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Online Tutorial
Lesson 1
(Greetings)
Practice
A: Nay ho! Ching
mun nay geew mut
mang ah? (Hi!
Can you please
tell me your
name?)
B: Ngaw geew
Alex. Nay ah?
(I’m called
Alex, and you?)
A: Ngaw geew_____,
hung wui. (I’m
called______,
it’s a pleasure)
B: Nay joe mut
hong gah (What’s
your
occupation?)
A: Ngaw hye seen
song lay gah,
nay ah? (I’m a
teacher and
you?) B: Ngaw______.
(I _______.)
A: Daw mm chaw
ah / Gay ho ah
(Not Bad/Pretty
Good)
Lesson 2
(People, Friends
& Family)
Practice
A. Nay yuw gay
daw gaw hing dye
gee mui gah?
(How many
siblings do you
have?)
B. Ngaw yuw som
gaw sye lo,
lerng gaw dai
lo, lerng gaw
mui mui tung my
som gaw jeah
jeah. Nay ah? (I
have 3 younger
brothers, 2
older brothers,
2 younger
sisters and 3
older sisters.
And you?)
A. Wah! Ngaw mut
yea daw mo ah,
don hye ngaw yuw
yut gaw lo duw.
(Gosh! I don’t
have anything,
but I do have a
father.)
B. Daw ok la.
Ngaw gaw lo duw
hey Jung Gawk
ah. (That’s ok.
My father is in
China)
A. Herng Jung
Gawk daw gay ho
ah, mm sye tang
keuy cho huirn
ba bye. (In
China, it’s not
too bad, you
don’t have to
listen to him
yell and
complain)
B. Nay yuw mo
gow chaw ah, gum
gawng yeah geh?
Yun day yerng
dai nay, nay
sick keuy, juir
keuy. (What the
$%&#!? How can
you say that?
That person
raised you, he
fed you and you
lived off of
him.)
A. Gum deem guy
nay gawng nay
gaw lo duw hey
Jung Gawk nay
gaw yerng gum
hoy sum geh?
(Then why when
you said your
father was in
China, you
looked so
happy?)
Lesson
3
(Numbers & Basic
Calculations)
Practice
A. Lee bo cheah
hye lerng dun,
look bok bong,
som deem mm on
cee. (This car
weighs 2 tons,
600lbs and
3.5oz)
B. Nay da peah
pie yuw bok fun
gee guw sup guw
gaw gay wui nay
wui yang. (In
playing cards
you have a 99%
chance of
winning.)
A. Nay lee dee
choy deem my gah?
(How much are
these
vegetables?/How
do you sell
these
vegetables?)
B. Som bong juw
mm gaw boon, yut
bong juw lerng
mun. (3 pounds
for $5.50, 1
pound for $2.)
A. Gum gwye geh?
Haw mm haw yee
som bong mm ho
gee ah? (So
expensive? How
about 50¢ for
3lbs.?)
B. Nay chee seen
gah? Ngaw my fon
lay daw-gaw keuy
lah! (Are you
crazy? That’s
cheaper than I
bought it for.)
A. Hey dye yee
gaw jop faw po
jung gun ga pang
lah. (At another
grocery store,
it’s much
cheaper.)
Lesson
4
(Time)
Practice
A. Yee ga hye
sup yut deem mm
sup bot fun.
(Right now it’s
11:58.)
B. Jung yuw boon
gaw jung tuw juw
fong gung lah.
(Another ½ an
hour till we get
off of work.)
C. Yee ga hye
dup chut. (Right
now it’s 35
minutes in the
hour.)
D. Yut yuut yuw
yaa say gaw seew
see. (There’s 24
hours in a day.)
Lesson
5
(Calendar)
Practice
A: Ching mun,
gum yut hye sing
kay gay ah? (May
I ask what day
is today?)
B: Gum yut hye
sing kay som.
(Today is
Wednesday.)
A: Nay gee mm
gee doe gay ho
ah? (Do you know
what the date
is?)
B: Gum yut hye
say yuirt chut
ho. (Today is
April 7th.)
Lesson
6
(Measurement)
Practice
A. Ngaw sic jaw
yut woon fon lah.
(I had a bowl of
rice already.)
B. Keuy jerk gun
yut geen som.
(S/he’s wearing
a shirt.)
C. Lee teew sing
ho cherng ah.
(This string is
very long.)
D. Ngaw joe lee
fung gung ho
shuir fook ah.
(My job is very
comfortable/I
enjoy my job
very much.)
E. Ngaw yut gaw jung tuw cheen hay jaw sun lah. (I woke up an hour
ago.)
F-Q. Keuy hay
bean do lay gah?
(Where is s/he
from?) A.
Gawng Dung lay
gah. (From
Canton)
G. Deem guy nay
yeew gum joe leh?
(Why do you have
to do that?)
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