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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Cantonese Season 1, Lesson 13 - Who Is It? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask who someone is in Cantonese. |
| Body |
| Eric: First we will learn how to ask 'Who is it?' in Cantonese. |
| Olivia: [Normal] 邊個呀?(bin1 go3 aa3) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'Who' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 邊個 [Slow] 邊個 (bin1 go3) |
| Eric: Last is the final particle. |
| Olivia: [Normal] 呀 [Slow] 呀(aa3) |
| Eric: Listen again to the question meaning 'Who is it?' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 邊個呀? [Normal] 邊個呀?(bin1 go3 aa3) |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the way to ask, 'Who is that?' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 嗰位係邊個呀?(go2 wai2 hai6 bin1 go3 aa3) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'That person' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 嗰位 [Slow] 嗰位 (go2 wai2) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'is' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 係 [Slow] 係(hai6) |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning 'who' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 邊個 [Slow] 邊個(bin1 go3) |
| Eric: Last is the final particle. |
| Olivia: [Normal] 呀 [Slow] 呀(aa3) |
| Eric: Listen again to the question meaning 'Who is that?' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 嗰位係邊個呀? [Normal] 嗰位係邊個呀?(go2 wai2 hai6 bin1 go3 aa3) |
| Eric: Now let’s look at a response meaning 'It's me.' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 係我呀!(hai6 ngo5 aa3) |
| Eric: First is a verb meaning 'is' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 係 [Slow] 係(hai6) |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning 'me' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我 [Slow] 我(ngo5) |
| Eric: Last is the final particle. |
| Olivia: [Normal] 呀 [Slow] 呀(aa3) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'It's me.' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 係我呀! [Normal] 係我呀!(hai6 ngo5 aa3) |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'That’s a friend of mine.' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 嗰位係我嘅朋友。(go2 wai2 hai6 ngo5 ge3 pang4 jau5) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'That person' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 嗰位 [Slow] 嗰位(go2 wai2) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'is' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 係 [Slow] 係(hai6) |
| Eric: Next is the possessive determiner meaning 'my'. |
| Olivia: [Normal] 我嘅 [Slow] 我嘅(ngo5 ge3) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'friend' |
| Olivia: [Normal] 朋友 [Slow] 朋友(pang4 jau5) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'That’s a friend of mine.' |
| Olivia: [Slow] 嗰位係我嘅朋友。 [Normal] 嗰位係我嘅朋友。(go2 wai2 hai6 ngo5 ge3 pang4 jau5) |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Olivia: If someone knocked on your door all of the sudden, the question you can use to see who’s there is 邊個呀? (bin1 go3 aa3) This is the common way to say "Who is it?” |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Olivia: 拜拜! (baai1 baai3) |
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