Unit 8 Shopping, Food and Drink　

Objectives

1. To recognize and pronounce Cantonese words with the initials [d], [n], [s], [y], [ch];
2. To recognize and pronounce Cantonese words with the finals [a], [ai], [au], [aai], [ei];
3. To learn basic Cantonese food and drink vocabulary.

Warm up　　 Work together.

• Can you name a place in HKIED?
• Do you know where the ‘tou4 syu1 gun2’ is? Have you been there before?

Vocabularies

Sentence structure

I want to have afternoon tea at the canteen.

我想去canteen食下午茶。

[ngo5 seung2 heui3 canteen sik6 ha6 ng5 cha4.]

I want to eat steamed shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, steamed pork dumplings and BBQ pork buns.

我想食蝦餃、腸粉、燒賣、叉燒包。

[ngo5 seung2 sik6 ha1 gaau2, cheung2 fan2, siu1 maai2, cha1 siu1 baau1.]

Conversation 　　Practice with a partner.

Scene I: Sally and Linda are going to eat in the canteen.

Sally: Where shall we go for afternoon tea?

　　　去邊度食下午茶好呀？

　　　[heui3 bin1 dou6 sik6 ha6 ng5 cha4 hou2 a3?]

Linda: Ground floor canteen.

　　　 地下 canteen 吖。

　　　 [dei6 ha2 canteen a1.]

Sally: One sandwich and a cold lemon tea, please.

　　　 一份三文治、一杯凍檸茶吖，唔該。

　　　[yat1 fan6 saam1 man4 ji6, yat1 bui1 dung3 ning5 cha4 a1, m4 goi1.]

Cashier: Eat here or take away?

　　　 喺度食定攞走呀？

　　　[hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 lo2 jau2 a3?]

Sally: Eat here.

　　　 喺度食。

　　　 [hai2 dou6 sik6.]

Scene II: Sally and Linda are going to have meals in a Chinese restaurant.

Waiter: How many people do you have?

　　　 幾多位呀？

　　　[gei2 do1 wai2 a3?]

Sally: Two, please.

　　　 唔該兩位。

　　　 [ng4 goi1 leung5 wai2.]

Waiter: Which tea do you want to drink?

　　　 飲咩茶呀？

　　　 [yam2 me1 cha4 a3?]

Sally: Black Jasmine tea please.

　　　 普洱吖，唔該。

　　　[pou2 nei2 a1, ng4 goi1.]

Linda: What kinds of dim sum do you want to have?

　　　 我哋食咩點心呀？

　　　 [ngo5 dei6 sik6 me1 dim2 sam1 a3?]

Sally: I want to eat steamed shrimp dumpling, rice noodle roll, steamed pork dumpling and BBQ pork bun..

　　　 我想食蝦餃、腸粉、燒賣、叉燒包。

　　　[ngo5 seung2 sik6 ha1 gaau2, cheung4 fan2, siu1 maai2, cha1 siu1 baau1.

Quiz

1. Can you say the following words in Cantonese – ‘take away’?


2. Can you say the following words in Cantonese – ‘maai4 daan1’?


3. Do you know how to order food and drink in a restaurant?