Section 1: Greetings Hello and goodbye 問 候 語 - 你 好 再 見 How will I achieve my targets? Targets for this section My learning targets 1 2 3 4 to be able to use the correct words for hello, goodbye and thank you to be able to use the correct greeting for the time of day to be able to ask someone how he/she is feeling to be able to give the correct reply when asked how I am Done? When? CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) 1
Key words for this section Cantonese 再 見 拜 拜 English Cantonese English goodbye 好 good bye bye 太 好 了! great 謝 謝 thank you 不 太 好 not too good 你 好 嗎? How are you? 還 好 嗎? How are things? 我 很 好 I m fine/i am very well 不 好 bad/not good 晚 上 好 evening 很 糟 terrible 晚 安 night 你 呢? And you? 下 午 好 afternoon 還 好 早 上 好 早 安 not bad; so,so; alright morning 女 士 Ms (Miss or Mrs) 你 好 hello 小 姐 Miss 嗨 hi 太 太 Mrs 請 please 先 生 Mr/sir 太 棒 了! awesome 2 CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES)
Exercise 1.1 On the recording you will hear some people speaking in Cantonese: which greetings are they using? Put a tick in the box under the greeting used by each person. Have a good day bye Hi evening night Hello Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 My score CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) 3
Exercise 1.2 Here is the English for what the next people on the recording are saying but it s not in the same order as what you will hear. Put the order of the recorded words in the box after their English meaning. English meaning Order said 1 How are you? 2 Great! 3 Fine, thanks! 4 Not very well. 5 Awesome! 6 Not bad. 7 Terrible! My score 4 CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES)
Exercise 1.3 Listen to the six people speaking on the recording. The names of the people they are talking to are printed below. What was said to them? Write down in English the word or phrase you hear being spoken to them. Choose from: hello how are you? good evening great good morning goodbye Andrew 安 竹 Peter 彼 德 Dalong 大 龍 Jamie 杰 米 Maria 瑪 麗 亞 Peilan 佩 蘭 1 2 3 4 5 6 My score CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) 5
Exercise 1.4 Listen to the next ten people; who are they speaking to Mr, Mrs or Miss? Put the number of the conversation beside the titles in the grid below as you listen. The first one is done for you. Title Used in numbers Mr Mrs 1 Miss My score 6 CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES)
Exercise 1.5 Put the words Mr, Mrs or Miss in the correct box below the greeting said in each sentence on the recording. 1 Have a good day night evening afternoon morning Hello Alright Not very well 2 3 4 5 My score CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) 7
Cantonese spoken here! Your teacher/lecturer will ask you what your response could be in Cantonese in at least two of the situations below: At 11.00pm you go off to bed You greet your best pal on the way to school You get a present from your grandparents You leave your friends to go home 1 2 3 4 In the conversations below, give the best answer in Cantonese to whatever the teacher/lecturer says: he/she might suggest a possible reply like this: (not bad). 1. Teacher/lecturer: Hello! 2. Teacher/lecturer: evening 3. Teacher/lecturer: How are you? 4. Teacher/lecturer: How are you? (alright) (not bad) 5. Teacher/lecturer: How are things? 6. Teacher/lecturer: How are you? (not very well) (fine thanks) 8 CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES)
My mini dictionary Cantonese English Cantonese English 再 見 goodbye 先 生 Mr 拜 拜 bye bye 太 太 Mrs 謝 謝 thank you 小 姐 Miss 你 好 嗎? How are you? 你 好 hello 好 good 嗨 hi 很 好 very well 你 呢? And you? 太 好 了 great 早 上 好 or good morning 早 安 OK, 還 好 OK, alright 下 午 好 or good afternoon 午 安 不 好 bad 晚 上 好 good evening 不 太 好 not very good 晚 安 good night CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES) 9
Questions and answers When people have a conversation, it is often in the form of question and answer: one person asks a question and the other gives an answer. Here are the important questions and answers in this lesson. Try to remember them. Question 问 Answer 答 How are you? 你 好 嗎? I m fine, thank you. 我 很 好, 谢 谢 Not too good. 不 太 好 Not bad. 還 好 10 CANTONESE (ACCESS 3, CHINESE LANGUAGES)