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A re-incarnation of Popup Cantonese podcast by Brendan O'Kane and David Lancashire.

  1. Popup Cantonese — Elementary: The Lie Detector

    25 May

    Popup Cantonese — Elementary: The Lie Detector

    你講，英文測驗幾分？ Tell me, what is your mark on the English test? 六十五。 Sixty-five. 你講大話！幾分？ You are lying! What's the mark? 四十。 Fourty. 唉，我以前成日八十分。 Ah, I usually got eighty in the past. Learn this vocabulary

    9 min
  2. Popup Cantonese — Elementary: Creative Driving Techniques

    18 May

    Popup Cantonese — Elementary: Creative Driving Techniques

    你衝紅燈喎！ nei5 cung1 hung4 dang1 waa1 ！ You ran the red light! 阿sir，俾次機會吖…？ aa2 sir ， bei2 ci3 gei1 wui6 aa1 … ？ Sir, would you give me a chance? 你冇睇到紅燈咩？ nei5 mou5 tai2 dou2 gung1 dang1 me1 ？ Didn't you see the red light? 有… yau5 … Yes. 咁你點解唔停車？ gam2 nei5 dim2 gaai2 ng4 ting4 ce1 ？ So why didn't you stop the car? 因為..我冇睇到你囉！ yan1 wai4 ..ngo5 mou5 tai2 dou2 nei5 lo1 ！ Because... I didn't see you! Learn this vocabulary

    8 min
  3. Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #1

    18 May

    Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #1

    1. The word for hello is 你好. What is the tone on the character for 你? a) 1st tone b) 2nd tone c) 5th tone d) 6th tone 2. I can introduce myself by saying: 我係拉布布. What is the tone on the character 我? a) 1st tone b) 2nd tone c) 5th tone d) 6th tone 3. How about the tone on the word "to be" — 係? a) 2nd tone b) 4th tone c) 3rd tone d) 6th tone 4. The word goodbye is 再見. What are the tones on that? a) tones 1 2 b) tones 3 3 c) tones 4 6 d) tones 6 6 5. You can greet a male friend by saying: 靚仔. What are the tones on 靚仔? a) tones 2 3 b) tones 2 5 c) tones 3 2 d) tones 6 5 6. The word for beautiful girl is 靚女. What are the tones? a) tones 3 6 b) tones 3 2 c) tones 6 5 d) tones 4 5 7. To say, excuse me, please or hello, you can say 唔該. Identify the correct tones. a) tones 4 1 b) tones 6 5 c) tones 3 2 d) tones 6 1 8. If you don't understand someone, say 我唔明白. What are the correct tones for that sentence? a) tones 1 4 3 6 b) tones 2 4 4 6 c) tones 5 4 4 6 d) tone 2 3 3 5 9. Please speak slower is 唔該講慢啲 . What is the tone on the word 慢? a) tone 3 b) tone 4 c) tone 5 d) tone 6 10. This one is 呢個. What are the correct tones? a) tones 1 3 b) tones 2 4 c) tones 4 5 d) tones 1 6 11. That one is 嗰個. What are the correct tones? a) tones 2 3 b) tones 5 3 c) tones 2 6 d) tones 5 6 12. "I want" is 要. What is the tone on 要, the verb "to want"? a) tone 1 b) tone 3 c) tone 5 d) tone 6 13. Ask if someone has something with the phrase 有冇, as in the sentence 我要水. What are the tones there? a) tones 5 2 b) tones 2 2 c) tones 5 5 d) tones 3 3 14. Give me a beer, is 俾啤酒我. What are the correct tones? a) tones 3 1 4 5 b) tones 2 1 2 5 c) tones 2 1 3 6 d) tones 2 1 6 5 15. Ask if someone can do something is 可唔可以. What are the tones on 可以? a) tones 2 2 b) tones 5 5 c) tones 3 3 d) tones 2 5 16. To apologize you can say 對唔住. What are the tones? a) tones 3 4 5 b) tones 1 2 3 c) tones 3 4 6 d) tones 5 4 6 Answers: 1- c, 2- b, 3- d, 4- b, 5- c, 6- b, 7- a, 8- c, 9- d, 10- a, 11- a, 12- b, 13- c, 14- b, 15- d, 16- c.

