Deciding on the Date for a Gathering

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你	呢排	忙	唔	忙	呀	？
nei5	ni1 paai4	mong4	m4	mong4	aa3	?
you	recently	busy	not	busy	SP

Are you busy recently?

你	呢排	得	唔	得閒	呀	？
nei5	ni1 paai4	dak1	m4	dak1 haan4	aa3	?
you	recently	free	not	free	SP

Are you free recently?

做	咩	呀	？
zou6	me1	aa3	?
do	what	SP

Why?

不如	揾	日	一齊	食飯	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	wan2	jat6	jat1 cai4	sik6 faan6	aa1	.
why not	find	day	together	have meal	SP

Why don’t we find a day to have a meal together?

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
good	SP

Good. [= Sure.]

噉	你	幾時	得	呀	？
gam2	nei5	gei2 si4	dak1	aa3	?
then	you	when	okay	SP

When are you okay then?

[= When are you available then?]

我	聽晚	同	星期日	晚	都	得	呀	。
ngo5	ting1 maan5	tung4	sing1 kei4 jat6	maan5	dou1	dak1	aa3	.
I	tomorrow night	and	Sunday	night	both	okay	SP

I am okay on both tomorrow night and on Sunday night.

我	聽晚	或者	星期日	晚	都	得	呀	。
ngo5	ting1 maan5	waak6 ze2	sing1 kei4 jat6	maan5	dou1	dak1	aa3	.
I	tomorrow night	or	Sunday	night	both	okay	SP

I am okay on both tomorrow night or Sunday night.

We can also indicate the options by making a suggestion.

不如	聽晚	或者	星期日	晚	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	ting1 maan5	waak6 ze2	sing1 kei4 jat6	maan5	aa1	.
why not	tomorrow night	or	Sunday	night	SP

Why don’t we choose tomorrow night or Sunday night?

We can use 不如 bat1 jyu4 without a verb in the sentence.

Route A: Okay on both days

10.

我	兩	日	都	得	呀	。
ngo5	loeng5	jat6	dou1	dak1	aa3	.
I	two	days	both	okay	SP

I am okay on both two days.

11.

噉	不如	就	聽晚	啦	。
gam2	bat1 jyu4	zau6	ting1 maan5	laa1	.
then	why not	[determination]	tomorrow night	SP

Why don’t we just choose tomorrow night then?

12.

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
good	SP

Good. [= Sure.]

Route B: Okay on one of the days

We can either indicate the day we are okay on, or the day we are not okay on.

13.

我	聽晚	都	得	呀	。
ngo5	ting1 maan5	dou1	dak1	aa3	.
I	tomorrow night	too	okay	SP

I am okay on tomorrow night too.

14.

我	星期日	晚	唔	得	呀	。
ngo5	sing1 kei4 jat6	maan5	m4	dak1	aa3	.
I	Sunday	night	not	okay	SP

I am not okay on Sunday night.

15.

噉	就	聽晚	啦	。
gam2	zau6	ting1 maan5	laa1	.
then	[determination]	tomorrow night	SP

Tomorrow night then.

[= Let’s just choose tomorrow night then.]

16.

好	呀	。
hou2	aa3	.
good	SP

Good. [= Sure.]

Route C: Not okay on both days

17.

我	兩	日	都	唔	得	呀	。
ngo5	loeng5	jat6	dou1	m4	dak1	aa3	.
I	two	days	both	not	okay	SP

I am not okay on both two days.

18.

噉	你	幾時	得	呀	？
gam2	nei5	gei2 si4	dak1	aa3	?
then	you	when	okay	SP

When are you okay then?

[= When are you available then?]

We can also specify the options in the question.

19.

噉	你	星期六	得	唔	得	呀	？
gam2	nei5	sing1 kei4 luk6	dak1	m4	dak1	aa3	?
then	you	Saturday	okay	not	okay	SP

Are you okay on Saturday then?

20.

噉	你	今晚	或者	後晚
gam2	nei5	gam1 maan5	waak6 ze2	hau6 maan5
then	you	tonight	or	night after tomorrow

得	唔	得	呀	？
dak1	m4	dak1	aa3	?
okay	not	okay	SP

Are you okay tonight or the night after tomorrow then?

21.

噉	你	下	個	星期 / 禮拜	邊	日	得	呀	？
gam2	nei5	haa6	go3	sing1 kei4 / lai5 baai3	bin1	jat6	dak1	aa3	?
then	you	next	CL	week	which	day	okay	SP

Which day are you okay next week then?

22.

噉	你	下	個	月	邊	日	得	呀	？
gam2	nei5	haa6	go3	jyut6	bin1	jat6	dak1	aa3	?
then	you	next	CL	month	which	day	okay	SP

Which day are you okay next month then?

We can use the expressions covered to continue the conversation and decide the date.