Learn Cantonese 2: Getting to know you

This is the second in a series of Cantonese learning videos with simple everyday dialogues. Sound files were extracted and recycled from the US Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Basic Cantonese 1. Avatars were made with CrazyTalk. Photos of Hong Kong are distributed under a Creative Commons licence and/or GNU. Everything else is public domain.

In Lesson 2, Mr Ho takes a leisurely evening stroll through the streets of Mong Kok, meets a pretty young lady and asks her her name.

Here is the transcript in Yale Romanization, traditional Chinese and English translation.

Síujé gwaising a?
Ngóh sing Chàhn. Sīnsàang gwaising a?
Síusing Hòh. Chàhn síujé haih m̀hhaih Gwóngdùngyàhn a?
M̀hhaih a. Ngóh haih Seuhnghóiyàhn. Néih nē?
Néih haih m̀hhaih Méihgwokyàhn a?
Haih a. Ngóh haih Méihgwokyàhn.

小姐貴姓呀?

我姓陳. 先生貴姓呀?
小姓何. 陳小姐係唔係廣東人呀?
唔係呀.我係上海人. 你呢? 你係唔係美國人呀?
係呀.我係美國人.

Miss, what’s your name?
My surname is Chan. What’s your name, sir?
My name’s Ho. Are you from Guangdong?
No, I’m from Shanghai. Are you American?
Yes, I’m American.

Attribution and Licencing for photos:
Photo: Sai Yeung Choi Street South Mong Kok taken by Tsui Sing Yan Eric Licenced Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Photo of Portland St neon signs is licenced under GNU Free Documentation and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license versions 2.5, 2.0, and 1.0.

Photo MK Portland St cheap motel is licenced under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License

Photo of Brothel price sign for various nationalities on Soy St., HK is © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version

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