Canto Reading Practice- Hillary Yip

Question 1

我叫⼤衛

Answer 1

ngo5 giu3 daai6 wai6 (I am Daai wai) ((Subject Verb Object example))

Question 2

你係中⽂⼤學學⽣。

Answer 2

nei5 hai6 zung1 man4 daai6 hok6 hok6 saang1 (You are a Hong Kong Chinese university student) ((SVO example))

Question 3

⼤衛學廣東話。

Answer 3

daai6 wai6 hok6 gwong2 dung1 waa2. (Daai wai learns Cantonese) ((SVO example))

Question 4

⾹港好靚。

Answer 4

hoeng1gong2hou2leng3. (Hong Kong is very beautiful) ((Subject Adjective))

Question 5

中⽂⼤學好⼤。

Answer 5

zung1 man4 daai6 hok6 hou2 daai6. (Chinese University is very big) ((SA))

Question 6

我唔知道中⽂⼤學。

Answer 6

ngo5 m4 zi1 dou3 zung1 man4 daai6 hok6. (I do not know Chinese University) Negative in Simple Present Tense

Question 7

我唔係⾹港⼈。

Answer 7

ngo5m4hai6hoeng1gong2jan4. (I am not from Hong Kong) NSPT example

Question 8

你好嗎？

Answer 8

nei5 hou2 maa3? (How are you?) SVO- yes or no questions (formal/written)

Question 9

你鍾意⾹港嗎？

Answer 9

Nei5 zung1ji3 Hoeng1 Gong2 maa3? (Do you like Hoeng1 Gong2? (formal/written)

Question 10

⾹港靚唔靚呀？

Answer 10

Hoeng1 Gong2 leng3 m4 leng3 aa3? (Isn’t Hong Kong pretty?) a very common form of yes/no verb/adj questions

Question 11

你鐘唔鍾意⻝點⼼呀？

Answer 11

Nei5 zung1 m4 zung1 ji3 sik6 dim1 sam2 aa3? (Do you like to eat dim sum?) a very common form of yes/no verb/adj questions

Question 12

我有廣東話⽼師。

Answer 12

Ngo5 jau5 gwong2 dung1 waa2 lou5 si1 (I have a Cantonese language teacher) When the subject is a person , jau5 means ‘to have’.

Question 13

⾹港有好多餐廳。

Answer 13

hoeng1 gong2 jau5 hou2 do1 caan1 teng1 (In Hong Kong there are a good many [very many] restaurants). When the subjec tis a place, jau5 means ‘there be’.

Question 14

Language note:

Answer 14

Subject 有冇(jau5 mou5) Object 呀(aa3)? Unlike other yes-no quesions, 有冇(jau5 mou5) is the question form for ‘Do you have…?’. 冇(mou5) is the negative form for 有 (jau5).

Question 15

你有冇廣東話⽼師呀？

Answer 15

Nei5 jau5 mou5 gwong2 dung2 waa2 lou5 si1 aa3? (Do you have a Cantonese language teacher?)

Question 16

我冇廣東話⽼師。

Answer 16

Ngo5 mou5 gwong2 dung1 waa2 lou5 si1 (I do not have a Cantonese language teacher)