Lesson Transcript
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, I want you to pay attention to the days of the week. |
| Find the days and see how it’s used in the dialogue. |
| 今日係星期幾？ |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 gei2?) |
| 今日係星期幾？ |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 gei2?) |
| What day is it today? |
| 今日係星期三。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 saam1.) |
| 今日係星期三。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 saam1.) |
| Today is Wednesday |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| 今日係星期一。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 yat1.) |
| 今日係星期一。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 yat1.) |
| Today is Monday |
| 今日係星期五。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 ng5.) |
| 今日係星期五。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 ng5.) |
| Today is Friday |
| 今日係星期日。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 yat6.) |
| 今日係星期日。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 sing1 kei4 yat6.) |
| Today is Sunday |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow… |
| 今日係[Day of the week]。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 [Day of the week].) |
| 今日係[Day of the week]。 |
| (gam1 yat6 hai6 [Day of the week].) |
| Today is [Day of the week] |
| The days of the week are commonly referred to using the words 星期 (sing1 kei4) |
| which literally means “star period” or “star cycle” |
| and then adding a number from one to seven to indicate the specific day. |
| And, Don't forget about "Sunday." |
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