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INTRODUCTION
David: Welcome to CantoneseClass101.com. I’m David.
Gimmy: 大家好, 我係 Gimmy。(daai6 gaa1 hou2, ngo5 hai6 Gimmy.)
David: And we’re here today with Beginner Season 1, Lesson 14.
Gimmy: A visit to the hospital in Hong Kong.
David: Right. We’ve got a dialogue that takes place between a doctor and a patient.
Gimmy: Right.
David: And it features standard casual Cantonese as always.
Gimmy: Let’s listen to it.

Lesson conversation

醫生,我唔舒服。(ji1 sang1, ngo5 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
邊度唔舒服呀?(bin1 dou6 m4 syu1 fuk6 aa3?)
度度都唔舒服。(dou6 dou6 dou1 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
點解人人都咁講?(dim2 gaai2 jan4 jan4 dou1 gam2 gong2?)
David: One more time, a bit slower.
醫生,我唔舒服。(ji1 sang1, ngo5 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
邊度唔舒服呀?(bin1 dou6 m4 syu1 fuk6 aa3?)
度度都唔舒服。(dou6 dou6 dou1 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
點解人人都咁講?(dim2 gaai2 jan4 jan4 dou1 gam2 gong2?)
David: And now, with the English translation.
醫生,我唔舒服。(ji1 sang1, ngo5 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
A: Doctor, I'm not comfortable.
邊度唔舒服呀?(bin1 dou6 m4 syu1 fuk6 aa3?)
B: Where are you not comfortable?
度度都唔舒服。(dou6 dou6 dou1 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
A: Everywhere is not comfortable.
點解人人都咁講?(dim2 gaai2 jan4 jan4 dou1 gam2 gong2?)
B: Why does everyone say the same thing?
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
David: So our vocab list today includes a lot of medical terms like doctor…
Gimmy: Doctors, nurse.
David: …hospital. Let’s get to that.
VOCAB LIST
Gimmy: 醫生 (ji1 sang1) [natural native speed]
David: Doctor.
Gimmy: 醫生 (ji1 sang1) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 醫生 (ji1 sang1) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 護士 (wu6 si6) [natural native speed]
David: Nurse.
Gimmy: 護士 (wu6 si6) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 護士 (wu6 si6) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 醫院 (ji1 jyun2) [natural native speed].
David: Hospital.
Gimmy: 醫院 (ji1 jyun2) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 醫院 (ji1 jyun2) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 舒服 (syu1 fuk6) [natural native speed]
David: Comfortable.
Gimmy: 舒服 (syu1 fuk6) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 舒服 (syu1 fuk6) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 邊度 (bin1 dou6) [natural native speed]
David: Where.
Gimmy: 邊度 (bin1 dou6) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 邊度 (bin1 dou6) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 度度 (dou6 dou6) [natural native speed]
David: Everywhere.
Gimmy: 度度 (dou6 dou6) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 度度 (dou6 dou6) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 人人 (jan4 jan4) [natural native speed]
David: Everyone.
Gimmy: 人人 (jan4 jan4) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 人人 (jan4 jan4) [natural native speed].
Gimmy: 點解 (dim2 gaai2) [natural native speed]
David: Why?
Gimmy: 點解 (dim2 gaai2) [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 點解 (dim2 gaai2) [natural native speed].
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
David: So our theme is medical. And while we hope you don’t need to use these words, chances are eventually you’re going to want to know them.
Gimmy: Some of them, yes.
David: Right. The first word is obviously “hospital.”
Gimmy: 醫院. (ji1 jyun2)
David: And if you’re new to Hong Kong and you don’t know where the hospitals are, you can always ask, “Where is the hospital?”
Gimmy: 邊度有醫院?(bin1 dou6 jau5 ji1 jyun2?)
David: Or maybe “Where is the closest hospital?”
Gimmy: 邊度係最近嘅醫院?(bin1 dou6 hai6 zeoi3 kan5 ge3 ji1 jyun2?)
David: Once you’ve arrived at the hospital, you’re going to be dealing with doctors…
Gimmy: 醫生. (ji1 sang1.)
David: …and nurses.
Gimmy: 護士. (wu6 si6.)
David: When you first arrived, you’re going to be speaking to a receptionist, so you probably want to tell them, “I want to see a doctor.”
Gimmy: 我想見醫生. (ngo5 soeng2 gin3 ji1 sang1.)
David: “I want to see a doctor.”
Gimmy: 我想見醫生. (ngo5 soeng2 gin3 ji1 sang1.)
David: They’ll probably offer to let you see a nurse first.
Gimmy: Right, David. They’ll usually say 你見咗護士先. (nei5 gin3 zo2 wu6 si6 sin1.)
David: “Why don’t you see a nurse first?”
Gimmy: 你見咗護士先. (nei5 gin3 zo2 wu6 si6 sin1.)
David: “Why don’t you see a nurse first?” Because in Hong Kong, nurses will still do the first screenings.
Gimmy: Yes.
David: Right.
Gimmy: And they’ll probably ask you the same question that we heard in the dialogue, 邊度唔舒服呀?(bin1 dou6 m4 syu1 fuk6 aa3?)
David: “Where are you not feeling well?”
Gimmy: 你邊度唔舒服呀? (nei5 bin1 dou6 m4 syu1 fuk6 aa3?)
David: “You where do not feel comfortable?” And the key word there is “comfortable.”
Gimmy: 舒服. (syu1 fuk6.)
David: “Comfortable.”
Gimmy: 舒服.(syu1 fuk6.) Adding 唔 (m4) in front makes it “not comfortable”.
David: Right, or “uncomfortable”.
Gimmy: Right. 唔舒服. (m4 syu1 fuk6.)
David: “Not comfortable.”
Gimmy: 唔舒服. (m4 syu1 fuk6.)
David: And while you don’t need a lot technical vocab for the parts of the body, you can always communicate to them by saying, “Here is comfortable.”
Gimmy: 呢度舒服. (ni1 dou6 syu1 fuk6 .)
David: “Here is uncomfortable..”
Gimmy: 呢度唔舒服. (ni1 dou6 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
David: So a lot of really useful vocab. Let’s review it one more time. “Hospital.”
Gimmy: 醫院. (ji1 jyun2.)
David: “Doctor.”
Gimmy: 醫生. (ji1 sang1.)
David: “Nurse”.
Gimmy: 護士. (wu6 si6.)
David: “Comfortable”.
Gimmy: 舒服. (syu1 fuk6.)
David: “Uncomfortable”.
Gimmy: 唔舒服. (m4 syu1 fuk6.)
David: And we’ve got a fantastic grammar point for you today. Let’s get to it.

