Cantonese Lesson 7: shopping (how much?) 幾錢呀？

Let's go shopping!
Today we'll learn some essential phrases for shopping. Enjoy!
Thanks for the viewer, in the video I put
Gei2 cin2 "aa1"
It should be "aa3"
Sorry about that!
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I am Amanda from Hong Kong. I make easy and practical cantonese learning videos for complete beginners to intermediate level.
My full time job is a flight attendant. I enjoy studying foreign languages. My job allows me to visit many places and meet many people. So that I have more chances to practice what I have learned.
Due to the covid, I haven't fly regularly for over a year. I find KZbin is extremely helpful for maintaining my language proficiency. One day, out of curiosity, I looked for cantonese learning channels. I was so surprised that there are so little and most of the good one are even from overseas. That's why I started "5 minute cantonese" on 2020.

[@romanlehner7708]

I keep watching this episode, just because seeing you getting so happy and excited about the word shopping is so adorable

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much. 😁

[@binhluong1959]

Lesson 7:Shopping 1.maai5(to buy)0:12 2.cin2(money)0:52 3.gei2 cin2(aa3)(How much)0:54 4.yiu3(to need/to take)1:07 5.ni1 go3(This(one)1:41 6.ni1 di1(These)2:37 7.gwo2 go3(That(one)2:54 8.gwo2 di1(Those)3:01 9.di1(some)4:02 10.caang2(orange)4:13 11.mam1(dollars)4:55

[@yogaalamsyah59]

I'm still learning Cantonese from many channels, though Amanda teaches me to Understand from basic. Bless you, Amanda. Thank you

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you for your comment! I am glad that it helps.

[@oliviam2580]

Listened to the "up to speed" part about 10-15 times before I followed it all, this was super helpful thank you!

[@5minutecantonese]

You are most welcome 😀

[@RussellCatchpole]

Great lesson Amanda👍 To be honest, the way you say yui3 is exactly like how we say “ew” in English. This is what you might say if you find a 3 week old, half eaten chicken leg, under a cushion on your settee 🤢 So it’s easy to remember, the Cantonese means the exact opposite of “I really don’t need this!”

[@5minutecantonese]

🤣 I like your way of memorizing things.

[@liverpix]

Thank you Amanda - you're a good teacher. I am British born Chinese who doesn't want to forget his native tongue.

[@5minutecantonese]

Hi! Nice to meet you! If you are native. I am sure you won't forget the language you keep listening a bit regularly. 👍🏻

[@liverpix]

@@5minutecantonese Thanks, I live and was brought up in the UK so English has become my first language. Don't get much opportunity to speak/hear Cantonese in the real world so it's nice to watch your videos.

[@terrylam6643]

Putting a conversation at the end is awesome

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much!

[@yeng2023]

I like how the way you teaching in Cantonese! Very clear,short lesson for every topic and easy to memorized!!

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much 😊

[@sarmilagrg7952]

You are the best teacher Amanda among than so many cantonese teacher i love you so much

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you 😊

[@alexfame873]

I really appreciate you, the easiest and Friendly way you teaching Cantonese

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much!

[@kerrin6633]

Heheehehee.. i am actually learning how to write Cantonese (I am a Canadian born Chinese) via your videos! ❤ I love how I can learn colloquial words and finally know what they look like. Thanks!!

[@5minutecantonese]

Writing is not easy. 💪🏻加油！

[@sonial7038]

Very clear instructions! Easy to follow! Thank you

[@5minutecantonese]

You are welcome 😊

[@MrPanda-fv9eo]

How can your YT channel is less than 10k ? Your good at teaching basic cantonese. I am here and it helps me a lot to learn from watching you. By the way your beautiful as well 😊

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much! I hope I could reach over 10k too.😊

[@5minutecantonese]

Click the link below for the sample worksheet. www.patreon.com/5minutecantonese?filters[tag]=Happy100th%20Free%20worksheet Enjoy!

[@CantoneseCouple]

Thanks for the video! We learned some new vocab!

[@Shinkaizen]

Thanks for the great lesson! That was really fast conversation in the market! I have to replay few times to understand what's going on 😂

[@5minutecantonese]

😂😂😂

[@bird5798]

Thank you for teaching ,I love to learn Cantonese with you

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much!

[@amisaman046]

Thank you, Amanda. Easy to understand.

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much for your comment 😀

[@slamdunk406]

Thanks so much for your Cantonese lessons! 最好的粤语老师!

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much for the support 😊

[@slamdunk406]

@@5minutecantonese You are welcome! 不用谢!

[@percarell6550]

Thanks Amanda! Much appreciated! 多謝你教咗我咁多嘢!

[@percarell6550]

@@5minutecantonese I am a newbie but I try hard! :)

[@beardan76]

I still use English words to help memorise Cantonese words!

[@5minutecantonese]

Don't worry! Once you get used to it, it will stick into your mind.

[@markfriday]

Thank you, Teacher Amanda! -Mark from Hong Kong

[@keerthyherald4079]

Love your videos.

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you very much

[@maryannestantino4181]

ang galing nio naman Maam magturo ng cantonese

[@jackmaya1951]

Learning cantonese to impress my friend

[@5minutecantonese]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@SwedishSinologyNerd]

TIL Hongkongers call money mosquitoes xD 多謝Amanda老師雅教！

[@5minutecantonese]

😂😂😂 👍🏻

[@HamroOnlineTube]

please make more videos

[@5minutecantonese]

I will try😊

[@xunyicao1004]

我喜欢你教的方法。我是韩国人。

[@5minutecantonese]

謝謝你😊

[@abygayle4147]

Hi 老师 Amanda I have a question. Is it 蚊 refer to hong kong dollar only？

[@5minutecantonese]

I would say for all "dollars".E.g US dollar

[@triviennguyen5191]

Thank you for very interesting and helpful lessons. However I wonder to know about the other expression for " How much is this?" : 依個幾錢呀？Are these two expressions have different using situation?

