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Cantonese Chinese · Cantonese Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 38

我頭痛。I have a headache.

ngo5 tau4 tung3

The body: head, arms, legs, eyes, belly; saying what hurts (頭痛, 肚痛); ill and medicine; at the doctor's, with a nurse; "should" (應該).

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我頭痛。— I have a headache.

  1. WongTaaiMike，你nei5今gam1日jat6冇mou5返faan1工gung1？Mike, you didn't go to work today?
  2. Mike冇mou5呀aa3。我ngo5病beng6咗zo2。No. I'm ill.
  3. WongTaai病beng6咗zo2？你nei5邊bin1度dou6唔m4舒syu1服fuk6呀aa3？Ill? Where don't you feel well?
  4. Mike我ngo5頭tau4痛tung3，肚tou5都dou1痛tung3。I have a headache, and my stomach hurts too.
  5. WongTaai你nei5食sik6咗zo2藥joek6未mei6呀aa3？Have you taken any medicine?
  6. Mike未mei6呀aa3。我ngo5冇mou5藥joek6。Not yet. I don't have any medicine.
  7. WongTaai你nei5應jing1該goi1睇tai2醫ji1生sang1！You should see a doctor!
  8. Mike我ngo5唔m4想soeng2去heoi3……I don't want to go…
  9. WongTaai唔m4好hou2咁gam3講gong2！我ngo5同tung4你nei5去heoi3。Don't talk like that! I'll go with you.
  10. Mike多do1謝ze6你nei5，黃wong4太taai2。Thank you, Mrs Wong.

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你邊度痛呀？— Where does it hurt?

  1. JiSang你nei5邊bin1度dou6痛tung3呀aa3？Where does it hurt?
  2. Mike我ngo5頭tau4痛tung3，肚tou5痛tung3。My head hurts, and my stomach.
  3. JiSang手sau2同tung4腳goek3呢ne1？And your arms and legs?
  4. Mike手sau2同tung4腳goek3唔m4痛tung3。眼ngaan5都dou1痛tung3……My arms and legs don't hurt. My eyes hurt too…
  5. WongTaai佢keoi5唔m4想soeng2嚟lai4㗎gaa3！He didn't want to come, you know!
  6. JiSang唔m4緊gan2要jiu3。你nei5應jing1該goi1返faan1屋uk1企kei2瞓fan3覺gaau3。It's nothing serious. You should go home and sleep.
  7. Mike唔m4使sai2食sik6藥joek6？No need for medicine?
  8. JiSang要jiu3。護wu6士si6會wui5俾bei2藥joek6你nei5。每mui5日jat6食sik6三saam1次ci3。Yes, you do. The nurse will give you some. Take it three times a day.
  9. Mike多do1謝ze6醫ji1生sang1！Thank you, doctor!
  10. WongTaaiMike，你nei5應jing1該goi1聽teng1醫ji1生sang1講gong2呀aa3！Mike, you should listen to the doctor!

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頭tau4

nounhead

手sau2

nounhand; arm

腳goek3

nounfoot; leg

眼ngaan5

nouneye

肚tou5

nounbelly, stomach

痛tung3

adjectivepainful; to hurt

病beng6

adjectiveill; illness

睇tai2醫ji1生sang1

verbto see a doctor

藥joek6

nounmedicine

醫ji1生sang1

noundoctor

護wu6士si6

nounnurse

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病beng6

ill; illness

痛tung3

pain; to hurt

藥joek6

medicine

醫ji1

to heal; medicine (in 醫生 "doctor")

腳goek3

foot; leg

眼ngaan5

eye

護wu6

to protect, to care for (in 護士 "nurse")

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What hurts: body part + 痛

Explanation

To say what hurts, put the body part before 痛: 頭痛 "a headache", 肚痛 "a stomach ache". The person comes first: 我頭痛 "I have a headache". If it doesn't hurt, use 唔痛: 手同腳唔痛 "my arms and legs don't hurt". To ask, say 你邊度痛呀？ "where does it hurt?" 痛 can take 好 like an adjective: 好痛 "it really hurts".

Examples

  • 我ngo5頭tau4痛tung3。I have a headache.
  • 佢keoi5肚tou5痛tung3，唔m4去heoi3返faan1工gung1。She has a stomach ache, so she isn't going to work.
  • 我ngo5隻zek3腳goek3好hou2痛tung3。My foot really hurts.

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"Should": 應該

Explanation

應該 "should" goes before the verb: 你應該睇醫生 "you should see a doctor". For "shouldn't", put 唔 in front: 你唔應該行路睇手機 "you shouldn't look at your phone while you walk". To ask for advice, add 嗎 (chapter 37): 我應該食藥嗎？ "should I take medicine?"

Examples

  • 你nei5應jing1該goi1睇tai2醫ji1生sang1。You should see a doctor.
  • 你nei5應jing1該goi1返faan1屋uk1企kei2瞓fan3覺gaau3。You should go home and sleep.
  • 我ngo5應jing1該goi1食sik6藥joek6嗎maa3？Should I take medicine?

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