Learn how to ask permission to take a picture
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| Cantonese Survival phrases, lesson 32. Can You Take out a Picture. In today’s lesson, we will introduce a phrase that will come in handy when you want to take pictures because when you want to be in a picture, you need to ask, can you take our picture or can you take my picture. Now first, let’s take a look at can you take our picture 可唔可以幫我哋影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) Can you take our picture? 可唔可以幫我哋影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) Let’s break it down by syllable 可 唔 可以 幫 我 哋 影 張 相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) One more time 可唔可以幫我哋影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2). All right 可唔可以(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 ) literally means, can or cannot. 可唔可以(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 ) can or cannot. Use this to ask for favor. 可唔可以(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 ) this is followed by 幫我哋(bong1 ngo5 dei6) which literally means, help us to in English. 幫我哋(bong1 ngo5 dei6) help us to. In this phrase, 幫(bong1) means to help, 幫(bong1) to help. 我哋(ngo5 dei6) means us, 我哋(ngo5 dei6) us. 幫我哋(bong1 ngo5 dei6) To help us, 幫我哋(bong1 ngo5 dei6) to help us. Do you remember how to say help me? That’s right 幫我(bong1 ngo5), 幫我(bong1 ngo5) help me 幫我(bong1 ngo5). What about help them 幫佢哋(bong1 keoi3 dei6), 幫佢哋(bong1 keoi3 dei6). Help me is 幫我(bong1 ngo5). Help them is 幫佢哋(bong1 keoi3 dei6). Next we have 影張相(jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) which literally means to take a picture 影張相(jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) to take a picture. 影相(jing2 soeng2) means to take pictures 影相(jing2 soeng2) take pictures. 影張相(jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) is to take a picture, 影張相(jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) to take a picture. 張(zoeng1) is the measure word for pictures, photos or paper. So one photo is 一張相(jat1 zoeng1 soeng2), one photo 一張相(jat1 zoeng1 soeng2), two photos 兩張相(loeng3 zoeng1 soeng2), two photos 兩張相(loeng3 zoeng1 soeng2). Now let’s go back to our full sentence 可唔可以幫我哋影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2), 可唔可以幫我哋影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2). So that sentence means, can you take our picture. Now let’s try, can you take my picture 可唔可以幫我影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) Simply replace 我哋(ngo5 dei6) with 我(ngo5). Let’s hear that sentence again 可唔可以幫我影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) Can you take my picture. |
| Great. So now it’s time for our regular test. I will give you the English and you give us the Cantonese. Can you take our picture? 可唔可以幫我哋影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 dei6 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) Can you take my picture? 可唔可以幫我影張相？(ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 ngo5 jing2 zoeng1 soeng2) All right, that’s about does it for today. Remember to stop by cantoneseclass101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF and if you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Bye bye. |
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