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    LESSONNOTES

    AbsoluteBeginnerS1#2
    ShootingtheBreezeinCantonese

    CONTENTS
    Dialogue-Cantonese
    Main
    English
    Jyutping
    Vocabulary
    Samplesentences
    Grammar

    2
    Culturalinsight

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    CANTONESECLASS101.COM ABSOLUTE BEGINNER S1 #2 1
    DIALOGUE-CANTONESE
    MAIN
    1. 你最近點呀？
    2. 幾好，你呢？
    3. 幾好。

    ENGLISH
    1. Howareyoulately?
    2. Prettygood.Andyou?
    3. Notbad.

    JYUTPING
    1. nei5zeoi3gan6dim2aa3?
    2. gei2hou2,nei5ne1?
    3. gei2hou2.

    VOCABULARY
    Traditional Romanization English Class
    幾好 gei2hou2 prettygood adjective
    點呀 dim2aa3 What'sup? expression
    好好 hou2hou2 verygood phrase
    你 nei5 you(singular) pronoun
    最近 zeoi3gan6 lately adverb
    SAMPLESENTENCES
    我覺得佢幾好。 呢排點呀？
    ngo5gok3dak1keoi5gei2hou2。 ni1paai4dim2aa3？
    Ithinkheisprettygood. Howareyoudoinglately?

    CANTONESECLASS101.COM ABSOLUTE BEGINNER S1 #2 2


    我好好。 你喺邊？
    ngo5hou2hou2。 nei5hai2bin1?
    I'mverygood/well. Whereareyou?
    你去唔去？ 你最近點呀？
    nei5heoi3m4heoi3? nei5zeoi3gan6dim2aa3？
    Willyougo? Howhaveyoubeenlately?
    你叫咩名？ 我個BB最近瞓得唔係幾好。
    nei5giu3me1meng2？ ngo5go3bi4bi1zeoi3gan6fan6dak1m4hai6
    What'syourname? gei2hou2.
    Mybabyhasn'tbeenabletosleepwelllately.
    我最近幾好。
    ngo5zeoi3gan6gei2hou2.
    I'vebeenallrightlately.
    GRAMMAR
    TheFocusofThisLessonisAsking,"Howhaveyoubeen?"
    你最近點呀？ 
    
    nei5zeoi3gan6dim2aa3? 
    "Howareyoulately?" 
    
    WhenaskingaquestioninCantonese,youplacethequestioninstatementform.Forexample,"Howare
    you?"turnsinto"Youarehow,"asastatement:你點呀？(nei5dim2aa3?)-"Howareyou?"Tosound
    morecolloquialandinformal,addan呀(aa3)attheendofthesentence.
    
    Inthedialogue,wesawthesentence你最近點呀？(nei5zeoi3gan6dim2aa3?)-"Howhaveyoubeen
    lately?"InCantonese,theadverb最近(zeoi3gan6)-"lately"comesrightafterthesubject.Soitis"you
    latelyhow,"plus呀.Also,nativespeakersusuallysayitwithoutthe你,thatis,最近點呀？or點呀？
    Ifsomeoneasksyouthisquestion,你最近點呀？youcanreplywith我最近幾好呀(ngo5zeoi3gan6gei2
    hou2aa1.)-"I'vebeengoodlately."Noticethattheadverb最近isinthesamepositionhereafterthe
    subject我.
    CULTURALINSIGHT
    ExchangingPleasantries
    
    ExchangingpleasantriesandengaginginsmalltalkisabigpartoftheCantonesespeakingculture.There
    areafewwaystobefriendlywitholdfriendsorcasualacquaintances.
    
    Someexamplesof"smalltalk"include:
    CANTONESECLASS101.COM ABSOLUTE BEGINNER S1 #2 3
    1.⾷咗飯未？
    
    sik6zo2faan6mei6 
    "Haveyoueatenyet?" 
    2.最近點呀？
    
    zeoi3gan6dim2aa3
    
    "Howhaveyoubeenlately?"
    3.點呀？
     
    dim2aa3
    
    "What'sup?"
    Anotherwaytoengageinsmalltalkisbyaskingsomeoneiftheyhaveeaten,suchas得閒 (dak1
    haan4jam2caa4.)-"HaveCantonesebreakfastorbrunchordimsumwhenyouhavetime."Thisdoesn't
    necessarilymeananinvitationtobrunchtogether,butfunctionsmoreas"I'llcallyou."

    CANTONESECLASS101.COM ABSOLUTE BEGINNER S1 #2 4

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