Popup Cantonese — Elementary: The Lie Detector

Popup Cantonese — Elementary: The Lie Detector

你講，英文測驗幾分？ Tell me, what is your mark on the English test? 六十五。 Sixty-five. 你講大話！幾分？ You are lying! What's the mark? 四十。 Fourty. 唉，我以前成日八十分。 Ah, I usually got eighty in the past. LEARN THIS VOCABULARY [https://community-courses.memrise.com/community/course/6687544/popup-cantonese-elementary/14/]

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #2

1. What is the tone on the word for he/she — 佢? a) tone 2 b) tone 3 c) tone 5 d) tone 6 2. Agree with someone by saying 啱嘞. What are the tones? a) tone 1 & 3 b) tone 1 & 5 c) tone 3 & 6 d) tone 2 & 6 3. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation. a) Cantonese is difficult b) Cantonese is not difficult c) Cantonese is easy d) Cantonese is not easy 4. The phrase “not bad” is 唔錯. What are the tones on that? a) tone 3 & 6 b) tone 4 & 6 c) tone 4 & 3 d) tone 4 & 5 5. The phrase for not good is 唔好. What are the tones? a) tone 4 & 5 b) tone 4 & 2 c) tone 3 & 6 d) tone 4 & 3 6. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation. a) You are a Hong Kong person. b) Is she a Hong Kong person? c) I am a Hong Kong person. d) Are you a Hong Kong person? 7. If someone tells you 你冇錯, you may be doing what? a) having a class b) eating dinner c) having an argument d) meeting someone for the first time 8. There are many ways of saying the weather is bad. Which of the following is incorrect? a) 天氣好好 b) 天氣好差 c) 天氣唔好 d) 天氣差 9. How do you say “This is very difficult”? a) 呢個好易 b) 呢個唔易 c) 呢個好難 d) 呢個難易 10. Cantonese is 廣東話. What are the tones on that? a) tone 2, 1, 2 b) tone 2, 1, 5 c) tone 5, 3, 2 d) tone 5, 1, 5 11. What does 廣東話唔易 mean？ a) Cantonese is not good b) Cantonese is not bad c) Cantonese is not easy d) Cantonese is not difficult 12. How do you say “Sorry I'm wrong”? a) 對唔住，我唔錯 b) 唔該，我冇錯 c) 對唔住，我唔啱 d) 唔該，我唔啱 13. To communicate the idea of “more X” in Cantonese, where X is any adjective, we do the following: a) add 啲 after the adjective b) add 好 before the adjective c) repeat the adjective twice d) change the tone to the 6th tone 14. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation. a) Please give me that one b) Please give me this one c) Excuse me, I want that d) Excuse me, I want this 15. What of the following is a useful compliment for when you meet someone? a) 你好 b) 天氣唔錯 c) 你好靚⼥ d) 你啱 Answers: 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - c, 5 - b, 6 - d, 7 - c, 8 - a, 9 - c, 10 - a, 11 - c, 12 - c, 13 - a, 14 - a, 15 - c.

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Adjectives #4

攰 tired 我好攰。 I'm very tired. 餓 hungry 我好餓。 I'm very hungry. 肚餓 (tummy) hungry 我肚餓。 I'm hungry. 我好肚餓。 I'm very hungry. 渴 thirsty 我好渴。 I'm very thirsty. ⼝渴 (mouth) thirsty 頸渴 (neck) thirsty 我⼝渴。 I'm thirsty. 我頸渴。 I'm thirsty. LEARN THIS VOCABULARY [https://community-courses.memrise.com/community/course/5827957/popup-cantonese-basic/16/]

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Adjectives #3

快 fast 好快 very fast 太快 too fast 你講得好快。 You speak very fast. 你講得太快。 You speak too fast. 慢 slow 好慢 very slow 太慢 too slow 慢啲 more slowly 唔該講慢啲。 Please speak more slowly. 唔該講快啲。 Please speak faster. 忙 busy 我好忙。 I'm very busy. 太忙 too busy 你忙唔忙？ Are you busy? 快唔快？ Is it fast? 慢唔慢？ Is it slow? 好唔好？ Is it good? LEARN THIS VOCABULARY [https://community-courses.memrise.com/community/course/5827957/popup-cantonese-basic/14/]

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Adjectives #2

好 good 好好 very good 呢個好好。 This one is very good. 嗰個好好。 That one is very good. 香港好好。 Hong Kong is very good. 差 bad 好差 very bad 呢個好差。 This one is very bad. 嗰個好差。 That one is very bad. 天氣好差。 The weather is very bad. 易 easy 好易 very easy 呢個好易。 This one is very easy. 嗰個好易。 That one is very easy. 廣東話好易。 Cantonese is very easy. 難 difficult 好難 very difficult 呢個好難。 This one is very difficult. 嗰個好難。 That one is very difficult. QUESTIONS : 1. English is 英文. How do you say English's not difficult? a) 英文好難。 b) 英文唔錯。 c) 英文好好。 d) 英文唔難。 2. What do you hear? a) 好 b) 難 c) 易 d) 差 3. Cantonese is 廣東話. What's the tone on 話？ a) 1st tone b) 2nd tone c) 3rd tone d) 5th tone Answers: 1 - d, 2 - b, 3 - b.