Deciding on Transport Arrangements

When we need to go to a place with someone, we can discuss how we will get to the place. Both the verbs 坐 co5 and 搭 daap3 can mean ‘to take’. You can replace 坐 co5 with 搭 daap3 in the expressions below.

我哋	一陣	坐	咩	車	去	屯門	呀	？
ngo5 dei6	jat1 zan6	co5	me1	ce1	heoi3	tyun4 mun4	aa3	?
we	later	take	what	public transport	go	Tuen Mun	SP

What public transport do we take to go to Tuen Mun [a district in Hong Kong] later?

坐	地鐵	去	好	唔	好	呀	？
co5	dei6 tit3	heoi3	hou2	m4	hou2	aa3	?
take	subway	go	good	not	good	SP

Is taking the subway to go there good?

除咗	地鐵	，	仲	可以	坐	咩	呀	？
ceoi4 zo2	dei6 tit3	,	zung6	ho2 ji5	co5	me1	aa3	?
apart from	subway		in addition	can	take	what	SP

Apart from the subway, what can we take in addition?

Route A: Other options available

除咗	地鐵	，	仲	可以	坐	巴士	。
ceoi4 zo2	dei6 tit3	,	zung6	ho2 ji5	co5	baa1 si2	.
apart from	subway		in addition	can	take	bus

Apart from the subway, we can take the bus in addition.

除咗	地鐵	，	坐	巴士	都	得	。
ceoi4 zo2	dei6 tit3	,	co5	baa1 si2	dou1	dak1	.
apart from	subway		take	bus	too	okay

Apart from the subway, taking the bus is okay too.

Route B: No other options available

冇	喇	，	淨係	可以	坐	地鐵	咋	。
mou5	laa3	,	zing6 hai6	ho2 ji5	co5	dei6 tit3	zaa3	.
not have	SP		only	can	take	subway	SP

No already [there is nothing in addition]. We can only take the subway.

We can also ask if we can take a specific means of transport.

Bus

有	冇	巴士	去	呀	？
jau5	mou5	baa1 si2	heoi3	aa3	?
have	not have	bus	go	SP

Are there any buses that go there?

冇	呀	，	冇	巴士	經	嗰度	呀	。
mou5	aa3	,	mou5	baa1 si2	ging1	go2 dou6	aa3	.
not have	SP		not have	bus	pass through	there	SP

No, there are no buses that pass through there.

有	呀	，	但係	坐	巴士	去	耐啲	呀	。
jau5	aa3	,	daan6 hai6	co5	baa1 si2	heoi3	noi6 di1	aa3	.
have	SP		but	take	bus	go	longer	SP

Yes, but taking the bus to go there takes longer.

10.

有	呀	，	但係	坐	巴士	去	慢啲	呀	，
jau5	aa3	,	daan6 hai6	co5	baa1 si2	heoi3	maan6 di1	aa3	,
have	SP		but	take	bus	go	slower	SP

要	差唔多	一	個	鐘頭	呀	。
jiu3	caa1 m4 do1	jat1	go3	zung1 tau4	aa3	.
need	almost	one	CL	hour	SP

Yes, but taking the bus to go there is slower. It needs almost one hour.

11.

有	呀	，	但係	坐	地鐵	去	快啲	呀	，
jau5	aa3	,	daan6 hai6	co5	dei6 tit3	heoi3	faai3 di1	aa3	,
have	SP		but	take	subway	go	longer	SP

半	個	鐘頭	就	到	喇	。
bun3	go3	zung1 tau4	zau6	dou3	laa3	.
half	CL	hour	then	arrive	SP

Yes, but taking the subway to go there is faster.

[When we take the subway for] half an hour, then we arrive already.

12.

有	呀	，	但係	坐	地鐵	去	方便啲	呀	，
jau5	aa3	,	daan6 hai6	co5	dei6 tit3	heoi3	fong1 bin6 di1	aa3	,
have	SP		but	take	subway	go	more convenient	SP

個	巴士站	好	遠	，
go3	baa1 si2 zaam6	hou2	jyun5	,
CL	bus stop	very	far

行	去	要	兩	個	字	呀	。
haang4	heoi3	jiu3	loeng5	go3	zi6	aa3	.
walk	go	need	two	CL	word	SP

Yes, but taking the subway to go there is more convenient.

The bus stop is very far away. Walking there needs 10 minutes [2 x 5 minutes].

Subway

13.

坐	地鐵	去	唔	去	到	呀	？
co5	dei6 tit3	heoi3	m4	heoi3	dou2	aa3	?
take	subway	go	not	go	VP	SP

For taking the subway, are we able to go there?

[= Are we able to take the subway to go there?]

14.

去	唔	到	呀	，
heoi3	m4	dou2	aa3	,
go	not	VP	SP

嗰度	附近	冇	地鐵站	呀	。
go2 dou6	fu6 gan6	mou5	dei6 tit3 zaam6	aa3	.
there	near	not have	subway station	SP

No, there are no subway stations near there.

15.

去	到	呀	，
heoi3	dou2	aa3	,
go	VP	SP

但係	坐	地鐵	去	貴啲	呀	。
daan6 hai6	co5	dei6 tit3	heoi3	gwai3 di1	aa3	.
but	take	subway	go	more expensive	SP

Yes, but taking the subway to go there is more expensive.

