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UNIT 6

間餐廳喺邊度呀︖ [gaan1 caan1-teng1 hai2 bin-dou6 aa3?]

Where is the restaurant? The following is a conversation of May asking two different New Yorkers for directions in Chinatown.

美: nei5-hou2, cing2-man6 Mott gaai1 hai2 bin1-dou6 aa3?

你好︐請問Mott街喺邊度呀︖ Hello, may I ask where is Mott Street? 甲: m4-hou2-ji3-si1 aa3, ngo5 m4 zi1.

唔好意思呀︐我唔知。 Sorry, I don’t know. 美: m4 gan2-jiu3, m4-goi1 nei5

唔緊要︐唔該你。 It’s okay, thank you. 美: m4-goi1, cing2-man6 nei5 zi1 m4 zi1Mott gaai1 hai2 bin1-dou6 aa3?

唔該︐請問你知唔知Mott街喺邊度呀︖ Excuse me, do you know where is Mott Street? 乙: hai2 cin4-min6 jat1-tiu4 gaai1, jin4-hau6 zyun3 zo2

喺前面一條街︐然後轉左。 It’s on the street in the front, and then you turn left.

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Ming is meeting up with Joe at his company first, and then the two of them are going to lunch together. The following is a conversation between Ming and Joe.

Ming: nei5 ge3 baan6-gung1-sat1 hai2 gei2 lau2 aa3? 你嘅辦公室喺幾樓呀︖ What floor is your office on? Joe: hai2 sap6-ji6 lau2 喺 12樓。 It’s on twelfth floor. Ming: ngo5 hai2 sap6-ji6 lau2 laa3. 我喺 12樓喇。 I am on twelfth floor.

Joe: nei5 zyun3 zo2, dai6-saam1-gaan1 baan6-gung1-sat1 zau6 hai6 laa3 你轉左︐第三間辦公室就係喇。 Turn left, and it’s the third office. Ming: nei5 tai2 m4 tai2 dou2 gaan1 caan1-teng1 hai2 bin1-dou6 aa3? 你睇唔睇到間餐廳喺邊度呀︖ Can you see where is the restaurant? Joe: gaan1 caan1-teng1 giu3 me1 meng2 aa3? 間餐廳叫咩名呀︖ What is the name of the restaurant?

Ming: mak6-dong1-lou4 aa3 麥當勞呀。 McDonald’s. Joe: naa4, hai2 go2-dou6 嗱︐喺嗰度。 There you go, it’s over there.

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Where is it? 前面 [cin-min6] front

後面 [hau6-min6] back

左邊 [zo2-bin1] left side

右邊 [jau6-bin1] right side

隔籬 [gaak3-lei4] next door 轉左 [zyun3 zo2] to turn left

轉右 [zyun3 jau6] to turn right

喺 A前面 [hai2 A cin4-min6] in front of A

喺 A後面 [hai2 A hau6-min6] behind A

喺 A左邊 [hai2 A zo2-bin1] on the left side of A

喺 A右邊 [hai2 A jau6-bin1] on the right side of B

喺 A隔籬 [hai2 A gaak3-lei4] next to A 東 [dung1] east

南 [naam4] south

西 [sai1] west

北 [bak1] north 喺 A東邊 [hai1 A dung1-bin6] on the east side of A

喺 A南邊 [hai1 A naam4-bin6] on the south side of A

喺 A西邊 [hai1 A sai1-bin6] on the west side of A

喺 A北邊 [hai1 A bak1-bin6] on the north side of A 喺 1樓 [hai2 jat1 lau2] on first floor

喺 2樓 [hai2 ji6 lau2] on second floor

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Buildings

圖書館 [tou4-syu1-gun2] library

咖啡店 [gaa3-fe1-dim3] coffee shop

公園 [gung1-jyun2] park

餐廳 [caan1-teng1] restaurant

博物館 [bok3-mat6-gun2] museum

電影院 [din6-jing2 jyun2] movie theater

商場 [soeng1-coeng4] shopping mall

超市 [ciu1-si5] supermarket

停車場 [ting4-ce1-coeng4] parking lot

辦公室 [baan6-gung1-sat1] office

公司 [gung1-si1] company

诊所 [can2-so2] clinic

醫院 [ji1-jyun2] hospital

藥房 [joek6-fong4] pharmacy

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Adverbs 頭先 [tau4-sin1] before; earlier

而家 [ji4-gaa1] now

一陣間 [jat1-zan6-gaan1] later Final Particle 喇 [laa3] to confirm and agree on an action 練習。 [lin6-zaap6] Practice. I. Use the map provided on the precious page to give directions. The pin indicates your current location. You may choose more than one answer. 1. ___ 圖書館 (tou4-syu1-gun2) a. 咖啡店北邊 (gaa3-fe1-dim3 bak1-bin6)

2. ___ 辦公室 (baan6-gung1-sat1) b. 餐廳隔籬 (caan1-teng1 gaak3-lei4)

3. ___ 商場 (soeng1-coeng4) c. 喺我前面 (hai2 ngo5 cin4-min6)

4. ___ 公園 (gung1-jyun2) d. 餐廳左邊 (caan1-teng1 zo2-bin1)

5. ___ 咖啡店 (gaa3-fe1-dim3) e. 停車場隔籬 (ting4-ce1-coeng4 gaak3-lei4) II. Listen to the following conversations and indicate the order (1-3) of the people who are waiting in line.

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___ 阿安 (aa3 on1)

___ 婷婷 (ting4-ting2)

___ 阿紅 (aa3 hung4) III. Write a few sentences to describe the scenes in the following images.

jau5 jat1-go3 neoi5-zai2 hai2… aa3-saa4 ji4-gaa1 faan1-gung… IV. Translate the following sentences. 1. 你而家喺邊度呀︖ [nei5 ji4-gaa1 hai2 bin1-dou6 aa3?] _________________________________________________ 2. My clinic is on fourth floor. _________________________________________________ 3. 我喺商場前面。 [ngo5 hai2 soeng1-coeng4 cin4-min6] _________________________________________________ 4. 我隔籬冇人。 [ngo5 gaak3-lei4 mou5 jan4] _________________________________________________

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Spoken Written 'HƓQLWLRQ Stroke Order Word Pair

baa1-si2䊼㡦 = bus

left

right

‘s

at

front

bar

warrior

zo2䊩 jau6〸

dik1涸

zoi6㖈

cin4

baa1䊼�si6/si2�㡦

ge3㎏

hai2㌆

Traditional Characters Recognizing