Week 2 - Day 4 Flashcards
hok saang
Student
man tai
Problem; Question
daap ngon
Answer
zung man zi
Chinese characters
gwok gaa
Country
jan
Person; People
coi
Cuisine; Cooking
lik si
History
ngai seot
Art
jam ngok
Music
zau dim
Hotel
caan teng
Restaurant
leoi gun
Hostel
ngan hong
Bank
bok mat gun
Museum
zaam
Station
pou tau
Store
gaa fe dim
Cafe
jyu deng
Reservation
gung zok
Job
nei mong m mong aa?
are you busy?
maa maa dei la
A little
bong ngo caa di zi liu aa?
Can you help me find some info?
caa me aa?
Find what?
dang zan waa nei zi.
I’ll tell you later
gam ngo dak haan din caa la.
Then I’ll search when I’m free.
mong
busy
dak haan
to be free
maa maa dei
a little/sort of
bong
to help
zi liu
information/materials
caa
to find/to search (lit. to search)
me
what?
dang zan
later (lit. in a bit)
dang zan cin
wait a bit and I’ll do it then
dang zan sin heoi sik faan
Wait a bit I’m busy
zong man naan m naan?
Is Chinese difficult?
gong zok faan m faan?
Is work bothering you?
naan
difficult
faan
bothersome
san sin
fresh
san m san sin?
Is it fresh?
ceng man fo sat hai gei lau?
Excuse me, on which floor is the classroom?
hai saam lau
It is on the 3rd floor
m goi
thank you
m saai haak hei
you’re welcome (lit. no need to be polite)
ceng man
excuse me
hai
to be
fo sat
classroom
gei
how many
lau
floor
m saai
no need
haak hei
polite
m saai m goi
You don’t have to thank me.
hai m lau
The 5th floor
dei haa
Ground floor
hai dei haa
On the ground floor
hai ji lau saam hou sat
floor 2, room 3 (floor no. first and then the room no.)
taai zo bo mei aa?
Have you watched the match yet?
taai zo gek sei ngo la
Yes, I’m very upset
dim gaai gek
Why are you upset?
jau syu bo la
We lost again
hou zeng soeng aa
That’s normal
mei
yet
gek
to be upset
jau
again
syu
to lose
jeng
to win
zeng soeng
normal
dim gaai
why?
jau syu bo la
We lost again
dim gaai ngo dei jau syu bo
Why did we lose again?
dim gaai ngo dei seng jat syu
Why do we always lose?
ngo jeng zo
I won!
ngo jeng zo! Ngo jeng zo aa!
I won! I won!
keoi dei jau syu
They lost again
ngo jau taai gwo
I watched it again
ngo jau heoi gwo
I went there again
syu bo hou zeng soeng ze
Losing is normal
taai zo choeng bo mei?
Have you seen the match yet?
nei sik zo faan mei?
Have you eaten yet?
nei zo jyun mei?
Have you finished yet?
nei taai zo mei?
Have you seen it yet?
wai gam jat soeng zo mong mei aa?
Hey, have you been online today yet?
mei wo, jau me san man
not yet, any news?
mou aa, dou hai gam laa nei zi gei taai lo
None, nothing has changed, take a look yourself.
gam jat
today
soeng mong
to go online
zi gei
oneself
san man
news
bou zi
newspaper
din si
tv
monglok
internet
bou zi dong
news stand
ngo soeng maai bou zi
I want to buy a newspaper
din si san man
tv news
hoi din si! Ngo jiu taai san man.
Turn on the tv, I want to watch the news
soeng mong taai san man.
Go online to watch the news
Verb + zo
How to make past tense
maaih zo
bought
taai zo
watched
soeng zo mong
went online
[verb part 1] + zo + [verb part 2]
Past of 2 character verbs
nei sik zo faan
Have you eaten?