Basic Cantonese. Help?

[lo fu la]

Counting, 1 to 10?
yat
yi
sam
say
m
luck
chat
baat
gau
sup

Yes/No?
hai (is) ho(can)
mm ai (not be) mm o(can not)
MAEEEE YO!

Please/Thank you
ching/ doh jeh, mm goi
Hello/Goodbye
nay ho/jow la(done!) chinese not say goodbye, usually just leave

egg roll
cheung geen
hahahahaha

[ZhouJiaQuan]

Hi, i can help ya with manderin I just need to get my book again so i make sure i dont tell you wrong I am rather rusty...



Whats your name - Ni Gui Xing

but i think that translates as "what is your honerable surname", ill have to check...(haha the one time i didnt bring my book with me and i cant remeber all the accent marks, if you say it with a different accent then you say something completley different. a couple days and ill be able to tell ya no problem

Serpent, i responded to yours in southern forum already...

peace,
Wally

[Serpent]

This is great, thank you all for your help.

Say, let's keep this thread going. Any other Cantonese words and phrases that people think are worth knowing?

What about all the common traveller stuff like How much? Where's the hotel? Help I need a doctor! How much for your women?

You know, the usual stuff!

[prana]

Originally posted by Tae Li
Hey in that case i desperately need help with my mandorin...

i know all the basics, but what i really need to know is how do you say:

- Your place or mine?

Ni De Di Fang Hai She Wo De ?

- wake up! wake up!

*universal language* SLAP in the face, or .....

- excuse me

- do you miss me?

Ni Wang Tze Wo mah ?

- whats your name?

Ni jiao sher moh Ming ?

- my name is Tae Li.

Woh De Ming Sher Tae Li.

ok, who's gonna help me out??? there has to be OMEONE hwo speaks mando!

Tae Li

hehehe my Mandarine is questionable.

[Je Lei Sifu]

How much= gei doh chin a

where is the hotel= hai bin do a jau dim

help= gau meng a

call a doctor=giu yi sang

girlfriend= nui pang yau

peace

Je Lei Sifu

[lo fu la]

How much?
gay do chin ah

Where's the hotel?
hai bin do jow dim ah

Help I need a doctor!
ngoh yiu yee sung

How much for your women?
cheng, gay do chin ho liang po ah

[Tae Li]

thanx for the help!

anyone body else fluent in mando?

i want to know everything!!!!!

- excuse me

- what are you doing?

- your place or mine...(really want that one)

- whats the time?

- where are you from in china

- (heres a good one) i do not speak chinese

- i love...

- wanna eat with me?

this is a great thread but it will be a fantastic thread once i get all my answers

tae Li

[prana]

Originally posted by Serpent
This is great, thank you all for your help.

Say, let's keep this thread going. Any other Cantonese words and phrases that people think are worth knowing?

What about all the common traveller stuff like How much?

Tzer Duo Chien ? (Man)
Kei Doh Chin ? (Cant)


Where's the hotel?

*HOTEL* (I dunno how to call it) Jai Na Li ? (Man)
*HOTAL* hai pin Toh ? (Cant)

Help I need a doctor!

Wo yao I-sheng (Mand)
Ngo yew Yi-Sang (Cant)

How much for your women?

removed (Man)
removed? (Cant)

hmm this is kinda rude....

You know, the usual stuff!

[prana]

Originally posted by Tae Li
thanx for the help!

anyone body else fluent in mando?

i want to know everything!!!!!

- excuse me

- what are you doing?


- your place or mine...(really want that one)


- whats the time?


- where are you from in china

- (heres a good one) i do not speak chinese

- i love...

WO AI LI LIAN JIE <--- says Tae Li


- wanna eat with me?

Yao bu yao gen wor tzher fan


this is a great thread but it will be a fantastic thread once i get all my answers

tae Li

[Tae Li]

ok prana you are brilliant! and all the others,

but how do you say excuse me....

and how would you say in mando..

- give me a call

- can you wake me up at 6am?

[prana]

Originally posted by Tae Li
ok prana you are brilliant! and all the others,

but how do you say excuse me....

and how would you say in mando..

- give me a call

- can you wake me up at 6am?

I dont know if there is a useful translation for Excuse me, but it goes like this, "Pie Deh woh" or don't mind me.

Give me a call - Kei wo I ge dien hua
Wake me up at 6 am - Ching ni, lio dien Jiao wo Chi lai

[Tae Li]

prana ... i didnt know you spoke mando!! your my new hero!!

you realise now that im leting you out of my sight right??

ok, does anyone have any really funny mando jokes?

like actaully right them in mando and xplain them in english.....that would be FANTASTIC!!!!! That would be beyond fantastic.....
Tae Li

[joedoe]

I think think most of these things you are asking can probably be more easily expressed in action. E.g.

"Your place or mine?" could be expressed by fondling his (or her)crotch

"I love ..." can be more easily expressed by flashing your breasts (or fondling their crotch).

"Wanna eat me?" can be more easily expressed by grabbing them by the ears and burying their face in your crotch.

See, actions do speak louder than words

[Serpent]

Tae Li, you're a very enthusiastic person. That's kinda cool!

But, Jet Li still won't go out with you, you know! How old are you anyway? Jet's around 40 isn't he?

How do you say

I'm a sad, sad, sad Jet Li super fan

in Cantonese!?

[prana]

Originally posted by Serpent
I'm a sad, sad, sad Jet Li super fan

in Cantonese!?

Ngo hai yat ko ho cham ho cham ge ... err I dunno how to say super fan