Finding a Place in a Shopping Mall

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If we can’t find a place in a shopping mall, we can approach the staff and get help.

職員 zik1 jyun4

客 haak3

唔好意思	。
m4 hou2 ji3 si1	.
excuse me

Excuse me.

你好	，	請問	有	咩	幫	到	你	嘅	？
nei5 hou2	,	cing2 man6	jau5	me1	bong1	dou2	nei5	ge2	?
hello		may I ask	have	what	help	VP	you	SP

Hello. May I ask if there is anything that I am able to help you with?

The verbal particle 到 dou2 in this question is different from the verbal particle 到 dou3 for indicating arrival. 到 dou2 adds the meaning of ‘to be able to’ to the verb. We will learn more about it in the next lesson.

To ask if the shopping mall has a specific type of shop or facility, we can say:

請問	呢度	有	冇	超級市場	㗎	？
cing2 man6	ni1 dou6	jau5	mou5	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	gaa3	?
may I ask	here	have	not have	supermarket	SP

May I ask if there is a supermarket here?

有	呀	，	超級市場	喺	地庫	。
jau5	aa3	,	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	dei6 fu3	.
have	SP		supermarket	be in	basement

Yes, the supermarket is in the basement.

唔好意思	，	冇	呀	，
m4 hou2 ji3 si1	,	mou5	aa3	,
sorry		not have	SP

你	可以	去	隔籬	個	商場	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	heoi3	gaak3 lei4	go3	soeng1 coeng4	.
you	can	go	next	CL	shopping mall

Sorry, no. You can go to the next shopping mall.

To ask what floor a shop or facility is on, we can say:

請問	超級市場	喺	幾多樓 / 幾樓	呀	？
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	gei2 do1 lau2 / gei2 lau2	aa3	?
may I ask	supermarket	be on	what floor	SP

May I ask what floor the supermarket is on?

請問	超級市場	喺	邊	層	呀	？
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	bin1	cang4	aa3	?
may I ask	supermarket	be on	which	floor	SP

May I ask which floor the supermarket is on?

請問	超級市場	喺	第幾層	呀	？
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	dai6 gei2 cang4	aa3	?
may I ask	supermarket	be on	what floor	SP

May I ask what floor the supermarket is on?

超級市場	喺	三	樓	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	hai2	saam1	lau2	.
supermarket	be on	three	floor

The supermarket is on the third floor.

10.

呢度	係	幾多樓 / 幾樓	嚟	㗎	？
ni1 dou6	hai6	gei2 do1 lau2 / gei2 lau2	lai4	gaa3	?
here	be	what floor	SP	SP

What floor is here?

11.

呢	層	係	邊	層	嚟	㗎	？
ni1	cang4	hai6	bin1	cang4	lai4	gaa3	?
this	floor	be	which	floor	SP	SP

Which floor is this floor?

12.

呢	層	係	第幾層	嚟	㗎	？
ni1	cang4	hai6	dai6 gei2 cang4	lai4	gaa3	?
this	floor	be	what floor	SP	SP

What floor is this floor?

13.

呢度	係	五	樓	嚟	嘅	，
ni1 dou6	hai6	ng5	lau2	lai4	ge3	,
here	be	five	floor	SP	SP

你	要	坐	扶手電梯	落	兩	層	。
nei5	jiu3	co5	fu4 sau2 din6 tai1	lok6	loeng5	cang4	.
you	need to	take	escalator	go down	two	floor

Here is the fifth floor.

You need to take the escalator to go down two floors.

We can also ask the number of floors we need to go up or down directly.

14.

請問	超級市場
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4
may I ask	supermarket

要	上	幾多 / 幾	層	呀	？
jiu3	soeng5	gei2 do1 / gei2	cang4	aa3	?
need to	go up	how many	floor	SP

May I ask for the supermarket,

how many floors I need to go up?

The noun 超級市場 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 at the beginning is the topic of the question.

15.

