Category : Science and Education
Archive   : CANTONES.ZIP
Filename : LESSON8
"ja/i","son","n","go","Ni-go haih m\haih Cha\hn taaita/aige ja/i a?","Is this or is this not Mrs. Chan/s son?"
"ne/ui","daughter","n","go","Ke/uih haih bi-n goge ne/ui a?","She is whose daughter?"
"ne/uih-","form to indicate feminine ","bf","","Go/go ne/uihsi\nsa\ang sing ma-tye/h a?","What is this woman teacher called?"
"na\ahm","form to indicate masculine","bg","","Go/go na\ahmsi\nsa\ang haih m\haih gaau Gwo/ndu\nggwa/ ga?","Does this male teacher teach Cantonese (or not)?"
"hohksa-ang","student","n","go","Ke/uih haih bi-ngoge hohksa-ang a?","Whose student is he?"
"Yi\ngma\hn, Yi\ngma/n","English (language)","n","","Ke/uih wu/ih m\wu/ih go/ng Yi\ngma\hn a?","Can or can she not speak English?"
"Ju\ngma\hn, Ju\ngma/n","Chinese (language)","n","","Bi-ngo wu/ih go/ng Ju\ngma\hn a?","Who can speak Chinese?"
"daaihya\hn","adult","n","go","Le/uhnggo daaihya\hn, ya-tgo saima-nja/i.","Two adults, two kids."
"wa/i","polite measure for person","m","","Ne/ih wa/i si/uje/ ju\ngyi cheunggo- ma?","Do your daughters like to sing? Would your daughters like to sing a song?"
"te\ng","listen to","fv","","Ne/ih ju\ngyi te\ng cheunggo- ma?","Do you like to listen to singing?"
"jyu/","cook","fv","","Ne/ih m\wu/ih jyu/ to\hngcha-an a\h?","So you are not able to cook Chinese food, huh!"
"jyu/faahn","cook (a meal, rice)","vo","","Ngo/h ju\ngyi jyu/faahn.","I like to cook."
"jyu/fa/an","cook","n","go","Ke/uih jyu/fa/an.","She is a cook."
"gaau","teach","fv","","Bi-ngo gaau ne/ideih go/ng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/ a?","Who teaches you to speak Cantonese?"
"chu\ngmi\hng","clever, mentally bright, smart","sv","","Ke/uihdi- saima-njja/i chu\ngmi\hng ma?","Are his(her) children clever?"
"yihk","also, too, as well","a","","To\hngcha-an ngo/h yihkdo-u ju\ngyi sihk.","I eat Chinese food also."
"juhng","still, yet","a","","Ne/ih juhng m\ji\ a\h?","You still don/t know!"
"ya\nwaih","because","ma","","Ya\nwaih ne/ih mo/uh chi/n a\h?","Because you do not have money!"
"so/yi/h","therefore","ma","","Ya\nwaih go/bu/n syu\ taai gwai, so/yi/h ngo/h gaau ke/uih.","I do not teach this book to him because it is so expensive."
"laak (or) la, lok (or) lo","indicates changed status","p","","Gogo do-u ho/u daaih laak, wu/ih se/jih laak.","?"
"la\h?","fusion of la and ah","p","","Ke/uhdi- saima-nja/i ho/u daaih la\h?","Her children are very big!"
"Che/ng ne/ih yuhng Yi\ngma\hn se/ ni- ge/igeui syutwah.","Please use English to write these sentences.","x","","",""
"Che/ng ne/ih yuhng Yi\ngma\hn go/ng ni- ge/igeui syutwah.","Please use English to say these sentences.","x","","",""
"Che/ng ne/ih yuhng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/ se/ ni- ge/igeui syutwah.","Please use Cantonese to write these sentences.","x","","",""
"Che/ng ne/ih yuhng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/ go/ng ni- ge/igeui syutwah.","Please use Cantonese to say these sentences.","x","","",""
"Che/ng ne/ih yuhng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/ daap.","Please use Cantonese to answer.","x","","",""
Che/ng ne/ih yuhng Gwo/ngdu\ngwa/ daap.","Please use Cantonese to answer.","x","","",""
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/