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http://www.cantongazine.com/wow-beating-petty-people.html
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6 June 2011
1 June 2011
m ho dam sum chak yim ge si - don't worry about the test ;)
· A new student is very worried about the weekly test
· Yau5 Yat1 goh3 san1 ge3 hok6 sang1 ho2 dam1 sum1 moi5 goh3 laai5 baai3 ge3 chak1 yim6
· You have to tell him the format of the test
· Nei5 yue3 wa6 bei2 koi5 teng1 chak1 yim6 gei3 gak3 sik1
· Encourage the new student
· Gwo2 lie3 li1 goh3 san1 ge3 hok6 san1
| Do you have any questions? | Yau2 mo2 man3 taai6? |
| Don’t worry | m6 ho2 dam1 sum1 |
| It’s ok | m6 gan1 yue3 [lit: not important] |
| It’s quite easy | gei2 gan2 dan1 |
| It’s very difficult | ho2 lan4 |
| Multiple choice | soon2 jak3 taai6 [lit: choice question] |
| You have 3 choices | nei5 yau5 saam1 goh3 soon2 jak6 |
| To guess | (tiu) gwoo2 |
| Questions | man4 taai6 |
| Exam | hau2 si5 |
| Result | Git3 gwor2 |
| To pass | hap6 gak3 |
| Mark | fan1 |
| Practice | lin3 jap3 |
| Reading aloud test | yeut3 dok3 chat1 yim6 |
| Listening test | Ling6 ting3 chat1 yim6 |
| Open book exam | hoi1 goon1 chat1 yim6 |
| Can you re-sit? | Nei5 hoh2 m6 hoh2 yee3 chong6 hau2? |
| What’s the pass mark? | Gei2 do1 fan1 sin1 hap6 gak3? |
| You need 50% to pass | nei5 yue3 dap3 arm1 ng5 sing6 sin1 hap6 gak3 |
| 90% to pass | Bak3 fan6 ji1 gau2 sap6 hap6 gak3 |
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Tones - the little numbers on this blog
Cantonese has six tones, we use numbers after each word to identify them
1 = High Falling - as in King2 = Mid-rising - you??
3 = Mid-level - boon3 (half)
4 = Low Falling - kingdom
5 = Low-rising - ngoh5 (I, me)
6 = Low-level - ngoh5 dei6 (we) sounds like day
alas they're very important, see: