Learn five words for the continents
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| Hi guys, welcome to Cantonese Weekly Words. Today, we are going to talk about continents, 洲 (zau1). |
| 洲 (zau1) is like "big island", also called 大陸 (daai6 luk6) "big island." |
| "The seven continents" is 七大洲 (cat1 daai6 zau1). |
| 七 (cat1) is "seven"; and 大 (daai6) is "big"; and 洲 (zau1) is "continents". |
| 地球有五大洋七大洲 |
| (dei6 kau4 jau5 ng5 daai6 joeng4 cat1 daai6 zau1) |
| "The Earth has five oceans and seven continents." |
| And the next word is... |
| 1. 歐洲 (au1 zau1) "Europe." |
| We are in Europe right now. |
| 西班牙係喺歐洲。 |
| (sai1 baan1 ngaa4 hai6 hai2 au1 zau1.) |
| "Spain is in Europe." |
| Where do you live? Do you live in Europe? Let us know in the comments section. |
| And the next word is... |
| 2. 亞洲 (aa3 zau1) "Asia" |
| 香港喺亞洲。 |
| (hoeng1 gong2 hai2 aa3 zau1.) |
| "Hong Kong is in Asia." |
| "Japan is in Asia." |
| 日本喺亞洲。 |
| (jat6 bun2 hai2 aa3 zau1.) |
| 香港係亞洲嘅金融市場。 |
| (hoeng1 gong2 hai6 aa3 zau1 ge3 gam1 jung4 si5 coeng4.) |
| "Hong Kong is Asia's financial market." |
| And the next word is... |
| 3. 非洲 (fei1 zau1) "Africa" |
| 去非洲睇大遷徙。 |
| (heoi3 fei1 zau1 tai2 daai6 cin1 saai2.) |
| "Go to Africa and watch the great migration." |
| 4. 澳洲 (ou3 zau1) "Australia" |
| Gold Coast is in Australia. |
| 我鍾意去澳洲食海鮮。 |
| (ngo5 zung1 ji3 heoi3 ou3 zau1 sik6 hoi2 sin1.) |
| "I like to eat seafood in Australia." |
| Next word is... |
| 5. 北美洲 (bak1 mei5 zau1) "North America" |
| 北美洲 (bak1 mei5 zau1) |
| 北(bak1) is "north"; 美洲 (mei5 zau1) is "America." |
| So, 北美洲 (bak1 mei5 zau1) "North America." |
| 加拿大喺北美洲。 |
| (gaa1 naa4 daai6 hai2 bak1 mei5 zau1.) |
| "Canada is in North America." |
| The next word is... |
| 6. 南美洲 (naam4 mei5 zau1) "South America" |
| 巴西喺南美洲。 |
| (baa1 sai1 hai2 naam4 mei5 zau1.) |
| "Brazil is in South America." |
| Argentina is also in South America. |
| And the next word is... |
| 7. 南極 (naam4 gik6) "Antarctica" |
| 南極 (naam4 gik6) |
| 我想去南極睇企鵝。 |
| (ngo5 soeng2 heoi3 naam4 gik6 tai2 kei2 ngo2.) |
| "I want to go watch penguins in Antarctica." |
| So that’s it for today. Today, we talked about continents, 洲 (zau1). and I will see you next time in other Cantonese video. See you next time. |
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