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Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 20

聽日會落雨。It's going to rain tomorrow.

ting1 jat6 wui5 lok6 jyu5

The weather: rain, wind, warm, cold, an umbrella; outside and inside; "will" with 會; "it looks like" with 好似. Culture: what are typhoon signals?

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聽日會落雨。— It's going to rain tomorrow.

  1. WongTaaiMike，聽ting1日jat6會wui5落lok6雨jyu5。Mike, it's going to rain tomorrow.
  2. Mike會wui5落lok6雨jyu5？今gam1日jat6天tin1氣hei3好hou2暖nyun5呀aa3。Rain? The weather's so warm today.
  3. WongTaai今gam1日jat6暖nyun5，聽ting1日jat6凍dung3。你nei5有jau5冇mou5遮ze1呀aa3？Warm today, cold tomorrow. Do you have an umbrella?
  4. Mike冇mou5呀aa3。No.
  5. WongTaai我ngo5有jau5遮ze1，俾bei2你nei5。I have one. Here, it's yours.
  6. Mike多do1謝ze6黃wong4太taai2！Thank you, Mrs Wong!
  7. Mike聽ting1日jat6好hou2凍dung3……我ngo5唔m4出ceot1去heoi3喇laa3！Cold tomorrow… then I'm not going out!
  8. WongTaai唔m4出ceot1去heoi3？你nei5要jiu3返faan1工gung1呀aa3！Not go out? You have to go to work!

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好似會落雨。— It looks like rain.

  1. AhMingMike，出ceot1面min6好hou2大daai6風fung1呀aa3！Mike, it's really windy outside!
  2. Mike係hai6呀aa3，好hou2似ci5會wui5落lok6雨jyu5。Yes, it looks like it's going to rain.
  3. AhMing聽ting1日jat6會wui5唔m4會wui5有jau5風fung1球kau4呀aa3？Will there be a typhoon signal tomorrow?
  4. Mike風fung1球kau4？乜mat1嘢je5係hai6風fung1球kau4？A typhoon signal? What's a typhoon signal?
  5. AhMing八baat3號hou6風fung1球kau4，唔m4使sai2返faan1工gung1！Signal No. 8: no work!
  6. Mike唔m4使sai2返faan1工gung1？好hou2呀aa3！No work? Great!
  7. AhMing但daan6係hai6唔m4好hou2出ceot1去heoi3，喺hai2入jap6面min6休jau1息sik1。But don't go out. Stay in and rest.
  8. Mike好hou2，我ngo5喺hai2入jap6面min6瞓fan3覺gaau3！Right, I'll stay in and sleep!

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天tin1氣hei3

nounweather

落lok6雨jyu5

verbto rain

遮ze1

nounumbrella

風fung1

nounwind (好大風 "very windy")

暖nyun5

adjectivewarm

會wui5

verbwill (what is going to happen)

好hou2似ci5

verbit seems, it looks like; to be like

出ceot1面min6

nounoutside

入jap6面min6

nouninside

出ceot1去heoi3

verbto go out

風fung1球kau4

nountyphoon signal (Hong Kong)

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會wui5

will; can (a skill)

落lok6

to fall, to come down (in 落雨)

雨jyu5

rain

天tin1

sky; day (in 天氣)

暖nyun5

warm

遮ze1

umbrella; to cover

出ceot1

out, to go out

去heoi3

to go

面min6

side, face (in 出面, 入面)

風fung1

wind

似ci5

to resemble (in 好似)

球kau4

ball (in 風球)

入jap6

in, to enter

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"Will": 會

Explanation

To say what you think is going to happen, put 會 before the verb: 聽日會落雨 "it's going to rain tomorrow". The negative is 唔會: 聽日唔會落雨 "it won't rain tomorrow". To ask, put 會 and 唔會 together, like 係唔係 (chapter 3): 聽日會唔會落雨？ "will it rain tomorrow?". The answer is 會 or 唔會. A time word goes before 會: 聽日會凍 "it'll be cold tomorrow".

Examples

  • 聽ting1日jat6會wui5好hou2暖nyun5。It'll be very warm tomorrow.
  • 今gam1日jat6唔m4會wui5落lok6雨jyu5。It won't rain today.
  • 星sing1期kei4六luk6會wui5唔m4會wui5凍dung3呀aa3？Will it be cold on Saturday?

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"It looks like": 好似

Explanation

When what you see makes you guess, put 好似 in front: 好似會落雨 "it looks like it's going to rain". A whole clause follows 好似: 好似會落雨, 佢好似唔得閒 "she seems to be busy". 好似 is one word. It is not 好 "very" + 似, and it does not mean "good". The person can come first: Mike好似好凍 "Mike looks very cold".

Examples

  • 出ceot1面min6好hou2似ci5好hou2凍dung3。It looks very cold outside.
  • 阿aa3明ming4好hou2似ci5唔m4得dak1閒haan4。Ah Ming seems to be busy.
  • 呢ni1件gin6衫saam1好hou2似ci5好hou2貴gwai3。This top looks very expensive.

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乜嘢係風球？What are typhoon signals?

When a tropical cyclone comes near Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory issues typhoon signals, 風球. They run from No. 1 to No. 10, and each number means something different.

The Observatory and 風球

The signals come from the Hong Kong Observatory, 香港天文台 (天文台 tin1 man4 toi4).

Until 2002 the Observatory issued the signals by hoisting them. That is why people still call them 風球 fung1 kau4.

The first warnings began in 1884: red drums, cones and balls hoisted on a mast in Tsim Sha Tsui. Numbered signals came in 1917.

Which number?

No. 1 is the standby signal: a tropical cyclone is within about 800 km of Hong Kong.

No. 3 is the strong wind signal.

No. 8 is the gale or storm signal. It comes in four directions: northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast.

No. 9 means the gale or storm is getting stronger. No. 10 is the hurricane signal.

Above No. 3

Once a signal above No. 3 is issued, government offices, schools, financial markets and most private businesses close, and ferries generally stop running.

That is what Ah Ming means by 八號風球，唔使返工: under signal No. 8 (八號風球 baat3 hou6 fung1 kau4), most offices really do close.

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