Learn five words that will help you when traveling by airplane
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| Hi guys! Welcome to Cantonese Weekly Words. I'm Olivia, today, we're going to talk about In An Airplane. And we are in an airplane right now. |
| 1. 飛機 (fei1 gei1) "airplane" |
| 我而家坐緊飛機。 (ngo5 ji4 gaa1 co5 gan2 fei1 gei1.) "I'm on an airplane right now." |
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| 2. 安全帶 (on1 cyun4 daai2) "seat belt" |
| This is my seat belt, 安全帶 (on1 cyun4 daai2). |
| 搭飛機要帶安全帶。 (daap3 fei1 gei1 jiu3 daai3 on1 cyun4 daai2.) "Put on the seat belt when you ride the plane." |
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| 3. 空中服務員 (hung1 zung1 fuk6 mou6 jyun4) "flight attendant" |
| There is actually one standing right here. |
| Or, 空中小姐 (hung1 zung1 siu2 ze2) is for female, and 空中少爺 (hung1 zung1 siu3 je4) is for male. |
| 空中服務員 (hung1 zung1 fuk6 mou6 jyun4) is the general term for both genders. |
| In a sentence, |
| 呢個空中服務員好好呀。(ni1 go3 hung1 zung1 fuk6 mou6 jyun4 hou2 hou2 aa3.) “This flight attendant is very nice.” |
| 4. 飛機師 (fei1 gei1 si1) "pilot" |
| Pilot is the guy driving the plane for us. |
| 呢個飛機師好型仔呀！ (ni1 go3 fei1 gei1 si1 hou2 jing4 zai2 aa3!) "This pilot is very handsome!" |
| 5. 時差 (si4 caa1) "time difference" |
| When we travel to another country, very likely there is 時差 (si4 caa1) "time difference". In a sentence, |
| 香港同日本嘅時差係一個鐘。 (hoeng1 gong2 tung4 jat6 bun2 ge3 si4 caa1 hai6 jat1 go3 zung1.) "The time difference between Hong Kong and Japan is one hour." |
| So that's it for today, today we talked about In An Airplane. And we are about to take off soon, I'll see you next time! I'm Olivia. |
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