Chapter 25 Phrases How Much?

Question 1

Taai-taai, jou-sahn, Seung maaih di mat-yeh a?

Answer 1

Good morning, madam. What would you like to buy?

Question 2

Jou-sahn, ngoh seung maaih di chaang. Gam-yaht di chaang leng mh-leng a?

Answer 2

Good morning. I want to buy some oranges. Are today’s oranges good?

Question 3

Gam-yaht di chaang yauh pehng yauh leng.

Answer 3

Today’s oranges are very cheap and good.

Question 4

Di chaang dim-maaih a? (Di chaang gei-do-chin a?)

Answer 4

How much are the oranges?

Question 5

Saam-man yat-go.

Answer 5

Three dollars each.

Question 6

Saam-man yat-go how gwai a. Pehng di dak mh-dak a?

Answer 6

Three dollars is very expensive. Can it be cheaper?

Question 7

Yih-ging hou pehng la. Yahn-deih maaih sei-man yat-go.

Answer 7

It is already very cheap. Others sell for four dollars each.

Question 8

Sahp-man sei go dak-mh-dak a?

Answer 8

Four for $10, is it OK?

Question 9

Hou a? Sahp-man sei go la!

Answer 9

Good! Four for $10.

Question 10

Gam, mh-goi neih bei baat-go ngoh la!

Answer 10

Well, please give me eight.

Question 11

Juhng yiu-mh-yiu daih-yih-di saang-gwo a?

Answer 11

Would you still want some other fruit?

Question 12

Gau lak! Mh-yiu lak!

Answer 12

Enough, I don’t want any more.

Question 13

Gam, do-jeh neih, yat-guhng yih-sahp-man la!

Answer 13

So, altogether $20 please!

Question 14

Nei-douh yat-baak-man.

Answer 14

Here’s a hundred dollars.

Question 15

Jaau-faan baat-sahp-man bei neih.

Answer 15

Eighty dollars change for you.

Question 16

Hou saang-yi!

Answer 16

Good business!

Question 17

reverse

Good morning, madam. What would you like to buy?

Answer 17

Taai-taai, jou-sahn, Seung maaih di mat-yeh a?

Question 18

reverse

Good morning. I want to buy some oranges. Are today’s oranges good?

Answer 18

Jou-sahn, ngoh seung maaih di chaang. Gam-yaht di chaang leng mh-leng a?

Question 19

reverse

Today’s oranges are very cheap and good.

Answer 19

Gam-yaht di chaang yauh pehng yauh leng.

Question 20

reverse

How much are the oranges?

Answer 20

Di chaang dim-maaih a? (Di chaang gei-do-chin a?)

Question 21

reverse

Three dollars each.

Answer 21

Saam-man yat-go.

Question 22

reverse

Three dollars is very expensive. Can it be cheaper?

Answer 22

Saam-man yat-go how gwai a. Pehng di dak mh-dak a?

Question 23

reverse

It is already very cheap. Others sell for four dollars each.

Answer 23

Yih-ging hou pehng la. Yahn-deih maaih sei-man yat-go.

Question 24

reverse

Four for $10, is it OK?

Answer 24

Sahp-man sei go dak-mh-dak a?

Question 25

reverse

Good! Four for $10.

Answer 25

Hou a? Sahp-man sei go la!

Question 26

reverse

Well, please give me eight.

Answer 26

Gam, mh-goi neih bei baat-go ngoh la!

Question 27

reverse

Would you still want some other fruit?

Answer 27

Juhng yiu-mh-yiu daih-yih-di saang-gwo a?

Question 28

reverse

Enough, I don’t want any more.

Answer 28

Gau lak! Mh-yiu lak!

Question 29

reverse

So, altogether $20 please!

Answer 29

Gam, do-jeh neih, yat-guhng yih-sahp-man la!

Question 30

reverse

Here’s a hundred dollars.

Answer 30

Nei-douh yat-baak-man.

Question 31

reverse

Eighty dollars change for you.

Answer 31

Jaau-faan baat-sahp-man bei neih.

Question 32

reverse

Good business!

Answer 32

Hou saang-yi!