2. Classroom Language

Let’s learn some words and expressions which we will frequently use in class. Listen and repeat.

Who will say the following expressions? The student or the teacher?

1. 揭去第二頁。 / 㨴去第二頁。
   kit3 heoi3 dai6 ji6 jip6. / kin2 heoi3 dai6 ji6 jip6.
   Turn to page 2.
   Both 揭 kit3 and 㨴 kin2 mean ‘to turn a page’.

2. 跟住我讀。
   gan1 zyu6 ngo5 duk6.
   Repeat after me.

3. 啱喇，非常好！
   ngaam1 laa3, fei1 soeng4 hou2!
   Correct. Very Good!

4. 唔啱呀，再試吓吖。
   m4 ngaam1 aa3, zoi3 si3 haa5 aa1.
   Not correct. Try again.

5. 有冇問題？
   jau5 mou5 man6 tai4?
   Any questions?

6. 請問呢個字點讀呀？
   cing2 man6 ni1 go3 zi6 dim2 duk6 aa3?
   How to pronounce this word?
   We can add 請問 cing2 man6 at the beginning of a question to make the question more polite.

7. 請問「巴士」點解呀？
   cing2 man6 ‘baa1 si2’ dim2 gaai2 aa3?
   What is the meaning for ‘baa1 si2’?

8. 請問「巴士」嘅拼音係咩呀？
   cing2 man6 ‘baa1 si2’ ge3 ping3 jam1 hai6 me1 aa3?
   What is the Romanized Cantonese for ‘baa1 si2’?

9. 請問「bus」嘅廣東話係咩呀？
   cing2 man6 ‘bus’ ge3 gwong2 dung1 waa2 hai6 me1 aa3?
   How to say ‘bus’ in Cantonese?

10. 請問可唔可以講慢啲呀？
    cing2 man6 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 gong2 maan6 di1 aa3?
    Can you speak more slowly, please?

11. 請問可唔可以講多次呀？
    cing2 man6 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 gong2 do1 ci3 aa3?
    Can you say that again, please?

12. 唔好意思，我唔係好明呀。
    m4 hou2 ji3 si1, ngo5 m4 hai6 hou2 ming4 aa3.
    Sorry, I don’t quite get it.