Popup Cantonese

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #4

1. Listen to the following six characters and count how many have a glottal sound? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 2. Ask someone if they want to eat something by saying 食唔食. What are the tones? a) tone 6, 4, 6 b) tone 3, 4, 3 c) tone 2, 3, 2 d) tone 6, 3, 6 3. What is this sentence about? a) planning a trip b) asking for direction c) checking in d) ordering from menu 4. Coffee is 咖啡. What are the tons on that? a) tone 1, 2 b) tone 2, 1 c) tone 3, 1 d) tone 3, 2 5. How do you say, “I don't speak Cantonese, but I can understand it”? a) 我識講廣東話，但係我聽唔明 b) 我唔識講廣東話，⼜聽唔明 c) 我識講廣東話，⼜聽得明 d) 我唔識講廣東話，但係我聽得明 6. Listen to this sentence and pick the right translation: a) Where is the hotel b) Where is the toilet c) Which restaurant is better d) Which city is better 7. If someone asks you 食咗飯未, what are they doing? a) waiting table b) asking you out c) making small talk d) being concerned about your health 8. There are many ways of suggesting “let's have a drink”. Which of the following is incorrect? a) ⼀齊飲杯嘢吖 b) 我哋飲嘢 c) 要唔要⼀齊飲杯嘢啊？ d) ⼀齊飲杯嘢好唔好？ 9. How do you say: “Do I speak correctly? ” a) 我講得錯唔錯 b) 我講得啱唔啱 c) 我識講得啱錯 d) 我識得講啱錯 10. Listen to the following tongue twister. Pick how many are in the entering tone: a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7 11. What does 我哋⼀齊去咗超級市場買嘢 mean？ a) Let's go shopping at the supermarket b) We are shopping at the supermarket together c) We went shopping at the supermarket together d) We will go shopping at the supermarket together 12. How do you say “Do you speak Japanese“? a) 你講日文？ b) 你講唔講日文？ c) 你識唔識講日文？ d) 你係唔係講日文？ 13. To ask “are you X-ing” in Cantonese, where X is any verb, we do the following: a) use the pattern X 唔 X 緊 b) use the pattern X 緊 X c) use the pattern X 唔 X d) use the pattern 係唔係X緊 14. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation: a) They have eaten b) They wont́ eat c) They are eating d) They havent́ eaten yet. 15. You want to ask for Wifi. What should you NOT say? a) Wifi唔错 b) 呢度有冇Wifi c) 我要Wifi d) 呢度可唔可以用Wifi Answers: 1 - d, 2 - a, 3 - a, 4 - c, 5 - d, 6 - b, 7 - c, 8 - b, 9 - b, 10 - a, 11 - c, 12 - c, 13 - d, 14 - d, 15 - a.

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Verbs #4

食嘢 to eat something 食咗嘢 to have eaten 你食咗嘢未？ Have you eaten yet? 我食咗 I ate 未 no 俾 to give 俾啤酒我 give me a beer 俾水我 give me water 可唔可以俾啤酒我 Can you give me a beer 俾咗 gave

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Verbs #3

鍾意 to like 我鍾意你 I like you 我鍾意呢個 I like this 你鍾意咩? What do you like? 要 to want 我要呢個 I want this one 你要嗰個 You want that one 唔要 not to want 你要唔要啤酒? Do you want beer? 你要咩？ What do you want? 覺得 g to feel 我覺得凍 I feel cold 佢覺得熱 He feels hot 你覺得點？ What do you feel? 你覺唔覺得攰？ Do you feel tired？

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Verbs #2

學 to learn 我學廣東話 I learn Cantonese 緊 suffix for the present progressive tense 我學緊廣東話 I'm learning Cantonese 你係唔係學緊廣東話？ Are you learning Cantonese? 講 to speak, to say 我講廣東話 I speak Cantonese 我學緊講廣東話 I'm learning to speak Cantonese 識 to know 我唔識講廣東話 I don't (know how to) speak Cantonese 我識講廣東話 I (know how to) speak Cantonese 你識唔識講英文？ Do you (know how to) speak English? 聽 to listen 我聽唔明 I don't understand 我聽得明 I understand 你聽唔聽得明？ Do you understand? 明唔明？ Do you understand? (casual) 你可以講廣東話，我聽得明 You can speak Cantonese. I understand. 你可以講廣東話，我學緊 You can speak Cantonese. I'm learning it. 唔該，唔好講廣東話，我聽唔明 Please don't speak Cantonese. I don't understand.

Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Verbs #1

係 to be 我係Brendan I'm Brendan 你係Nicole You're Nicole 你係唔係David re you David? 我唔係David I'm not David 我係美國⼈ I'm American 佢係英國⼈ She's British 你係唔係日本⼈？ Are you Japanese? 有 to have 我有 I have 我有錢 I have money 冇 not to have 你有冇錢 Do you have money? 你有冇水 Do you have water? 你有冇Wifi Do you have Wifi? Questions: 1. Listen to the sentence, and pick the correct translation: a) I'm not Chinese b) I'm Chinese c) Are you Chinese d) We're Chinese 2. Please translate the following sentence into Cantonese: This is not her. a) 呢個唔係佢 b) 佢唔係呢個 c) 呢嗰係佢 d) 嗰個唔係佢 3. There are many ways to ask for Japanese food in Cantonese. Which of the following is incorrect? a) 有冇日本菜 b) 我要日本菜 c) 有唔有日本菜 d) 日本菜，唔該 Answers: 1 - d, 2 - a, 3 - c.