Questions Flashcards
Bin1 dou6
Where
Gei2 dim2
What time
Gei2 si4
When
Mat1 je5
What
Me1
What
Bin1 go3
Who
Bin1 Jat1 go3
Which one
Dim2 gaai2
Why
Dim2 joeng2
How
Ji1 gaa1 gei2 dim2?
Now what time? What time is it now?
Gei2 noi6?
How long?
Go2
A classifier
Heoi3
To go
Zeoi3 gan6
Recently
Nei5 zeoi3 gan6 dim2 aa3?
You’ve recently been how? (How have you been recently?)
Nei5 zyu6 hai2 bin1 dou6?
You live in where? Where do you live?
Ngo5 zyu6 hai2 mei5 gwok3.
I live in America.
Ngo5 hai6 mei5 gwok3 jan4.
I am an American person.
Gwok3
Country
Nei5 ge3 saang1 jat6 hai6 gei2 si4?
Your birthday is when?
Hai6 m4 hai6
Question word for “is it”
Jiu3
Verb to need
Jiu3 m4 jiu3
Need not need (do you need?)
Jau5
To have
Jau5 mou5
Have have not? (Do you have)?
Soeng2
Want (always have to add a verb after ‘want’)
Soeng2 m4 soeng2?
Want not want? (Do you want)?
Nei5 soeng2 m4 soeng2 jiu3 Jat1 cin1 man1?
You want not want need 1000 dollar? (Do you want 1000 dollars?)
Nei5 soeng2 m4 soeng2 jau5 Jat1 cin1 man1?
You want not want to have 1000 dollar? (Do you want to have 1000 dollars?)
Ngo5 soeng2 jiu3..
I want…
Ngo5 soeng2 jau5…
I want to have…
Ngo5 m4 ming4 baak6.
I do not understand.
Gei2 do1 cin2 aa3?
How much money?
Nei5 sik1 m4 sik1 gong2 zung1 man4?
You know not know speak Chinese? (Do you know how to speak Chinese?)
Ngo5 sik1 gong2 siu2 siu2 zoeng1 man4.
I know speak little Chinese. (I know how to speak a little Chinese)
Nei5 sik1 gong2 mei1 waa6?
You know speak what language? (What language do you know how to speak?)
Zung1 man4
Chinese
Jing1 man4
English
Gwong2 dung1 waa6
Cantonese
Faat3 man4
French
Sai1 Baan1 ngaa4 man4
Spanish
Nei5 gong2 m4 gong2 zung1 man4?
You speak not speak Chinese?
Dim2 joeng6 gong2…?
How do you say…?
(Word) gwong2 dung1 waa6 joeng6 gong2?
(Word) Cantonese how speak? (How to say (word) in Cantonese?)
Nei5 soeng2 gei2 si4 Zoi3 Soeng5 tong4?
You want when again take lesson?