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Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 36

一對鞋幾多錢？How much is a pair of shoes?

jat1 deoi3 haai4 gei2 do1 cin2

Big prices (一千, 一萬) and cents (毫); measure words for a pair, books and animals (對, 本, 隻); blue, yellow, green; cash; the supermarket.

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一對鞋幾多錢？— How much is a pair of shoes?

  1. SiuZe歡fun1迎jing4！你nei5哋dei6要jiu3乜mat1嘢je5呀aa3？Welcome! What can I get you?
  2. Mike我ngo5想soeng2買maai5一jat1對deoi3鞋haai4。I'd like to buy a pair of shoes.
  3. SiuZe呢ni1對deoi3藍laam4色sik1嘅ge3好hou2靚leng3呀aa3。This blue pair is lovely.
  4. Mike呢ni1對deoi3鞋haai4幾gei2多do1錢cin2呀aa3？How much are these shoes?
  5. SiuZe一jat1千cin1蚊man1。A thousand dollars.
  6. Mike一jat1千cin1蚊man1？太taai3貴gwai3喇laa3！A thousand dollars? That's too expensive!
  7. KaYan嗰go2對deoi3黃wong4色sik1嘅ge3呢ne1？What about that yellow pair?
  8. SiuZe黃wong4色sik1嗰go2對deoi3三saam1百baak3蚊man1啫ze1。The yellow pair is only three hundred.
  9. Mike黃wong4色sik1？……有jau5冇mou5綠luk6色sik1呀aa3？Yellow? …Do you have green?
  10. SiuZe有jau5！綠luk6色sik1都dou1係hai6三saam1百baak3蚊man1。你nei5俾bei2現jin6金gam1定ding6係hai6八baat3達daat6通tung1呀aa3？Yes! The green is three hundred too. Cash or Octopus?
  11. Mike現jin6金gam1。Cash.

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超市都有書？— The supermarket has books too?

  1. WongTaaiMike！你nei5都dou1嚟lai4超ciu1市si5呀aa3？Mike! You come to the supermarket too?
  2. Mike係hai6呀aa3。我ngo5買maai5咗zo2兩loeng5本bun2書syu1。Yes. I bought two books.
  3. WongTaai超ciu1市si5都dou1有jau5書syu1？The supermarket has books too?
  4. Mike有jau5呀aa3！一jat1本bun2四sei3十sap6五ng5蚊man1五ng5毫hou4啫ze1。Yes! Only forty-five fifty each.
  5. WongTaai好hou2平peng4呀aa3！我ngo5買maai5咗zo2一jat1隻zek3雞gai1。That's cheap! I bought a chicken.
  6. Mike一jat1隻zek3雞gai1幾gei2多do1錢cin2呀aa3？How much is a chicken?
  7. WongTaai八baat3十sap6九gau2蚊man1。……Mike，你nei5對deoi3鞋haai4好hou2靚leng3！Eighty-nine dollars. …Mike, your shoes are lovely!
  8. Mike多do1謝ze6！三saam1百baak3蚊man1。Thank you! Three hundred dollars.
  9. WongTaai三saam1百baak3蚊man1？我ngo5個go3仔zai2買maai5咗zo2一jat1對deoi3鞋haai4，一jat1萬maan6蚊man1！Three hundred? My son bought a pair of shoes for ten thousand!
  10. Mike一jat1萬maan6蚊man1？！Ten thousand dollars?!

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超ciu1市si5

nounsupermarket

鞋haai4

nounshoes

對deoi3

m.pair (measure word: 一對鞋 "a pair of shoes")

藍laam4色sik1

adjectiveblue

黃wong4色sik1

adjectiveyellow

綠luk6色sik1

adjectivegreen

現jin6金gam1

nouncash

毫hou4

m.ten cents (五毫 "fifty cents")

千cin1

numeralthousand

萬maan6

numeralten thousand

本bun2

m.measure word for books

隻zek3

m.measure word (animals; one of a pair; many objects)

啫ze1

particleonly, just (particle at the end: 三百蚊啫 "only three hundred")

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鞋haai4

shoe

藍laam4

blue

千cin1

thousand

啫ze1

only, just (particle)

綠luk6

green

現jin6

present, current (in 現金 "cash")

金gam1

gold; money (in 現金 "cash")

本bun2

measure word for books; origin

超ciu1

to go beyond (in 超市 "supermarket")

毫hou4

ten cents; a tiny bit

隻zek3

measure word (animals; one of a pair; many objects)

萬maan6

ten thousand

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Big prices: 千, 萬 and 毫

Explanation

百 is a hundred, 千 a thousand, 萬 ten thousand: 三百蚊 "300 dollars", 一千蚊 "1,000 dollars", 一萬蚊 "10,000 dollars". The number comes first, as with 百: 一千, 三千, 一萬. 毫 is ten cents, a tenth of a dollar: 五毫 "fifty cents". After 蚊 it adds the cents: 四十五蚊五毫 "$45.50". Mrs Wong's son paid 一萬蚊 for his shoes; Mike paid only 三百蚊.

Examples

  • 呢ni1對deoi3鞋haai4一jat1千cin1蚊man1。These shoes are a thousand dollars.
  • 一jat1萬maan6蚊man1？太taai3貴gwai3喇laa3！Ten thousand dollars? That's too expensive!
  • 呢ni1本bun2書syu1四sei3十sap6五ng5蚊man1五ng5毫hou4。This book is $45.50.

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Measure words: 對, 本, 隻

Explanation

Things are counted with a measure word (chapter 7: 兩個). 對 is "a pair": 一對鞋. 本 counts books: 兩本書. 隻 counts animals and many objects: 一隻雞. 一隻鞋 is one shoe, one of a pair. The measure word also comes after 呢 and 嗰: 呢對 "this pair", 嗰對 "that pair". Once it is clear what you mean, it can stand without the noun: 黃色嗰對 "the yellow pair". With a measure word you can say whose it is without 嘅: 你對鞋 "your shoes", like 我個仔 "my son" (chapter 6).

Examples

  • 我ngo5想soeng2買maai5一jat1對deoi3鞋haai4。I'd like to buy a pair of shoes.
  • 我ngo5買maai5咗zo2兩loeng5本bun2書syu1。I bought two books.
  • 黃wong4太taai2買maai5咗zo2一jat1隻zek3雞gai1。Mrs Wong bought a chicken.

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