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This document contains notes from Pimsleur Cantonese Lessons 1-6. It introduces common Cantonese greetings and phrases for asking how someone is, thanking them, and saying goodbye. Sample dialogues teach how to ask someone's name, where they are from, if they speak Cantonese, what they want to do, where they want to go to eat or drink, and when they want to go. Vocabulary and phrases are provided for locations, foods, times of day, and wanting or not wanting to do various activities.

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Pimsleur Cantonese Notes I 5 PDF Free

This document contains notes from Pimsleur Cantonese Lessons 1-6. It introduces common Cantonese greetings and phrases for asking how someone is, thanking them, and saying goodbye. Sample dialogues teach how to ask someone's name, where they are from, if they speak Cantonese, what they want to do, where they want to go to eat or drink, and when they want to go. Vocabulary and phrases are provided for locations, foods, times of day, and wanting or not wanting to do various activities.

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Pimsleur Cantonese Notes I

Unit 1
請問 cing2 man6 request ask
識聽 sik1 teng1` to know/can; hear/understand
英文 jing1` man4* English (language)
一啲 jat1 di1' (adj.) some; little; few
廣東話 gwong2 dung1` waa6* (Guangdong) Cantonese dialect
美國人 mei5 gwok3 jan4 American person/people
係 hai6 is
係唔係 hai6 m4 hai6 is/isn't

Unit 2
中國 zung1` gwok3 Chinese
早晨 zou2 san4 Good morning
先生 sin1` saang1` Sir
你好嗎 nei5 hou2 maa3 How are you
多謝 do1 ze6 thank you
好好 hou2 hou2 very well
拜拜 baai3' baai3 Bye-bye
唔係好識聽 m4 hai6 hou2 sik1 teng1` can't understand well ["isn't well can
understand"]

Unit 3
你呢 nei5 ne1' how about you
唔係好好 m4 hai6 hou2 hou2 not very well
但係 daan6 hai6 but, nevertheless, however
好多 hou2 do1` ... very much ...
好識聽好多廣東話 nei5 sik1 teng1` hou2 do1 gwong2 dung1` waa6* You can
understand Cantonese very well

Unit 4
講 gong2 speak
識講一啲 sik1-gong2 jat1-di` can speak a little
我講 xx 唔好 ngo5 gong2 dak1 m4-hou2 I don't speak well
好唔好 hou2-m4-hou2
x 皇? jing1-wong4 King's
路 dou6 road
邊喥 bin1'-dou6 where
喺 hai2 to be located
喺邊喥呀 hai2 bin1' dou6 aa3 is located where
xx 路喺邊喥呀 jing1-wong4 dou6 hai2 bin1' dou6 aa3 Kings Road is located
where
街 gaai1' street
界限街
gaai3-haan6 gaai1' Boundary Street
呢喥 ni1`-dou6 here
喺呢喥 hai2 ni1'-dou6 (It's) located here
係唔係喺呢 喥呀 hai6 m4 hai6 hai2 ni1' dou6 aa3 Is it located here?
唔係喺呢喥 m4 hai2 ni1' dou6 It's not located here
喺嗰喥 hai2 go2 dou6 It's located there
m4-hai2 go2-dou6 It's not located there
daan6 hai6 gaai3 haan6 gaai1 hai2 ni1' dou6 But Boundary Street is located
here

Unit 5
識 sik1 (response know how to
你廣東話 x 好好 nei5 gwong2 dung1` waa6* gong2 dak1 hou2 hou2 You speak
Cantonese very well
你好 nei5 hou2 hello
我唔知道 ngo5 m4 zi1 dou3 I don't know
daan6 hai6 ngo5 zi1 dou3 But I know
nei5 zi1 m4 zi1 dou3 aa3 Do you know?
zi1, ngo5 zi1 dou3 Yes, I know
想要 soeng2 jiu3 to want
ngo5 soeng2 I want to
nei5 soeng2 You want to
nei5 soeng2 m4 soeng2 aa3 Do you want to?
nei5 soeng2 sik6 yat1 di1' je5 You want to eat something
唔 nei5 soeng2 m4 soeng2 sik6 yat1 di1' je5 aa3 Do you want to eat
something?
daan6 hai6 ngo5 soeng2 jam2 jat1 di1' je5 But I want to drink something

Unit 6
dou1` also
nei5 gong2 dak1 hou2 You speak well
去 heoi3 to go
nei5 soeng2 heoi3 bin1' dou6 sik6 aa3 Where do you want to eat?
heoi3 bin1' dou6 aa3 to go where?
ngo5 dou6 my place
heoi3 ngo5 dou6 to go to my place
去 ngo5 soeng2 heoi3 ngo5 dou6 sik6 I want to go to my place to eat
nei5 dou6 your place
ngo5 dou1` soeng2 I also want to
唔去 nei5 soeng2 m4 soeng2 heoi3 ngo5 dou6 sik6 aa3 Do you want to go to
my place to eat?
幾時 gei2 si4 aa3 when?
而家 yi4 gaa1` now
nei5 soeng2 gei2 si4 sik6 aa3 When do you want to eat?
而家 yi4 gaa1` m4 soeng2 not now
ci4 di1 later
nei5 ci4 di1' soeng2 m4 soeng2 jam2 aa3 Do you want to drink later?
而家 m4 soeng2, ngo5 yi4 gaa1` soeng2 jam2 No, I want to drink now
nei5 soeng2 m4 soeng2 heoi3 ngo5 dou6 jum2 jat1 di1' je5 aa3 Do you want
to go to my place to drink something?

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