Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 29
你食唔食牛肉？Do you eat beef?
Food: rice, noodles, congee, buns, eggs, chicken, beef, pork, fish, vegetables, fruit; a bowl of, a plate of (碗, 碟); what you don't eat (唔 + verb).
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你食唔食牛肉？— Do you eat beef?
- WongTaaiMike，今日嚟我屋企食晚飯啦！Mike, come to my place for dinner today!
- Mike多謝黃太！Thank you, Mrs Wong!
- WongTaai你食唔食牛肉呀？Do you eat beef?
- Mike我唔食牛肉。I don't eat beef.
- WongTaai豬肉呢？雞呢？Pork? Chicken?
- Mike豬肉、雞都食。我好鍾意食魚！Pork and chicken, yes. I really like fish!
- WongTaai好！今日食魚、食菜。Good! Fish and vegetables today.
- Mike我可以食兩碗飯！I can eat two bowls of rice!
- WongTaai兩碗？好，有好多飯！Two bowls? Fine, there's plenty of rice!
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一碗麵，唔該。— A bowl of noodles, please.
- AhMingMike，早晨！食乜嘢呀？Morning, Mike! What are you having?
- Mike一碗麵，唔該。A bowl of noodles, please.
- AhMing要唔要蛋呀？Do you want an egg?
- Mike要呀！Yes, please!
- AhMing粥同包都有。We've got congee and buns too.
- Mike唔使喇。唔該俾筷子我。No, that's all. Chopsticks, please.
- AhMing筷子喺枱上面。呢碟水果係你嘅！The chopsticks are on the table. And this plate of fruit is yours!
- Mike多謝阿明！Thanks, Ah Ming!
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- 飯
nounrice; a meal
- 麵
nounnoodles
- 粥
nouncongee, rice porridge
- 包
nounbun; bread
- 蛋
nounegg
- 雞
nounchicken
- 牛肉
nounbeef
- 豬肉
nounpork
- 魚
nounfish
- 菜
nounvegetables; a dish
- 水果
nounfruit
- 碗
measure wordbowl (measure word: 一碗麵 "a bowl of noodles")
- 碟
measure wordplate (measure word: 一碟飯 "a plate of rice")
- 筷子
nounchopsticks
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- 牛
cow, ox
- 肉
meat
- 豬
pig
- 雞
chicken
- 魚
fish
- 菜
vegetable; dish
- 碗
bowl
- 麵
noodles
- 蛋
egg
- 粥
congee
- 包
bun; bag; to wrap
- 筷
chopstick (in 筷子)
- 子
child; a noun ending (in 筷子)
- 碟
plate (as a measure word)
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A bowl of, a plate of: 碗, 碟
Explanation
For an amount of food, the container is the measure word: 一碗麵 "a bowl of noodles", 一碟飯 "a plate of rice", like 一杯茶 "a cup of tea" in chapter 12. Number + measure word + food: 兩碗飯 "two bowls of rice", 一碟菜 "a plate of vegetables". 呢 and 嗰 take the measure word too: 呢碟水果 "this plate of fruit", 嗰碗粥 "that bowl of congee". To ask the price: 呢碟飯幾多錢呀？ "how much is this plate of rice?".
Examples
- 兩碗粥，唔該。Two bowls of congee, please.
- 呢碟飯幾多錢呀？How much is this plate of rice?
- 一碟菜，一碗麵。A plate of vegetables and a bowl of noodles.
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What you don't do: 唔 + verb
Explanation
唔 before a verb says what you do not do as a rule: 我唔食牛肉 "I don't eat beef", 佢唔飲咖啡 "she doesn't drink coffee". To ask whether someone does something, use verb + 唔 + verb: 你食唔食牛肉呀？ "do you eat beef?". The answer is 食 or 唔食. 都 says you do both: 豬肉、雞都食 "pork and chicken, I eat both".
Examples
- 佢唔飲咖啡。She doesn't drink coffee.
- 你飲唔飲茶呀？我唔飲。Do you drink tea? I don't.
- 佢哋唔食豬肉。They don't eat pork.
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