嫁 | 個 | 有錢 | 人 |
ga | go | yáuhchín | yàhn |
marry | CL | rich | man |
‘to marry a rich man’ (title of film) |
A poster of the film:
嗰張檯 gó jēung tói ‘that table’ |
呢間學校 lī gāan hohkhaauh ‘this school’ |
學 | 語言 | 呢 | 件 | 事 | 好 | 複雜 | 嘅 |
Hohk | yúhyìhn | lī | gihn | sih | hóu | fūkjaahp | ge |
learn | language | this | CL | matter | very | complicated | SFP |
‘Learning languages is a complicated matter.’ |
用 | 筆 | 寫 | 好 | 啲 |
Yuhng | bāt | sé | hóu | dī |
use | pen | write | good | a-bit |
‘It’s better to write with a pen’. |
你 | 有 | 幾 | 多 | 錢 | 喺 | 個 | 袋 | 度 | 呀? |
Léih | yáuh | géi | dō | chín | hái | go | dói | douh | a? |
you | have | how | much | money | be-at | CL | there | SFP | |
‘How much money do you have in your pocket?’ |
呢 | 啲 | 魚 | 三 | 蚊 | 一 | 兩 |
Lī | dī | yú | sāam | mān | yāt | léung |
this | CL | fish | three | dollar | one | tael |
‘These fish are three dollars a tael.’ |
我 | 份 | 人 | 至 | 冇 | 所謂 | 嘅 |
Ngóh | fahn | yàhn | ji | móuh | sówaih | ge |
I | CL | person | most | not-have | care | SFP |
‘As a person, I couldn’t care less (about many things).’ (film) |
我 | 介紹 | 呢 | 位 | 同事 | 俾 | 大家 | 識 |
Ngóh | gaaisiuh | lī | wái | tùhngsih | béi | daaihgā | sīk |
I | introduce | this | CL | colleague | for | everyone | know |
‘I’m introducing this colleague to everyone.’ |
我 | 想 | 睇 | BB | 睇 | 多 | 一 | 眼 |
Ngóh | séung | tái | bìhbī | tái | dō | yāt | ngáahn |
I | wish | look | baby | look | more | one | eye |
‘I want to take another look at the baby.’ |
教授 | 嘅 | 辦公室 |
gaausauh | ge | baahngūngsāt |
professor | LP | office |
‘the professor’s office’ |
我 | 的 | 一 | 生 |
ngóh | dīk | yāt | sāang |
I | LP | one | life |
‘my whole life’ |
上帝 | 之 | 手 |
seuhngdai | jī | sáu |
God | LP | hand |
‘Hand of God’ (as in the Hand of God goal in a World Cup football match) |
你 | 個 | 朋友 | 你 | 嗰 | 個 | 朋友 | |
léih | go | pàhngyáuh | léih | gó | go | pàhngyáuh | |
you | CL | friend | you | that | CL | friend | |
‘your friend’ | ‘that friend of yours’ |
着 | 嘅 | 衫 |
jeuk | ge | sāam |
wear | LP | clothes |
‘clothes for wearing’ |