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


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 King
2 = 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: