9.12 Vocabulary: Reasons for Learning a Language

1.

我	遲啲	會	去	香港	旅行	。
ngo5	ci4 di1	wui5	heoi3	hoeng1 gong2	leoi5 hang4	.
I	later	will	go	Hong Kong	travel

I will go to Hong Kong to travel later.

2.

我	遲啲	會	去	香港	住	。
ngo5	ci4 di1	wui5	heoi3	hoeng1 gong2	zyu6	.
I	later	will	go	Hong Kong	live

I will go to Hong Kong to live later.

3.

我	遲啲	會	去	香港	做嘢	。
ngo5	ci4 di1	wui5	heoi3	hoeng1 gong2	zou6 je5	.
I	later	will	go	Hong Kong	work

I will go to Hong Kong to work later.

4.

我	遲啲	會	去	香港	讀書	。
ngo5	ci4 di1	wui5	heoi3	hoeng1 gong2	duk6 syu1	.
I	later	will	go	Hong Kong	study

I will go to Hong Kong to study later.

5.

我	屋企人	講	廣東話	。
ngo5	uk1 kei2 jan4	gong2	gwong2 dung1 waa2	.
my	family member	speak	Cantonese

My family members speak Cantonese.

6.

廣東話	係
gwong2 dung1 waa2	hai6
Cantonese	be

我	阿爸	同	我	阿媽	嘅	語言	。
ngo5	aa3 baa4	tung4	ngo5	aa3 maa1	ge3	jyu5 jin4	.
my	dad	and	my	mum	’s	language

Cantonese is my mum and dad’s language.

7.

我	好	鍾意	睇	香港	嘅	戲	。
ngo5	hou2	zung1 ji3	tai2	hoeng1 gong2	ge3	hei3	.
I	very	like	watch	Hong Kong	’s	movie

I like watching Hong Kong’s films very much.

8.

我	好	鍾意	睇	香港	嘅	劇	。
ngo5	hou2	zung1 ji3	tai2	hoeng1 gong2	ge3	kek6	.
I	very	like	watch	Hong Kong	’s	TV series

I like watching Hong Kong’s TV series very much.

9.

我	好	鍾意	聽	廣東歌	。
ngo5	hou2	zung1 ji3	teng1	gwong2 dung1 go1	.
I	very	like	listen	Cantopop

I like listening to Cantopop very much.

10.

我	好	鍾意	香港	嘅	文化	。
ngo5	hou2	zung1 ji3	hoeng1 gong2	ge3	man4 faa3	.
I	very	like	Hong Kong	’s	culture

I like Hong Kong culture very much.