16.

去	到	呀	，	但係	坐	巴士	去	平啲	呀	。
heoi3	dou2	aa3	,	daan6 hai6	co5	baa1 si2	heoi3	peng4 di1	aa3	.
go	VP	SP		but	take	bus	go	cheaper	SP

Yes, but taking the bus to go there is cheaper.

After making the comparison, the other person may ask for our decision.

17.

噉	你	想	坐	巴士	定	地鐵	呀	？
gam2	nei5	soeng2	co5	baa1 si2	ding6	dei6 tit3	aa3	?
then	you	want to	take	bus	or	subway	SP

Then, do you want to take the bus or the subway?

If we choose the option that the other person likes (e.g., they like the bus), we can say:

18.

噉	我哋	坐	巴士	啦	。
gam2	ngo5 dei6	co5	baa1 si2	laa1	.
then	we	take	bus	SP

Then, let’s take the bus.

If we choose the option the other person likes less (e.g., they like the subway less), we can say:

19.

但係	我	想	坐	地鐵	多啲	呀	。
daan6 hai6	ngo5	soeng2	co5	dei6 tit3	do1 di1	aa3	.
but	I	want to	take	subway	more	SP

But I want to take the subway more.

20.

噉	我哋	坐	地鐵	啦	。
gam2	ngo5 dei6	co5	dei6 tit3	laa1	.
then	we	take	subway	SP

Then, let’s take the subway.

If we want to suggest driving, we can say:

21.

我哋	揸車	去	好	唔	好	呀	？
ngo5 dei6	zaa1 ce1	heoi3	hou2	m4	hou2	aa3	?
we	drive	go	good	not	good	SP

Is we drive to go there good?

Route A: Yes

22.

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
good	SP

Good. [= Sure.]

Route B: No

23.

但係	嗰度	揾	位	泊車	好	麻煩	喎	。
daan6 hai6	go2 dou6	wan2	wai2	paak3 ce1	hou2	maa4 faan4	wo3	.
but	there	find	spot	park car	very	troublesome	SP

But for there, finding a spot to park the car is very troublesome.

24.

但係	嗰度	個	停車場	好	貴	喎	。
daan6 hai6	go2 dou6	go3	ting4 ce1 coeng4	hou2	gwai3	wo3	.
but	there	CL	car park	very	expensive	SP

But the car park there is very expensive.

25.

但係	我	有啲	攰	，	唔	想	揸車	呀	。
daan6 hai6	ngo5	jau5 di1	gui6	,	m4	soeng2	zaa1 ce1	aa3	.
but	I	a bit	tired		not	want to	drive	SP

But I am a bit tired. I don’t want to drive.

26.

噉	我哋	坐	車	去	啦	。
gam2	ngo5 dei6	co5	ce1	heoi3	laa1	.
then	we	take	public transport	go	SP

Then, let’s take public transport to go there.

After deciding on the means of transport, we can talk about when we set off.

27.

噉	我哋	幾點	出發	呀	？
gam2	ngo5 dei6	gei2 dim2	ceot1 faat3	aa3	?
then	we	what time	set off	SP

Then, what time do we set off?

28.

噉	我哋	幾點	出門口	呀	？
gam2	ngo5 dei6	gei2 dim2	ceot1 mun4 hau2	aa3	?
then	we	what time	leave home	SP

Then, what time do we leave home?

29.

由	呢度	去	屯門	要	幾耐	呀	？
jau4	ni1 dou6	heoi3	tyun4 mun4	jiu3	gei2 noi6	aa3	?
from	here	go	Tuen Man	need	how long	SP	？

How long does it need to go from here to Tuen Man?

30.

我	諗	要	大概	個	半	鐘	咁上下	。
ngo5	nam2	jiu3	daai6 koi3	go3	bun3	zung1	gam3 soeng6 haa2	.
I	think	need	about	CL	half	hour	about

I think it needs about one and a half hours.

31.

我	估	要	大約	個	半	鐘	左右	。
ngo5	gu2	jiu3	daai6 joek3	go3	bun3	zung1	zo2 jau2	.
I	guess	need	about	CL	half	hour	about

I guess it needs about one and a half hours.

32.

而家	幾點	呀	？
ji4 gaa1	gei2 dim2	aa3	?
now	what time	SP

What time is it now?

33.

而家	六	點	呀	。
ji4 gaa1	luk6	dim2	aa3	.
now	six	o’clock	SP

It’s 6:00 now.

34.

噉	不如	六	點	半	出發	吖	。
gam2	bat1 jyu4	luk6	dim2	bun3	ceot1 faat3	aa1	.
then	why not	six	o’clock	half	set off	SP

Then, why don’t we set off at 6:30?

35.

噉	不如	六	點	半	出門口	吖	。
gam2	bat1 jyu4	luk6	dim2	bun3	ceot1 mun4 hau2	aa1	.
then	why not	six	o’clock	half	leave home	SP

Then, why don’t we leave home at 6:30?

36.

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
good	SP

Good. [= Okay.]