[@5minutecantonese]

It's just similar to English. "how much?" and "how much is it?" Basically it's similar😉

[@maryannestantino4181]

ang linaw po ng pagkaka pronounce mo Maam

[@KhanhNguyen-vy8zs]

Hi Amanda. Thanks for your lesson. I am confused about how the pronoun "g" in Cantonese seems like "k" in English?

[@5minutecantonese]

yes, you are right. As jyutping sound different. The phonetic sound of g is [k], but it's still with g sound like gaa1 (Family) is similar to the sound as (lady gaga)

[@KhanhNguyen-vy8zs]

@@5minutecantonese you mean Pronunciation is similar to /K/ but it is a voiced sound?

[@5minutecantonese]

@@KhanhNguyen-vy8zs To be honest I don't know the official explanation to this. 😅 Because jyutping is different from English. Like in English, c and k sound K. sometimes they sound exactly the same. But g and k in cantonese are different. g [k] and k [kʰ]

[@kaimu-x4v]

I'm not sure about the pronunciation of "我" yet. Is it something like "Oh" or is it "NO"？ thank you very much.

[@5minutecantonese]

it's like English "all" with "n" sound in the beginning. Is that make sense to you? 😅😅

[@abygayle4147]

幾錢呀 or 幾錢 both means “how much is it?” And “how much?” And another question why we need final particle like 呀, what is 呀 mean?

[@5minutecantonese]

Actually, it's just like a intonation. In English or many other languages, we can change the tone of voice. But Cantonese is a language with tones. We'll still raise a bit of the tone for a question. But sometimes changing the tone will change the whole meaning. That's why we have more intonation words like lei1 la1 aa3... to express our emotions. I hope this can give you a bit of idea.

[@rychxrd]

哈囉。I'm gonna transcribe what went on at the market: 唔該啲橙幾錢呀 十蚊四個 你要幾個 我要六個 六個十五蚊 二十蚊 Is this correct, Amanda? 唔該 And why did you do a reverse here: 十蚊四個 and 六個十五蚊 and they still mean the same?

[@5minutecantonese]

Perfect, you are right ✅️

[@rychxrd]

@@5minutecantonese 謝謝你

[@musicatyu5152]

It is so fun

[@tanushyadav5222]

Amanda am I correct plz check this (I need 6 oranges 🍊) Ngo yiu luk caang🤔🤔

[@5minutecantonese]

Very good! You are almost there. Ngo5 yiu3 luk6 "go3" caang2 All nouns have measure word. Most fruit use "go3" as the measure word

[@tanushyadav5222]

@@5minutecantonese I'm happy because u are my teacher. And u are cute 😍💓. Love you 😘

[@thanhlenguyentran2131]

I wonder why Cantonese use the character for mosquitoe to express the meaning of HK dollar, it's so funny :)))

[@5minutecantonese]

It's by the pronunciation. 😊

[@thanhlenguyentran2131]

@@5minutecantonese i found that Cantonese use a lot of characters that are not used in Chinese, if it was because of the pronunciation why didnt they combine 金文 instead of 虫文, just wonder :)))

[@wengskygabz7338]

Perfect tutorial...love it!❤ m4 goi sai💞

[@5minutecantonese]

You are most welcome 😊

[@harjitsidhu6641]

👍🙏

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you!😁

[@alexfame873]

I want Hong Kong local some good friends to exchange language to learn. Please help me, I'm living in Hong Kong since 5 years but can't speak Cantonese

[@jelyndinamling7296]

❤❤❤❤

[@5minutecantonese]

😁😁😁😁

[@tanushyadav5222]

Amanda please correct me? (I speak cantonese) Ngo gong gwang dong waa

[@5minutecantonese]

👍🏻 you are right

[@longkhanhnguyen3190]

Thanks! to buy. what about “to sell”

[@5minutecantonese]

To sell is "maai6", sound exactly as English "my"

[@longkhanhnguyen3190]

@@5minutecantonese : Thank a lot!

[@tanushyadav5222]

Hello 👋 Amanda can u please tell me about quatnifier I can't understand 😔

[@5minutecantonese]

This is specially for Chinese language. First of all, to make it simple, Pls refer to lesson 11, a "cup" of coffee, a "glass" of wine.... In English, only uncountable nouns have measure word. But in cantonese all nouns have a measure word. The most common one is "go3" 個, it's a important grammer in Chinese. Can also check lesson 32 for more usage.

[@tanushyadav5222]

Thank u Amanda. U r amazing ,and thanks for your efforts to make these kinds of videoZ ❤ lots of love from yin du ❤

[@sloesty]

Gay China (is how I am going to remember how much is it)

[@kirkjohnson882]

DO YOU HAVE A CD?

[@5minutecantonese]

Thank you for watching 😊Unfortunately, I don't have

[@coyotethibodaux]

Gei2 cin2 aa3 幾錢呀？ [Sap6] man1 [10] 蚊 ($10) …Sei3 go3 …4 個 ngo5 yiu3 di1…. / Ngo yiu ni1 go3. Ngo yiu ni1 di1. Ngo yiu gwo2 go3 Ngo yiu gwo di.