Listen to three conversations. In each conversation, the speakers will talk about their shopping plan and then go to a clothing store. After listening to each conversation, listen to the questions and answer them in complete sentences.

Conversation 1

1. ________
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2. ________
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3. ________
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4. ________
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Jessica
Nicole
Jessica
Nicole
Jessica
	A few moments later…
店員 dim3 jyun4
Nicole
店員 dim3 jyun4
Nicole

Conversation 2

5. ________
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6. ________
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7. ________
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8. ________

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陳太 can4 taai2
黃太 wong4 taai2
陳太 can4 taai2
黃太 wong4 taai2
陳太 can4 taai2
	A few moments later…
店員 dim3 jyun4
陳太 can4 taai2
黃太 wong4 taai2

Conversation 3 (Explicit)

9. ________
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10. ________
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11. ________
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12. ________
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阿豪 aa3 hou4
阿傑 aa3 git6
阿豪 aa3 hou4
阿傑 aa3 git6
阿豪 aa3 hou4
	A few moments later…
店員 dim3 jyun4
阿豪 aa3 hou4
店員 dim3 jyun4

Transcripts with Translation

Conversation 1

Jessica	你諗住睇啲咩呀？ nei5 nam2 zyu6 tai2 di1 me1 aa3? What do you plan to look at?
Nicole	我一月去日本呀，所以要買定件褸呀。 ngo5 jat1 jyut6 heoi3 jat6 bun2 aa3, so2 ji5 jiu3 maai5 ding6 gin6 lau1 aa3. I will go to Japan in January, so I need to buy a coat in advance.
Jessica	樓上有間新嘅舖喎，我上個禮拜行過，佢哋啲衫幾平。 lau4 soeng6 jau5 gaan1 san1 ge3 pou3 wo3, ngo5 soeng6 go3 lai5 baai3 haang4 gwo3, keoi5 dei6 di1 saam1 gei2 peng4. There is a new shop upstairs. I browsed last week. Their clothes are quite cheap. The verb 行 haang4 means ‘to browse (in a shop)’ here.
Nicole	喺樓上呀？噉不如而家去睇下吖。 hai2 lau4 soeng6 aa3? gam2 bat1 jyu4 ji4 gaa1 heoi3 tai2 haa5 aa1. Upstairs? Then, why don’t we go there to have a look now?
Jessica	好呀。 hou2 aa3. Good. [= Sure.]
	A few moments later…
店員 dim3 jyun4	歡迎光臨，隨便睇下。想揾啲咩嘅？ fun1 jing4 gwong1 lam4, ceoi4 bin2 tai2 haa5. soeng2 wan2 di1 me1 ge2? Welcome. Have a look as you like. What do you want to find?
Nicole	唔該啲褸放咗喺邊度呀？ m4 goi1 di1 lau1 fong3 zo2 hai2 bin1 dou6 aa3? For the coats, where have you put them?
店員 dim3 jyun4	啲褸放咗喺最入邊。 di1 lau1 fong3 zo2 hai2 zeoi3 jap6 bin6. For the coats, we have put them in the inmost area.
Nicole	好，唔該晒。 hou2, m4 goi1 saai3. Good. [= Okay.] Thank you so much.

