Daily 5-minute Cantonese Lesson

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Morning Gym Chat

TEXT

A: 聽朝去唔去做運動?
ting1 ziu1 heoi3 m4 heoi3 zou6 wan6 dung6?

B: 去呀,九點公園見。
heoi3 aa3, gau2 dim2 gung1 jyun2 gin3.

A: 跑完步去飲咖啡。
paau2 jyun4 bou6 heoi3 jam2 gaa3 fe1.

B: 好,到時見。
hou2, dou3 si4 gin3.

TRANSLATION

A: Exercise tomorrow morning?

B: Yes, see you at the park at nine.

A: After the run we’ll go for coffee.

B: Okay, see you then.

BREAKDOWN

A: 聽朝去唔去做運動?
聽朝 (ting1 ziu1): tomorrow morning; 去 (heoi3): go; 唔去 (m4 heoi3): not go; 做運動 (zou6 wan6 dung6): do exercise / work out

B: 去呀,九點公園見。
去 (heoi3): go; 呀 (aa3): particle; 九點 (gau2 dim2): nine o’clock; 公園 (gung1 jyun2): park; 見 (gin3): meet / see

A: 跑完步去飲咖啡。
跑完步 (paau2 jyun4 bou6): after finishing the run; 去 (heoi3): go; 飲 (jam2): drink; 咖啡 (gaa3 fe1): coffee

B: 好,到時見。
好 (hou2): good / okay; 到時見 (dou3 si4 gin3): see you then

NOTES

Telling time in Cantonese often uses the pattern 「幾點」(gei2 dim2, “what time”) and numbers plus 「點」(dim2, “o’clock”), e.g. 九點 (gau2 dim2, “nine o’clock”), which appears in this dialogue.