你 | 下 | 個 | 禮拜 | 放假 | 呀? |
Léih | hah | go | láihbaai | fong-ga | àh? |
you | next | CL | week | take-leave | SFP |
‘You’re going on leave next week?’ |
一 | 百 | 蚊 | 貴唔貴 | 啲 | 呀? |
Yāt | baak | mān | gwai-m̀h-gwai | dī | a? |
one | hundred | dollar | dear-not-dear | some | SFP |
‘Isn’t a hundred dollars a bit much?’ |
佢 | 係唔係 | 想 | 坐 | 地鐵 | 呀? |
Kéuih | haih-mhaih | séung | chóh | deih-tit | a? |
s/he | be-not-be | wish | ride | MTR | SFP |
‘Does he want to take the MTR (metro)?’ |
你 | 做 | 晒 | 嘢 | 未 | 呀? |
Léih | jouh | saai | yéh | meih | a? |
you | do | all | work | not-yet | SFP |
‘Have you done all your work (yet)?’ |
你 | 個 | 胃 | 有冇 | 事 | 呀? |
Léih | go | waih | yáuh-móuh | sih | a? |
your | CL | stomach | have-not-have | problem | SFP |
‘Is anything wrong with your stomach?’ |
我 | 聽日 | 搵 | 你 | 傾吓, | 得唔得 | 呀? |
Ngóh | tīngyaht | wán | léih | kīng-háh | dāk-mdāk | a? |
I | tomorrow | seek | you | chat-a-while | okay-not-okay | SFP |
‘I’ll come and talk to you tomorrow, okay?’ |
你 | 真係 | 去? |
Léih | jānhaih | heui? |
you | really | go |
‘You’re really going?’ |
A: | 我 | 啱啱 | 去過 | 加拿大 |
Ngóh | ngāam-ngāam | heui-gwo | Gānàhdaaih | |
I | just-just | go-EXP | Canada | |
‘I’ve just been to Canada.’ |
B: | 你 | 去咗 | 加拿大? |
Léih | heui-jó | Gānàhdaaih? | |
you | go-PFV | Canada | |
‘You’ve been to Canada?’ |
A: | 你 | 見過 | 佢 | 未 | 呀? |
Léih | gin-gwo | kéuih | meih | a? | |
you | meet-EXP | her | not-yet | SFP | |
‘Have you met her?’ |
B: | 見過 | 喇 | / | 未 | 呀 |
Gin-gwo | la | / | Meih | a | |
meet-EXP | SFP | / | not-yet | SFP | |
‘Yes/ No.’ |
A: | 你 | 係唔係 | 未 | 去過 | 澳洲 | 呀? |
Léih | haih-mhaih | meih | heui-gwo | Oujāu | a? | |
you | be-not-be | not-yet | go-EXP | Australia | SFP | |
‘You haven’t been to Australia yet, right?’ |
B: | 喀 |
Haahk | |
yes | |
‘No, I haven’t.’ |
你 | 要 | 粥 | 定(係) | 飯 | 呀? |
Léih | yiu | jūk | dihng(haih) | faahn | a? |
you | want | congee | or (be) | rice | SFP |
‘Would you like congee or rice?’ |
邊個 | 打電話 | 嚟 | 呀? |
Bīngo | dá-dihnwá | làih | a? |
who | call-phone | come | SFP |
‘Who was it that called?’ |
佢 | 講咗 | 乜嘢 | 激 | 到 | 你 | 咁 | 嬲 | 呀? |
Kéuih | góng-jó | mātyéh | gīk | dou | léih | gam | lāu | a? |
s/he | say-PFV | what | annoy | till | you | so | angry | SFP |
‘What did he say to make you so angry?’ |
咁 | 多 | 種 | 花 | 你 | 最 | 鍾意 | 邊 | 種 | 呀? |
Gam | dō | júng | fā | léih | jeui | jūngyi | bīn | júng | a? |
so | many | CL | flower | you | most | like | what | kind | SFP |
‘Which of these flowers do you like best?’ |
我哋 | 去 | 邊度 | 飲茶 | 呀? |
Ngóhdeih | heui | bīndouh | yám-chàh | a? |
we | go | where | drink-tea | SFP |
‘Where shall we go for dim sum?’ |
你 | 幾耐 | 冇 | 返 | 英國 | 呀? |
Léih | géiloih | móuh | fāan | Yīnggwok | a? |
you | how-long | have-not | return | England | SFP |
‘How long has it been since you went back to England?’ |
你 | 點 | 解 | 唔 | 出聲 | 呀? |
Léih | dím | gáai | m̀h | chēut-sēng | a? |
you | how | come | not | out-voice | SFP |
‘Why don’t you say something?’ |
呢 | 個 | 字 | 點 | 樣 | 翻譯 | 呀? |
Lī | go | jih | dím | yéung | fāanyihk | a? |
this | CL | word | how | way | translate | SFP |
‘How can we translate this word?’ |
你 | 屋企 | 有 | 幾 | 多 | (個) | 人 | 呀? |
Léih | ūkkéi | yáuh | géi | dō | (go) | yàhn | a? |
you | home | have | how | many | (CL) | people | SFP |
‘How many are there in your family?’ |
邊 | 架 | 跑車 | 你 | 覺得 | 最 | 型 | 呀? |
Bīn | ga | páauchē | léih | gokdāk | jeui | yìhng | a? |
which | CL | run-car | you | feel | most | cool | SFP |
‘[Of those here] which car do you feel is the coolest?’ |
我 | 想 | 知道 | 你 | 有冇 | 諗過 |
Ngóh | séung | jīdou | léih | yáuh-móuh | lám-gwo |
I | want | know | you | have-not-have | think EXP |
‘I wonder if you’ve ever thought about it.’ |
你 | 記唔記得 | 喺 | 邊度 | 買咗 | 乜嘢 | 呀? |
Léih | gei-mgeidāk | hái | bīndouh | máaih-jó | mātyéh | a? |
you | remember-or-not | at | where | buy-PFV | what | SFP |
‘Do you remember where you bought what?’ |
佢 | 聽 | 倒 | 唔知 | 幾 | 開心 |
Kéuih | tēng | dóu | mjī | géi | hōisām |
s/he | hear | PRT | not-know | how | happy |
‘She was so happy when she heard about it.’ |