超級市場	要	上	兩	層	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	jiu3	soeng5	loeng5	cang4	.
supermarket	need to	go up	two	floors

For the supermarket, you need to go up two floors.

16.

請問	超級市場
cing2 man6	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4
may I ask	supermarket

要	落	幾多 / 幾	層	呀	？
jiu3	lok6	gei2 do1 / gei2	cang4	aa3	?
need to	go down	how many	floor	SP

May I ask for the supermarket,

how many floors I need to go down?

17.

超級市場	要	落	兩	層	。
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	jiu3	lok6	loeng5	cang4	.
supermarket	need to	go down	two	floors

For the supermarket, you need to go down two floors.

To ask where a shop or facility is, we can say:

18.

請問	洗手間	喺	邊度	呀	？
cing2 man6	sai2 sau2 gaan1	hai2	bin1 dou6	aa3	?
may I ask	washroom	be at	where	SP

May I ask where the washroom is?

19.

轉	左	就	有	洗手間	。
zyun3	zo2	zau6	jau5	sai2 sau2 gaan1	.
turn	left	then	have	washroom

If you turn left, then there is a washroom.

To get complete directions to a shop or facility, we can ask:

20.

請問	溜冰場	點 / 點樣	去	呀	？
cing2 man6	lau4 bing1 coeng4	dim2 / dim2 joeng2	heoi3	aa3	?
may I ask	ice rink	how	go	SP

May I ask how to go to the ice rink?

The original question is 請問點去溜冰場呀 cing2 man6 dim2 heoi3 lau5 bing1 coeng4 aa3. The object 溜冰場 lau5 bing1 coeng4 (‘ice rink’) is moved to the beginning of the question and becomes the topic.

21.

溜冰場	喺	十	樓	，
lau4 bing1 coeng4	hai2	sap6	lau2	,
ice rink	be on	ten	floor

The ice rink is on the tenth floor.

你	可以	坐	𨋢	上去	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	co5	lip1	soeng5 heoi3	.
you	can	take	elevator	go up

You can take the elevator to go up.

你	首先	直	行	，	跟住	轉	右	，
nei5	sau2 sin1	zik6	haang4	,	gan1 zyu6	zyun3	jau6	,
you	first	straight	walk		then	turn	right

First, walk straight. And then, turn right.

嗰度	有	兩	部	𨋢	，
go2 dou6	jau5	loeng5	bou6	lip1	,
there	have	two	CL	elevator

There are two elevators there.

坐	左邊	嗰	部	𨋢	，
co5	zo2 bin6	go2	bou6	lip1	,
take	left	that	CL	elevator

Take that left elevator.

唔好	坐	右邊	嗰	部	𨋢	，
m4 hou2	co5	jau6 bin6	go2	bou6	lip1	,
don’t	take	right	that	CL	elevator

Don’t take that right elevator.

入	到	𨋢	就	撳	十	字	，
jap6	dou3	lip1	zau6	gam6	sap6	zi6	,
go in	VP	elevator	then	press	ten	word

When you have gone into the elevator,

then press 10 [the floor selection button].

出	咗	𨋢	就	轉	左	，
ceot1	zo2	lip1	zau6	zyun3	zo2	,
go out	VP	elevator	then	turn	left

When you have gone out of the elevator, then turn left.

之後	直	行	到	去	最尾
zi1 hau6	zik6	haang4	dou3	heoi3	zeoi3 mei5
then	straight	walk	VP	go	end

就	係	溜冰場	。
zau6	hai6	lau4 bing1 coeng4	.
then	be	ice rink

After that, if you walk straight to the end, then it is the ice rink.

22.

好	，	唔該晒	。
hou2	,	m4 goi1 saai3	.
good		thank you so much

Good. [= Okay.] Thank you so much.

23.

不如	我	帶	你	去	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	ngo5	daai3	nei5	heoi3	aa1	.
why not	I	take	you	go	SP

Let me take you there.

24.

好	呀	，	唔該晒	。
hou2	aa3	,	m4 goi1 saai3	.
good	SP		thank you so much

Good. Thank you so much.