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Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 24

唔該，前面落車！Getting off ahead, please!

m4 goi1 cin4 min6 lok6 ce1

Go, come, go back (去, 嚟, 返); getting on and off (上車, 落車); calling out your stop on a minibus; a taxi stuck in traffic, so out and walk.

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唔該，前面落車！— Getting off ahead, please!

  1. AhMingMike！你nei5去heoi3邊bin1度dou6呀aa3？Mike! Where are you going?
  2. Mike我ngo5去heoi3街gaai1市si5。你nei5呢ne1？To the market. And you?
  3. AhMing我ngo5返faan1工gung1。一jat1齊cai4搭daap3小siu2巴baa1啦laa1，上soeng5車ce1！I'm going to work. Let's take the minibus together. Get on!
  4. Mike我ngo5喺hai2邊bin1度dou6落lok6車ce1呀aa3？Where do I get off?
  5. AhMing你nei5要jiu3同tung4司si1機gei1講gong2：「唔m4該goi1，前cin4面min6落lok6車ce1！」You have to tell the driver: "Getting off ahead, please!"
  6. Mike唔m4該goi1，前cin4面min6落lok6車ce1……好hou2。"Getting off ahead, please"… OK.
  7. Mike唔m4該goi1，前cin4面min6落lok6車ce1！Getting off ahead, please!
  8. SiGei好hou2！OK!

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好塞車！— What a traffic jam!

  1. KaYan好hou2塞sak1車ce1呀aa3！What a traffic jam!
  2. Mike係hai6呀aa3，呢ni1條tiu4路lou6好hou2多do1車ce1。Yes, there are so many cars on this road.
  3. KaYan我ngo5哋dei6落lok6車ce1，行haang4路lou6返faan1大daai6學hok6囉lo1。Let's just get out and walk back to the university, then.
  4. Mike喺hai2呢ni1度dou6落lok6車ce1？Get out here?
  5. KaYan喺hai2前cin4面min6嗰go2條tiu4街gaai1落lok6車ce1啦laa1。Let's get out at that street ahead.
  6. Mike唔m4該goi1，前cin4面min6嗰go2條tiu4街gaai1落lok6車ce1！At that street ahead, please!
  7. KaYan好hou2，行haang4路lou6囉lo1！Right, we walk, then!

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上soeng5車ce1

verbto get on (a vehicle)

落lok6車ce1

verbto get off (a vehicle)

上soeng5

verbto go up; to get on

落lok6

verbto go down; to get off

車ce1

nouncar, vehicle

司si1機gei1

noundriver

塞sak1車ce1

nountraffic jam; to be jammed

返faan1

verbto go back, to return

路lou6

nounroad, way

街gaai1

nounstreet

囉lo1

particlesentence-final particle: "then, of course" (the obvious conclusion)

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塞sak1

to block, to stuff (in 塞車)

路lou6

road, way

囉lo1

particle: "then, of course"

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Go, come, go back: 去, 嚟, 返

Explanation

去 is going from where you are to somewhere else: 我去街市 "I'm going to the market". 嚟 is coming toward the person speaking: 你嚟唔嚟呀？ "are you coming?". 返 is going back to a place you belong to or go to every day: 返工 "go to work", 返學 "go to school", 返大學 "go back to the university". All three take the place straight after them, with no 喺.

Examples

  • 佢keoi5返faan1工gung1，我ngo5去heoi3街gaai1市si5。He's going to work; I'm going to the market.
  • 阿aa3明ming4嚟lai4唔m4嚟lai4呀aa3？佢keoi5嚟lai4。Is Ah Ming coming? Yes, he is.
  • 星sing1期kei4日jat6唔m4使sai2返faan1學hok6。No school on Sunday.

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Getting on and off: 上車, 落車

Explanation

上車 is getting on a vehicle; 落車 is getting off. To say where you get off: 喺 + place + 落車: 喺街市落車 "get off at the market", 喺前面落車 "get off ahead". The place comes before the verb, like 我喺公司做嘢 in chapter 9. On a minibus you call out to the driver: 唔該，前面落車！ The call is short, with no 喺.

Examples

  • 我ngo5喺hai2大daai6學hok6落lok6車ce1。I get off at the university.
  • 喺hai2呢ni1度dou6上soeng5車ce1。Get on here.
  • 唔m4該goi1，街gaai1市si5落lok6車ce1！At the market, please!

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