and there are two reasons it is almost perfect. The first one is |
| Oscar: 輕 (heng1) |
| Echo: Light. |
| Oscar: 輕 (heng1) |
| Echo: And the second one is |
| Oscar: 細 (sai3) |
| Echo: Small. |
| Oscar: 細 (sai3) |
| Echo: Small. Okay Oscar, let’s give people some examples. I want a light laptop. |
| Oscar: 我想要部輕嘅手提電腦. (ngo5 soeng2 jiu3 bou6 heng1 ge3 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5.) |
| Echo: I want a light laptop. |
| Oscar: 我想要部輕嘅手提電腦. (ngo5 soeng2 jiu3 bou6 heng1 ge3 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5.) |
| Echo: I also want a small laptop. |
| Oscar: 我都想要部細嘅手提電腦. (ngo5 dou1 soeng2 jiu3 bou6 sai3 ge3 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5.) |
| Echo: I also want a small laptop. |
| Oscar: 我都想要部細嘅手提電腦. (ngo5 dou1 soeng2 jiu3 bou6 sai3 ge3 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5.) |
| Echo: Yes. And it’s not just about the size, but also convenience. |
| Oscar: 方便. (fong1 bin6.) |
| Echo: Convenient. |
| Oscar: 方便. (fong1 bin6.) |
| Echo: Convenient. So a good laptop should be |
| Oscar: 又輕, 又細, 又方便. (jau6 heng1 , jau6 sai3 , jau6 fong1 bin6.) |
| Echo: Right. So remember these three words. |
| Oscar: 輕 (heng1) |
| Echo: Light. |
| Oscar: 細 (sai3) |
| Echo: Small |
| Oscar: 方便 (fong1 bin6) |
| Echo: Convenient. |
| Oscar: 咁就完美啦! (gam3 zau6 jyun4 mei5 laa1 !) |
| Echo: Right. They make a laptop perfect. Okay let’s move on to our grammar point today. |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| Oscar: It’s grammar time. |
| Echo: Today we want to talk about two sentence patterns. The first one is |
| Oscar: 咗啲 (zo2 di1) |
| Echo: Right. This is a mild way to complain. |
| Oscar: 咗啲 (zo2 di1) |
| Echo: For example, you can say |
| Oscar: 大咗啲 (daai6 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: A bit too big. |
| Oscar: 大咗啲 (daai6 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: A bit too big. |
| Oscar: 呢部手提電腦大咗啲 (ni1 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 daai6 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: This laptop is a bit too big. |
| Oscar: 呢部手提電腦大咗啲 (ni1 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 daai6 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: This laptop is a bit too big or |
| Oscar: 輕咗啲 (heng1 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: A bit too light. |
| Oscar: 輕咗啲 (heng1 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: A bit too light. |
| Oscar: 嗰部手機輕咗啲 (go2 bou6 sau2 gei1 heng1 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: That phone is a bit too light. |
| Oscar: 嗰部手機輕咗啲 (go2 bou6 sau2 gei1 heng1 zo2 di1) |
| Echo: That phone is a bit too light. |
| Oscar: Okay 呢句好容易用. (ni1 geoi3 hou2 jung4 ji6 jung6.) |
| Echo: Right. First comes the adjective, then comes |
| Oscar: 咗啲(zo2 di1). 呢個就係我地第一個語法點喇! (ni1 go3 zau6 hai6 ngo5 dei6 dai6 jat1 go3 jyu5 faat3 dim2 laa3 ! ) |
| Echo: This is our first grammar pattern. The second pattern we wanted to highlight is |
| Oscar: 又 (jau6) |
| Echo: Also |
| Oscar: 又 (jau6) |
| Echo: Also. And we use this to make lists. |
| Oscar: 我部手提電腦又薄又輕。 (ngo5 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 jau6 bok6 jau6 heng1.) |
| Echo: My laptop is thin and light. |
| Oscar: 我部手提電腦又薄又輕。 (ngo5 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 jau6 bok6 jau6 heng1.) |
| Echo: My laptop is thin and light or |
| Oscar: 嗰部手提電腦又厚又重。 (go2 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 jau6 hau5 jau6 cung4.) |
| Echo: That laptop is big and thick. |
| Oscar: 嗰部手提電腦又厚又重。 (go2 bou6 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 jau6 hau5 jau6 cung4.) |
| Echo: That laptop is big and thick. |
| Oscar: 又大, 又厚, 又唔方便。 (jau6 daai6 , jau6 hau5 , jau6 m4 fong1 bin6.) |
| Echo: I don’t want that laptop. |
| Oscar: 冇錯! 你要嘅係又薄, 又輕, 又方便。 (mou5 co3 ! nei5 jiu3 ge3 hai6 jau6 bok6 , jau6 heng1 , jau6 fong1 bin6.) |
| Echo: Right. So our tip, if you are buying a laptop, you want |
| Oscar: 又薄, 又輕, 又方便, 又完美。 (jau6 bok6 , jau6 heng1 , jau6 fong1 bin6 , jau6 jyun4 mei5.) |
| Echo: Not |
| Oscar: 又厚, 又重, 又唔方便。 (jau6 hau5 , jau6 cung4 , jau6 m4 fong1 bin6.) |
| Echo: Right. So today we learned a few words for talking about computers. |
| Oscar: 輕 , 細, 方便, 完美。 (heng1 , sai3 , fong1 bin6 , jyun4 mei5.) |
| Echo: And two simple sentence patterns. |
| Oscar: 咗啲 (zo2 di1) |
| Echo: And |
| Oscar: 又 (jau6) |
| Echo: So that’s our lesson. Before we go, we like to remind you |
| Oscar: 如果你有乜問題,就去我哋網站留言啦! (jyu4 gwo2 nei5 jau5 mat1 man6 tai4, zau6 heoi3 ngo5 dei6 mong5 zaam6 lau4 jin4 laa1 !) |
Outro |
| Echo: Right. If you have any questions, please come to our website and leave your comment. The address is cantoneseclass101.com |
| Oscar: 我哋網上見. (ngo5 dei6 mong5 soeng6 gin3.) |
| Echo: Thanks for listening. |
| Oscar: 下次見啦! (haa6 ci3 gin3 laa1 !) |
Easily master this lesson’s grammar points with in-depth explanations and examples. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Comments
Hide