Talking About Shopping Plans

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When we go shopping with someone, we can ask what they want to buy.

你	想	睇	啲	咩	呀	？
nei5	soeng2	tai2	di1	me1	aa3	?
you	want to	look	CL	what	SP

What do you want to look at?

你	想	買	啲	咩	呀	？
nei5	soeng2	maai5	di1	me1	aa3	?
you	want to	buy	CL	what	SP

What do you want to buy?

你	諗住	睇	啲	咩	呀	？
nei5	nam2 zyu6	tai2	di1	me1	aa3	?
you	plan to	look	CL	what	SP

What do you plan to look at?

你	諗住	買	啲	咩	呀	？
nei5	nam2 zyu6	maai5	di1	me1	aa3	?
you	plan to	buy	CL	what	SP

What do you plan to buy?

你	有	啲	咩	想	睇	呀	？
nei5	jau5	di1	me1	soeng2	tai2	aa3	?
you	have	CL	what	want to	look	SP

You have what you want to look at?

[= What do you want to look at?]

你	有	啲	咩	想	買	呀	？
nei5	jau5	di1	me1	soeng2	maai5	aa3	?
you	have	CL	what	want to	buy	SP

You have what you want to buy?

[= What do you want to buy?]

我	想	睇	下	啲	褸	呀	。
ngo5	soeng2	tai2	haa5	di1	lau1	aa3	.
I	want to	look	AP	CL	coat	SP

I want to look at the coats.

我	諗住	買	件	新	嘅	褸	呀	。
ngo5	nam2 zyu6	maai5	gin6	san1	ge3	lau1	aa3	.
I	plan to	buy	CL	new	Part	coat	SP

I plan to buy a new coat.

我	下	個	月	會	去	旅行	呀	，
ngo5	haa6	go3	jyut6	wui5	heoi3	leoi5 hang4	aa3	,
I	next	CL	month	will	go	travel	SP

所以	想	睇	定	啲	褸	呀	。
so2 ji5	soeng2	tai2	ding6	di1	lau1	aa3	.
so	want to	look	VP	CL	coat	SP

I will go traveling next month,

so I want to look at the coats in advance.

10.

我	下	個	月	要	去飲	呀	，
ngo5	haa6	go3	jyut6	jiu3	heoi3 jam2	aa3	,
I	next	CL	month	need to	go to wedding dinner	SP

所以	要	買	定	條	裙	呀	。
so2 ji5	jiu3	maai5	ding6	tiu4	kwan4	aa3	.
so	need to	buy	VP	CL	dress	SP

I need to go to a wedding dinner next month,

so I need to buy a dress in advance.

11.

我	啲	襪	好	舊	喇	，
ngo5	di1	mat6	hou2	gau6	laa3	,
I	CL	sock	very	old	SP

所以	諗住	買	過	啲	新	嘅	呀	。
so2 ji5	nam2 zyu6	maai5	gwo3	di1	san1	ge3	aa3	.
so	plan to	buy	VP	CL	new	Part	SP

My socks are very old already,

so I plan to buy some new ones over again.

12.

我	老公	肥	咗	勁多	呀	，
ngo5	lou5 gung1	fei4	zo2	ging6 do1	aa3	,
my	husband	fat	AP	strongly a lot	SP

所以	要	買	過	啲	褲	俾	佢	呀	。
so2 ji5	jiu3	maai5	gwo3	di1	fu3	bei2	keoi5	aa3	.
so	need to	buy	VP	CL	pants	give	him	SP

My husband has become strongly a lot fatter,

so I need to buy some pants to him over again.

13.

我	對	皮鞋	爛	咗	呀	，
ngo5	deoi3	pei4 haai4	laan6	zo2	aa3	,
I	CL	leather shoes	broken	AP	SP

所以	要	買	過	對	新	嘅	呀	。
so2 ji5	jiu3	maai5	gwo3	deoi3	san1	ge3	aa3	.
so	need to	buy	VP	CL	new	Part	SP

My pair of leather shoes has become broken,

so I need to buy a new pair over again.

14.

我	唔見	咗	條	頸巾	呀	，
ngo5	m4 gin3	zo2	tiu4	geng2 gan1	aa3	,
I	lose	AP	CL	scarf	SP

所以	想	買	過	條	新	嘅	呀	。
so2 ji5	soeng2	maai5	gwo3	tiu4	san1	ge3	aa3	.
so	want to	buy	VP	CL	new	Part	SP

I have lost my scarf, so I want to buy a new one over again.

After that, we can suggest the shop we can go to.

15.

噉	不如	我哋
gam2	bat1 jyu4	ngo5 dei6
then	why not	we

去	樓下	間	舖	睇	下	吖	。
heoi3	lau4 haa6	gaan1	pou3	tai2	haa5	aa1	.
go	downstairs	CL	store	look	AP	SP

Then, why don’t we go to the store downstairs to have a look?

16.

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
good	SP

Good. [= Sure.]