Chapter 26 Phrases Going Shopping

Question 1

Leih siu-je, jou-sahn. Neih chahm-yaht heui maaih-jo mat-yeh a?

Answer 1

Miss Lee, good morning. You went shopping yesterday. What did you buy?

Question 2

Chahn-taai, jou-sahn. Ngoh chahm-yaht heui yat gaan suy-guk maaih-jo gei bun syu, gei ji bat, yat-di seun fung, seun-ji.

Answer 2

Mrs. Chan, good morning. Yesterday I went to a bookstore and bought a few books, a few pens and some envelopes and letter paper.

Question 3

Syu-guk ge yeh gwai mh-gwai a?

Answer 3

Are the things in the bookstore expensive?

Question 4

Mh-haih gei gwai.

Answer 4

Not very expensive.

Question 5

Neih juhng maaih-jo di mat-yeh a?

Answer 5

What else did you buy?

Question 6

Ngoh juhng heui-jo yat-gaan baak-fo-gung-si maaih jo yat jeung toi, luhk jeung dang. Go-douh di yeh hou pehng.

Answer 6

I (also) went to a department store and bought a table with six chairs. Things there are very cheap.

Question 7

Neih yauh-mouh maaih saam a?

Answer 7

Did you buy clothes?

Question 8

Ngoh dou maaih-jo leuhng, saam-gihn seut saam bei ngoh ge jai neui.

Answer 8

I also bought several (two or three) shirts for my son and daughters.

Question 9

Yauh-mouh maaih yeh bei neih (ge) sin-saang a?

Answer 9

Did you buy any thing for your husband?

Question 10

Ngoh maaih-jo yat jek sau-biu bei keuih, keuih hou jung-yi.

Answer 10

I bought a watch for him. He likes it very much.

Question 11

Neih deui neih ge sin-saang jan-haih hou la!

Answer 11

You treat your husband really very well.

Question 12

reverse

Miss Lee, good morning. You went shopping yesterday. What did you buy?

Answer 12

Leih siu-je, jou-sahn. Neih chahm-yaht heui maaih-jo mat-yeh a?

Question 13

reverse

Mrs. Chan, good morning. Yesterday I went to a bookstore and bought a few books, a few pens and some envelopes and letter paper.

Answer 13

Chahn-taai, jou-sahn. Ngoh chahm-yaht heui yat gaan suy-guk maaih-jo gei bun syu, gei ji bat, yat-di seun fung, seun-ji.

Question 14

reverse

Are the things in the bookstore expensive?

Answer 14

Syu-guk ge yeh gwai mh-gwai a?

Question 15

reverse

Not very expensive.

Answer 15

Mh-haih gei gwai.

Question 16

reverse

What else did you buy?

Answer 16

Neih juhng maaih-jo di mat-yeh a?

Question 17

reverse

I (also) went to a department store and bought a table with six chairs. Things there are very cheap.

Answer 17

Ngoh juhng heui-jo yat-gaan baak-fo-gung-si maaih jo yat jeung toi, luhk jeung dang. Go-douh di yeh hou pehng.

Question 18

reverse

Did you buy clothes?

Answer 18

Neih yauh-mouh maaih saam a?

Question 19

reverse

I also bought several (two or three) shirts for my son and daughters.

Answer 19

Ngoh dou maaih-jo leuhng, saam-gihn seut saam bei ngoh ge jai neui.

Question 20

reverse

Did you buy any thing for your husband?

Answer 20

Yauh-mouh maaih yeh bei neih (ge) sin-saang a?

Question 21

reverse

I bought a watch for him. He likes it very much.

Answer 21

Ngoh maaih-jo yat jek sau-biu bei keuih, keuih hou jung-yi.

Question 22

reverse

You treat your husband really very well.

Answer 22

Neih deui neih ge sin-saang jan-haih hou la!