Learn Cantonese : Lesson 14 "Have you eaten?" in Cantonese

Cantonese Lesson 14
Lesson 14 of our Learn Cantonese Video Course teaches common Chinese greetings. In this lesson you learn Cantonese expressions for "where are you going" and "Have you eaten yet?".
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In this lesson you also learn Cantonese words and phrases for eating in a restaurant in Hong Kong, as Mr Wong invites his friend out to a restaurant.


Lesson transcript is in Yale Cantonese Romanization, traditional Chinese and English translation available from http://cantonesecourse.com

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[connie59do]

their cantonese is the pure/old time accent cantonese. Nowaday most cantonese in hk has a "lazy" accent and words are not pronounced as clearly.

[crazyhanyu]

@connie59do

True - but for beginners it's helpful. Very few, if any, published learning materials have dispensed with the distinctions between l/n, have dropped the -w after k, g etc etc. - and all romanization systems for Cantonese still reflect that standard.

Ideally, we could have authentic materials that reflect the linguistic reality of the average 打工仔 or high school student - but it would take a lot of work putting that together - and it would still not be the way that ALL HKers speak.

[h0wiew0wie]

what's a guk gai? or did he mean to say puk gai? LOL

[crazyhanyu]

鹽焗雞

A traditional Cantonese dish usually translated as Salt-baked Chicken or sth close.

If you Google Cantonese Salt-baked Chicken and maybe the characters 鹽焗雞, you'll be able to find a picture and a recipe

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[crazyhanyu]

Mr. Wong: Waiter, we'd like a yihm guhk Chicken. Mm...Miss Lee, what other dishes do you want?

Miss Lee: Sauteed Chinese Broccoli with Beef, mm...a whole chicken is too much for the two of us. A half will do. Let's have some Water cress Soup, shall we?

Mr. Wong: Ok. You really know how to order dishes. Waiter, can you bring it as soon as possible, please.

Miss Lee: It's really good here. I'll have to bring my mother along some time.

(They finish eating)

[crazyhanyu]

鹽焗雞 yihm guhk Chicken = salt-baked Chicken

[tlaiful]

what song is it at hte begininng

[vintoe]

McCain is a dickhead

[crazyhanyu]

I was hoping it would be both - but thanks for the comment.

[game2heart]

Haha this is more funny than educational.

[paulfrank96817]

I LOVE yim guk gai : )