Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 19
你幾時得閒？When are you free?
School and university: going to classes, finishing, homework, exams; asking "when" (幾時); doing things with someone, together (同, 一齊); sometimes shopping, sometimes a film.
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你幾時得閒？— When are you free?
- Mike家欣，你幾時得閒呀？Ka-yan, when are you free?
- KaYan而家唔得閒。我有好多功課。I'm not free now. I've got lots of homework.
- Mike大學都有功課？Even university has homework?
- KaYan有呀！聽日有考試。Yes! There's an exam tomorrow.
- Mike你今日幾點放學？What time do your classes finish today?
- KaYan五點放學。之後要做功課。At five. After that I have to do homework.
- Mike考試之後呢？And after the exam?
- KaYan考試之後，我得閒！After the exam, I'm free!
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一齊睇戲— A film together
- AhMingMike，你星期日做乜嘢？Mike, what are you doing on Sunday?
- Mike有時行街，有時睇戲。Sometimes I go out shopping, sometimes I see a film.
- AhMing我同家欣星期日睇戲。你同我哋一齊睇戲啦！Ka-yan and I are seeing a film on Sunday. Come and see it with us!
- Mike好呀！幾點？Great! What time?
- AhMing兩點。家欣星期日唔使返學。Two. Ka-yan doesn't have classes on Sunday.
- KaYan星期日學校都休息！On Sunday even the school takes a rest!
- Mike好，星期日兩點，一齊睇戲！Right, Sunday at two, a film together!
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- 幾時
pronounwhen
- 得閒
adjectivefree (not busy)
- 有時
adverbsometimes
- 行街
verbto go out shopping; to stroll around town
- 睇戲
verbto see a film
- 一齊
adverbtogether
- 同
conjunctionand; with (我同你 "you and I")
- 返學
verbto go to school, to go to classes
- 放學
verbto finish school, classes are over
- 學校
nounschool
- 大學
noununiversity
- 功課
nounhomework
- 考試
nounexam; to take an exam
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- 閒
free time, at leisure (in 得閒)
- 功
work, effort (in 功課)
- 課
lesson (in 功課)
- 考
to test, to examine (in 考試)
- 行
to walk (in 行街)
- 睇
to look, to watch
- 戲
show, film (in 睇戲)
- 齊
all together, complete (in 一齊)
- 校
school (in 學校)
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"When": 幾時
Explanation
To ask "when", use 幾時. It sits where the answer will go, and the rest of the sentence does not move: 你幾時得閒？ "when are you free?". To answer, put a time in its place: 我星期日得閒 "I'm free on Sunday". 我考試之後得閒 "I'm free after the exam". 幾點 (chapter 16) asks for a clock time: 你幾點放學？ 五點. 幾時 takes any time at all: a day, a week, or "after the exam".
Examples
- 你幾時返學呀？When do you go to classes?
- 佢幾時考試？聽日考試。When is her exam? Tomorrow.
- 你哋幾時睇戲呀？星期日。When are you all seeing the film? On Sunday.
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"With" and "together": 同, 一齊
Explanation
同 + a person goes before the verb and means "with that person": 我同家欣睇戲 "I'm seeing a film with Ka-yan". For "together", put 一齊 after 同 + the person and before the verb: 我同家欣一齊睇戲. 同 also joins two people, like "and": 我同你 "you and I", 阿明同家欣 "Ah Ming and Ka-yan". To ask who with: 你同邊個睇戲呀？ "who are you seeing the film with?", with 邊個 (chapter 4) where the person goes.
Examples
- 我同阿明一齊食晚飯。Ah Ming and I have dinner together.
- 你同邊個睇戲呀？Who are you seeing the film with?
- 星期六，我同朋友行街。On Saturday I'm going shopping with friends.
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