Tsz Hin
你nei5對deoi3鞋haai4濕sap1成sing4咁gam2，除ceoi4低dai1先sin1啦laa1。
Your shoes are soaked, take them off first.
Word meanings
- 你
- your · Possessive: your
- 對
- pair · Classifier for shoes
- 鞋
- shoes · Footwear
- 濕
- wet · Soaked with water
- 成
- so · In 成咁: to such an extent
- 咁
- so · Degree word: like this
- 除低
- take off · Remove shoes or clothing
- 先
- first · Do this before anything else
- 啦
- please · Softening particle for a suggestion
Chi Keung
落lok6車ce1嗰go2陣zan6啱ngaam1啱ngaam1最zeoi3大daai6雨jyu5。
When I got off the bus it was pouring hardest.
Word meanings
- 落
- get off · Exit a vehicle
- 車
- bus · Vehicle; here the bus
- 嗰陣
- when · At that moment
- 啱啱
- just then · Exactly at that moment
- 最
- most · Superlative marker
- 大
- heavy · Big; here heavy rain
- 雨
- rain · Rain
Tsz Hin
我ngo5仲zung6諗nam2住zyu6同tung4你nei5去heoi3飲jam2茶caa4。
I was still planning to go for dim sum with you.
Word meanings
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 仲
- still · Still; continue to
- 諗住
- planning · Thinking of doing something
- 同
- with · Together with
- 你
- you · Second-person pronoun
- 去
- go · Go to do something
- 飲茶
- dim sum · Go to a teahouse for dim sum
Chi Keung
咁gam2嘅ge3雨jyu5點dim2去heoi3呀aa3？
In this rain, how can we go?
Word meanings
- 咁
- such · This kind of
- 嘅
- of · Links 咁 to the noun
- 雨
- rain · Rain
- 點
- how · How; in what way
- 去
- go · Go
- 呀
- question · Softens a question
Tsz Hin
你nei5唔m4係hai6想soeng2食sik6點dim2心sam1咩me1？
Didn't you want to have dim sum?
Word meanings
- 你
- you · Second-person pronoun
- 唔係
- not · Negation used in a question
- 想
- want · Want to
- 食
- eat · Eat; have a meal
- 點心
- dim sum · Teahouse snacks
- 咩
- question · Particle expecting agreement
Chi Keung
想soeng2食sik6，不bat1過gwo3把baa2遮ze1都dou1吹ceoi1反faan2咗zo2。
I do want to, but my umbrella got blown inside out.
Word meanings
- 想
- want · Want to
- 食
- eat · Eat
- 不過
- but · Contrast: however
- 把
- classifier · Classifier for umbrellas
- 遮
- umbrella · Umbrella; Cantonese word for 傘
- 都
- even · Emphasizes that this happened too
- 吹反咗
- blew inside out · Umbrella turned inside out
Tsz Hin
咁gam2唔m4去heoi3啦laa1。我ngo5煮zyu2麵min6。
Then let's not go. I'll cook noodles.
Word meanings
- 咁
- then · In that case
- 唔
- not · Negation
- 去
- go · Go
- 啦
- suggestion · Particle for a relaxed suggestion
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 煮
- cook · Cook by boiling
- 麵
- noodles · Noodles
Chi Keung
好hou2，我ngo5幫bong1你nei5開hoi1枱toi2。
Okay, I'll help set the table.
Word meanings
- 好
- okay · Agreeing: okay
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 幫
- help · Help someone
- 你
- you · Second-person pronoun
- 開枱
- set the table · Arrange the table for a meal
Tsz Hin
著zoek3對deoi3拖to1鞋haai2先sin1，唔m4好hou2踩caai2到dou3成sing4屋uk1濕sap1。
Slippers first, don't track water all over the flat.
Word meanings
- 著
- put on · Put on clothing or footwear
- 對
- pair · Classifier for footwear
- 拖鞋
- slippers · House slippers
- 先
- first · Do this before anything else
- 唔好
- don't · Negative imperative
- 踩到
- step until · Track water by stepping
- 成屋
- whole flat · The whole home; every part
- 濕
- wet · Wet
Chi Keung
得dak1。爸baa4，你nei5廚cyu4房fong2隻zek3窗coeng1有jau5冇mou5漏lau6水seoi2？
Okay. Dad, is your kitchen window leaking?