Lesson focus

David: Our grammar point today is a special way to talk about everyone or everything.
Gimmy: Yes.
David: In the dialogue, we ran into this in this line.
Gimmy: 度度都唔舒服. (dou6 dou6 dou1 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
David: “Everywhere is uncomfortable.”
Gimmy: 度度都唔舒服. (dou6 dou6 dou1 m4 syu1 fuk6.)
David: Or literally, “Everywhere all uncomfortable.”
Gimmy: Right.
David: We also saw it in the following line.
Gimmy: 點解人人都咁講? (dim2 gaai2 jan4 jan4 dou1 gam2 gong2?)
David: “Why does everyone say the same thing?”
Gimmy: 點解人人都咁講? (dim2 gaai2 jan4 jan4 dou1 gam2 gong2?)
David: “Why does everyone say the same thing?” So our two keywords are…
Gimmy: 度度. (dou6 dou6.)
David: “Everywhere”.
Gimmy: 人人. (jan4 jan4 .)
David: “Everyone”. And we see this a lot in Cantonese.
Gimmy: Yes.
David: Some more examples of this kind of duplication.
Gimmy: For example, every day will be 日日. (jat6 jat6.)
David: Literally “day day”.
Gimmy: Right.
David: Every day.
Gimmy: Right. For instance, I call you every day, 我日日打電話俾你. (ngo5 jat6 jat6 daa2 din6 waa2 bei2 nei5.)
David: “I everyday call you.”
Gimmy: 我日日打電話俾你. (ngo5 jat6 jat6 daa2 din6 waa2 bei2 nei5.)
David: Right. Or we could say “every year.”
Gimmy: Yes. For example, “I go home for Christmas every year.” 我年年都返屋企過聖誕 (ngo5 nin4 nin4 dou1 faan1 uk1 kei2 gwo3 sing3 daan3).
David: “I go home for Christmas every year.”
Gimmy: 我年年都返屋企過聖誕 (ngo5 nin4 nin4 dou1 faan1 uk1 kei2 gwo3 sing3 daan3).
David: Did you catch how Gimmy said “every year”?
Gimmy: 年年. (nin4 nin4.)
David: “Every year.”
Gimmy: 年年. (nin4 nin4.)
David: One more example. Gimmy, how do you say “every time”?
Gimmy: 次次. (ci3 ci3.)
David: “Every time.”
Gimmy: 次次. (ci3 ci3.)
David: As in, “He’s always late.”
Gimmy: 佢次次都遲到. (keoi5 ci3 ci3 dou1 ci4 dou3.)
David: “He every time to be late.”
Gimmy: 佢次次都遲到. (keoi5 ci3 ci3 dou1 ci4 dou3.)
David: And here’s a tip. Notice that we’re adding….
Gimmy: 都... (dou1 ...)
David: …after all of these words.
Gimmy: Right.
David: You don’t technically need it but it’s much more natural.
Gimmy: Yes.

Outro

David: And you see that in our dialogue, too. For now though, we’re done our lesson for today. I’m David.
Gimmy: I’m Gimmy.
David: Thanks a lot for listening and we’ll see you on the site.
Gimmy:多謝收聽, 下次見. (do1 ze6 sau1 teng1, haa6 ci3 gin3.)

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