Conversation 2

陳太 can4 taai2	你有啲咩想睇呀？ nei5 jau5 di1 me1 soeng2 tai2 aa3? You have what you want to look at? [= What do you want to look at?]
黃太 wong4 taai2	我想買過啲短褲呀，我屋企啲短褲好舊喇，你呢？有啲咩想睇呀？ ngo5 soeng2 maai5 gwo3 di1 dyun2 fu3 aa3, ngo5 uk1 kei2 di1 dyun2 fu3 hou2 gau6 laa3, nei5 ne1? jau5 di1 me1 soeng2 tai2 aa3? I plan to buy some shorts over again. My home’s shorts are very old already. How about you? You have what you want to look at? [= What do you want to look at?]
陳太 can4 taai2	我要同啲仔女去沙灘呀，所以要買定對靚嘅拖鞋呀。 ngo5 jiu3 tung4 di1 zai2 neoi2 heoi3 saa1 taan1 aa3, so2 ji5 jiu3 maai5 ding6 deoi3 leng3 ge3 to1 haai2 aa3. I need to go to the beach with my children, so I need to buy a pair of beautiful slippers in advance. The adjective 靚 leng3 here means ‘beautiful’.
黃太 wong4 taai2	噉不如我哋去前邊間運動舖睇下吖。 gam2 bat1 jyu4 ngo5 dei6 heoi3 cin4 bin6 gaan1 wan6 dung6 pou2 tai2 haa5 aa1. Then, why don’t we go to the sports store in front to have a look?
陳太 can4 taai2	好呀。 hou2 aa3. Good. [= Sure.]
	A few moments later…
店員 dim3 jyun4	歡迎光臨，隨便睇下。使唔使介紹返嘅？ fun1 jing4 gwong1 lam4, ceoi4 bin2 tai2 haa5. sai2 m4 sai2 gaai3 siu6 faan1 ge2? Welcome. Have a look as you like. Do I need to introduce something to you? [= Can I help you find something?]
陳太 can4 taai2	我哋自己睇下得喇，唔該晒。 ngo5 dei6 zi6 gei2 tai2 haa5 dak1 laa3, m4 goi1 saai3. We have a look ourselves is okay. Thank you so much.
黃太 wong4 taai2	唔該晒。 m4 goi1 saai3. Thank you so much.

Conversation 3 (⚠️ Explicit)

阿豪 aa3 hou4	你要買啲咩呀？ nei5 jiu3 maai5 di1 me1 aa3? What do you need to buy?
阿傑 aa3 git6	我要買過條呔呀，我聽朝去見工，但係唔見撚咗條呔呀，屌。 ngo5 jiu3 maai5 gwo3 tiu4 taai1 aa3, ngo5 ting1 ziu1 heoi3 gin3 gung1, daan6 hai6 m4 gin3 nan2 zo2 tiu4 taai1 aa3, diu2. I need to buy a tie over again. I will go to attend a job interview tomorrow morning, but I have fucking lost the tie. Fuck.
阿豪 aa3 hou4	噉我哋去三樓間西裝舖睇下吖。 gam2 ngo5 dei6 heoi3 saam1 lau2 gaan1 sai1 zong1 pou2 tai2 haa5 aa1. Then, let’s go to the suit store on the third floor to have a look.
阿傑 aa3 git6	好呀。 hou2 aa3. Good. [= Sure.]
阿豪 aa3 hou4	我都想買過條皮帶呀，我兩條皮帶都好殘喇。 ngo5 dou1 soeng2 maai5 gwo3 tiu4 pei4 daai2 aa3, ngo5 loeng5 tiu4 pei4 daai2 dou1 hou2 caan4 laa3. I want to buy a leather belt over again too. Both of my two leather belts are very shabby already.
	A few moments later…
店員 dim3 jyun4	歡迎光臨，隨便睇下。想揾啲咩嘅？ fun1 jing4 gwong1 lam4, ceoi4 bin2 tai2 haa5. soeng2 wan2 di1 me1 ge2? Welcome. Have a look as you like. What do you want to find?
阿豪 aa3 hou4	唔該我哋想睇下啲呔先嘅。 m4 goi1 ngo5 dei6 soeng2 tai2 haa5 di1 taai1 sin1 ge3. We want to have a look at the ties first, please.
店員 dim3 jyun4	呢邊吖。 ni1 bin6 aa1. This way, please.

Form a pair. Imagine you are going shopping with your partner. Make a conversation to talk about what you want to look at or buy.

After the first conversation, make another conversation. This time, before starting, choose one item for your partner. Your partner has to come up with why they want to look at or buy the item. Start the second conversation when you are ready.

Form a pair. Make four conversations. Play these two roles in turn:

• Role A: You are a customer. You have just entered a clothing store.
• Role B: You are a shop assistant of the clothing store. A customer has just entered the store. Help the customer.

Swap your roles after each conversation. Try to use different expressions each time.