Word meanings
- 得
- okay · That's fine; okay
- 爸
- Dad · Direct address to father
- 你
- your · Possessive: your
- 廚房
- kitchen · Room for cooking
- 隻
- classifier · Classifier for windows
- 窗
- window · Window
- 有冇
- whether there is · Question form asking if something exists
- 漏水
- leaking · Water leaking through
Tsz Hin
滲sam3少siu2少siu2，我ngo5塞sak1咗zo2條tiu4毛mou4巾gan1。
It's seeping a little, I stuffed a towel there.
Word meanings
- 滲
- seep · Seep or leak slowly
- 少少
- a little · A small amount
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 塞咗
- stuffed · Blocked or packed with something; 咗 marks completed action
- 條
- classifier · Classifier for towels or cloth strips
- 毛巾
- towel · Towel
Chi Keung
聽ting1日jat6我ngo5上soeng5嚟lai4幫bong1你nei5睇tai2。
I'll come over tomorrow to take a look for you.
Word meanings
- 聽日
- tomorrow · Tomorrow
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 上嚟
- come over · Come toward the speaker
- 幫
- help · Do something for someone
- 你
- you · Second-person pronoun
- 睇
- look · Look; check
Tsz Hin
你nei5聽ting1日jat6唔m4使sai2返faan1工gung1咩me1？
Don't you have to work tomorrow?
Word meanings
- 你
- you · Second-person pronoun
- 聽日
- tomorrow · Tomorrow
- 唔使
- need not · Do not need to
- 返工
- work · Go to work
- 咩
- question · Question particle showing surprise
Chi Keung
返faan1下haa6晝zau3，朝ziu1早zou2得dak1閒haan4。
I work afternoons, I'm free in the morning.
Word meanings
- 返
- work · Work a shift; 返下晝 means afternoon shift
- 下晝
- afternoon · Afternoon
- 朝早
- morning · Morning; early part of the day
- 得閒
- free · Have free time
Tsz Hin
你nei5最zeoi3近gan6係hai6咪mai6好hou2忙mong4？個go3樣joeng2攰gui6咗zo2。
Have you been busy lately? You look tired.
Word meanings
- 你
- you · Second-person pronoun
- 最近
- lately · Recently
- 係咪
- is it · Question phrase asking for confirmation
- 好
- very · Very; quite
- 忙
- busy · Busy
- 個樣
- look · Appearance; the way one looks
- 攰咗
- tired · Have become tired; 咗 marks change
Chi Keung
公gung1司si1走zou2咗zo2個go3同tung4事si6，我ngo5頂ding2佢keoi5啲di1嘢je5。
A colleague left the company, so I'm covering their work.
Word meanings
- 公司
- company · The company; workplace
- 走咗
- left · Went away; here resigned
- 個
- a · Classifier for a person
- 同事
- colleague · Coworker
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 頂
- cover · Cover someone's duties or shift
- 佢
- their · Third-person pronoun; here their
- 啲
- some · Plural or partitive marker
- 嘢
- work · Things; here work duties
Tsz Hin
頂ding2還waan4頂ding2，飯faan6要jiu3食sik6。
Even if you're covering, you still have to eat.
Word meanings
- 頂
- cover · Cover someone's duties
- 還
- still · In 頂還頂: covering is one thing
- 頂
- cover · Repeated for emphasis
- 飯
- meal · Rice; here a meal
- 要
- must · Need to; must
- 食
- eat · Eat
Chi Keung
知zi1喇laa3。下haa6個go3禮lai5拜baai3應jing1該goi1好hou2啲di1。水seoi2滾gwan2喇laa3，我ngo5去heoi3落lok6麵min6。
I know. Should be better next week. Water's boiling; I'll add noodles.
Word meanings
- 知
- know · Know; understand
- 喇
- particle · Particle showing acknowledgement
- 下個
- next · Next one
- 禮拜
- week · Week
- 應該
- should · Should; probably will
- 好啲
- better · Better; a bit better
- 水
- water · Water
- 滾
- boiling · Boiling
- 喇
- particle · Particle marking a change of state
- 我
- I · First-person pronoun
- 去
- go · Go to do something
- 落
- put in · Put ingredients into boiling water
- 麵
- noodles · Noodles
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