4 July 2011

My Home - Ngor5 ok1 kei2

Q.        Nei 5 Yau5 Gei2 Dor3 Gaan3 Fong2 a3
How many rooms do you have [at home]?

A. Ngoh5 dei6 yau5 Leung5 Gaan1 Sui4 Fong2,
We have two bedrooms,
Yau5 Leung5 Gor3 Che3 Sor2,
Have two Bathrooms,
Yaat1 Gaan1 Haak3 Taang4 tung6 Hoi4 Fong3 Sik1 Chu6 Fong2,
Living room with an open style Kitchen,
Ngoh5 jui6 Haai2 yaat1 jor6 sei3 Chang4 laau2 gei3 daai6 ha6.
I live in a four Storey apartment,
Ngoh5 Ok1 Kei2 Haai5 Sei3 Lau2,
My home is on the fourth floor.


Q.           Nei5 Yau5 Mo5 Fa1 Yuen2?
Do you have a garden?
A.            Ngoh5 mo5 Fa1 Yuen2, Daan3 Haai3 Yau5 Yaat1 Gor4 Lo3 Toi6,
I don’t have a garden, but I have a Balcony


Q.           Nei5 Tong4 Bin1 Gor3 Ju4 a3?
Who do you live with?

A.          Ngoh5 Tong4 Ngoh5 Lo5 Gung1 Ju4.
I live with my husband
Or.      Ngoh5 Tong4 Ngoh5 Nam4 Pun4 Yaau5, Tong4 Yaat1 Dui4 Fu1 Fu5 Ju4.
I live with my Boyfriend, and a married couple.
Or.          Ngoh5 Ji4 Gei2 Ju4.
I live alone
Or.          Ngoh5 tong4 kei4 ta1 jo1 haak3 ju4.
I live with flatmates (I live with other renters)


Q.   Nei5 Hai2 Gor2 Do4 Ju4 Jor2 Gei2 Loi4 ah3?
        How long have you been living there?

A.            Leung5 Gor3 Yut4 la3.
                Two months.
Or.          Yaat1 Nin4.
                A Year.

Q.  Nei5 Jung1 m4 Jung1 yee3 nei5 Ok1 Kei2 ah3?
                Do you like your home?
A.           Ngoh5 Jung1 Yee4
                I like it

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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 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: