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Booking a Movie Ticket

TEXT

A:我想買戲飛。
ngo5 soeng2 maai5 hei3 fei1.

B:要睇邊套戲?
jiu3 tai2 bin1 tou3 hei3?

A:睇新出嘅科幻片。
tai2 san1 ceot1 ge3 fo1 waan6 pin2.

TRANSLATION

A: I want to buy movie tickets.

B: Which movie do you want to watch?

A: The new sci-fi film that just came out.

BREAKDOWN

A: 我想買戲飛。
(ngo5): I; (soeng2): want; (maai5): buy;戲飛 (hei3 fei1): movie ticket

B: 要睇邊套戲?
(jiu3): need/want; (tai2): watch;邊套 (bin1 tou3): which one (套 = classifier for movies); (hei3): movie/play

A: 睇新出嘅科幻片。
(tai2): watch;新出 (san1 ceot1): newly released; (ge3): possessive particle;科幻片 (fo1 waan6 pin2): sci-fi film

NOTES

■ “套” is the classifier/measure word for movies/plays