    6 min
  4. Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #4

    17 May

    Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #4

    呢個 This one. 嗰個 That one. 呢個，唔該。 This one, please. 嗰個，唔該。 That one, please. 我要呢個。 I want this one. 我要嗰個 。 I want that one. 我要水。 I want water. 我要啤酒。 I want beer. 有冇水？ Do you have water? 有冇啤酒？ Do you have beer? 有冇呢個？ Do you have this? 有冇嗰個？ Do you have that? 俾水我，唔該。 Give me water, please. 俾啲水我，唔該。 Give me some water, please. 俾呢個我。 Give me this one. 俾呢個我。 Give me that one. Learn this vocabulary

    9 min
  5. Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #3

    16 May

    Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #3

    我唔明白。 I don't understand. 唔好意思，我唔明白。 Sorry, I don't understand. 我聽唔到。 I didn't hear. 你可唔可以講多次？ Could you say it again? 唔該講慢啲。 Please speak more slowly. Learn this vocabulary

    6 min
  6. Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #2

    15 May

    Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #2

    多謝。 Thank you. 唔使客氣。 You’re welcome. 多謝晒，靚仔。 Thanks a lot, handsome. 多謝晒，靚女。 Thanks a lot, gorgeous. 唔該。 Please. 對唔住。 Sorry. 對唔住，我遲到。 Sorry, I’m late. Learn this vocabulary

    9 min
  7. Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #1

    14 May

    Popup Cantonese — Basic: Critical Phrases #1

    你好。 Hello. 你好，你好嗎？ Hello, how are you？ 你好，我係拉布布。 Hello, I'm Labubu. 再見。 Goodbye. 再見。下次見。 Goodbye. See you next time. Learn this vocabularyQuestions:1. What does 你好嗎 mean? a) hello b) how are you? c) goodbye d) are you busy? 2. Which one below is “next time”? a) 下次 b) 再 c) 再次 d) 見 3. How do you introduce yourself? a) 你係... b) 我忙... c) 你好... d) 我係... 4. Which of the following can't be the response to 再見？ a) 再見 b) 下見 c) 下次再見 d) 下次見 Answers: 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - b.

    5 min
  8. Popup Cantonese — Advanced: James Bond in Hong Kong

    13 May

    Popup Cantonese — Advanced: James Bond in Hong Kong

    國產 gwok3 caan2 home-made 淩淩漆 ling4 ling4 cat1 homophone for 007 周星馳 zau1 sing1 ci4 Stephan Chow 星爺 sing1 je4 Grampa Sing 喜劇 hei2 kek6 comedy 諷刺 fung3 ci3 to satirize 監守自盜 gaam1 sau2 zi6 dou6 to steal what one’s guarding 賊喊捉賊 caak6 haam3 zuk1 caak6 a thief crying to catch a thief 荼毒 tou4 duk6 to poison 小李飛刀 siu2 lei5 fei1 dou1 Siu Lei’s Flying Dagger 豬肉刀 zyu1 juk6 dou1 chopping knife Questions: 1. 請選擇合適詞語填空： 啤酒 a) 國產 b) 喜劇 c) 諷刺 d) 荼毒 2. （口語）原來錢係你上司貪，佢仲話要徹查公司，真係 。 a) 小李飛刀 b) 賊喊捉賊 c) 含血噴人 d) 無中生有 3. （書面語）我們都是給那些傳統語文教材 ，搞得現在都不會寫文章了。 a) 諷刺 b) 喜歡 c) 荼毒 d) 國產 4. 以下哪一種不是武林秘技？ a) 小李飛刀 b) 凌波微步 c) 連環豬肉刀 d) 降龍十八掌 5. （口語）倉庫唔見，又搵唔到其他人犯罪證據，最有可能就係 啦。 a) 監守自盜 b) 無中生有 c) 憑空不見 d) 空穴來風 Answers: 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c, 4 - c, 5 - a. Popup ChinesePopup CantonesePopup Chinese classicsstupid useless me

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A re-incarnation of Popup Cantonese podcast by Brendan O'Kane and David Lancashire.

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