CHIN2024 WEEK 3 SEM 1 2023
Tutorial Worksheet 3
1. Asking for and giving directions (including key structures)
1)
________ 喺边度呀?
________ 喺 _______ 前边 后边 左手边 右手边 上边 下边……
2)
唔该,_______点行呀?( _______点去呀?)
唔该,(你知唔知)_________喺边度呀?
______离_______远唔远/近唔近呀?
3)
Supplementary vocabulary
邮局 jau4 guk6-2 post office (or 邮政局 jau4zing3guk6-2 in HK Cantonese)
酒店 zau2 dim3 hotel
书店 syu1 dim3 book shop
公园 gung1jyun2 park
网吧 mong5 baa1 internet café
便利店 bin6 lei6 dim3 convenience store (or 杂货铺 zaap6fo3pou3-2 or 士多 si6do1)
停车场 ting4 ce1 coeng4 car park
动物园 dung6 mat6 jyun4 zoo
CHIN2024 WEEK 3 SEM 1 2023
Alternative activity for on-site students:
Open the interactive map of Canberra Centre
[Link] and ask for directions to the shops
you want to go. (You may also try the interactive map of Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne
[Link]
CHIN2024 WEEK 3 SEM 1 2023
2. Q&A with a friend
1) 你而家喺边度呀? 而家 ji4 gaa1, now (=依家 ji1gaa1)
2) 你屋企隔篱有乜嘢呀? 屋企 [ng]uk1kei2, home
3) 你落堂之后去边度做乜嘢呀? 落堂 lok6 tong4, after class, off class 之后 zi1hau6, afterwards
4) 你屋企离学校远唔远呀?点去呀?
5) 你书包 syu1baau1 里边有乜嘢呀?
(Extra vocab: 电脑 din6nou2 电话 din6waa2 学生证 hok6saang1zing3 笔 bat1 水樽 seoi2zeon1 water bottle 银包
ngan4baau1 wallet)
6) 你嘅左手边系边个呀?右手边呢?
3. Say the following sentences in Cantonese
请问哪儿可以坐公共汽车?
我迷路了,不知道怎么去图书馆。
沿着这条路一直走,走到路口左转,洗手间在你右手边。
医院距离这里不太近,你叫计程车/出租车去吧。
你去哪儿?我去电影院看电影。
4. Reading aloud
Open the Wiki page for 斑马线 (Pedestrian Crossings) in Hong Kong, and read out the passage in
Cantonese [Link]
(See a screenshot below in case you cannot open the webpage)
1) Figure out the pronunciations with the help of the Jyutping converter.
2) Pick out Cantonese words that are different than Mandarin.
3) List the words that you don’t know.