Unit 4.3 - Shopping 

Scenario:

Linda is being interviewed in a supermarket. She is asked about how often she goes shopping and what she usually buys etc.

    

Transcripts:

Chinese

訪問員: 小姐,請問你鍾唔鍾意去超級市場買嘢㗎? 

Linda: 麻麻哋啦,有時好多人。 

訪問員: 你幾耐嚟買一次嘢㗎? 

Linda: 一個星期一次。有時兩次。  

訪問員: 你通常嚟買啲咩嘅呢? 

Linda: 買日用品啦,食物啦同埋飲品囉。 

訪問員: 你通常一個人嚟定係同其他人一齊嚟買嘢㗎? 

Linda: 通常一個人嚟。 

訪問員: 咁,你通常夜晚嚟吖定日頭嚟呢? 

Linda: 通常係星期六晏晝嚟買嘢。 

訪問員: 你有冇試過網上購物啊? 

Linda: 有聽過,不過未試過。 

訪問員: 唔該晒,小姐。 

English

Interviewer: Miss, do you like doing shopping in a supermarket? 

Linda: Well, all right. Sometimes it can be very crowded. 

Interviewer: How often do you come here to do shopping? 

Linda: Once a week; sometimes twice. 

Interviewer: What do you usually buy? 

Linda: Daily necessities, food and drinks. 

Interviewer: Do you shop on your own or do shopping with other people (means friends etc)? 

Linda: Usually I do shopping on my own. 

Interviewer: Then, do you come in the evening or during the daytime? 

Linda: Usually Saturday afternoon. 

Interviewer: Have you ever tried doing shopping on the Internet? 

Linda: Heard of it. But never tried. 

Interviewer: Thanks, Miss. 

Romanization

Interviewer: síu jé, chíng mahn néih jūng m̀h jūng yi heui chiū kāp sí chèunhng máaih yéh ga? 

Linda: màh má déi lā, yáuh sìh hóu dō yàhn. 

Interviewer: néih géi noil lèih máaih yāt chi yéh ga? 

Linda: yāt go sīng kèih yāt chi, yáuh sìh léuhng chi. 

Interviewer: néih tūng sèuhng lèih máaih dī māt ge nē? 

Linda: máaih yaht yuhng bán lā, sihk maht lā, tùhng màaih yám bán lō. 

Interviewer: nèih tūng sèuhng yāt go yàhn lèih dihng haih tùhng kèih tā yàhn yāt chàih lèih máaih yéh ga? 

Linda: tūng sèuhng yāt go yàhn lèih. 

Interviewer: gám, néih tūng sèuhng yeh máhn lèih ā, dihng yaht táu lèih nē? 

Linda: tūng sèuhng haih sīng kèih luhk ngaan jau lèih máaih yéh. 

Interviewer: néih yáuh móuh si gwo móhng séuhng kau maht a? 

Linda: yáuh tēng gwo, bāt gwo móuh si gwo. 

Interviewer: m̀h gōi saai, síu jé. 

     

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