Unit 9.2 - Leisure time  

Scenario:

Three friends are talking about how they spend their leisure time.

    

Transcripts:

Chinese

A:你得閒有啲乜嘢逍遣呀? 

B:我得閒鍾意去旺角行吓書局或者同啲朋友去飲下午茶。咁你呢? 

A:我鍾意去打波。 

B:打乜嘢波呀? 

A:乜嘢波都鍾意。我屋企樓下有網球場,得閒就約人去打囉。 

C:打波,咪攪我嘞。我最怕運動。 

A:咁,你得閒鍾意做啲乜嘢呀? 

C:我鍾意打麻雀。可以一路打麻雀,一路同啲friend傾偈。 

B:打麻雀都係做運動啫,做手部運動。 

C:咁又唔同,舒服好多。 

 

English

A: What do you to do in your free time? 

B: When I am free, I enjoy shopping books in Mongkok or have afternoon tea with friends. How about you? 

A: I enjoy playing ball games. 

B: What ball games? 

A: Whatever ball games. There is a tennis court at where I live; I ask my friends to play tennis with me whenever I have time. 

C: Playing ball games? Not my cup of tea. I hate sports. 

A: Then what do you to do when you are free? 

C: I like playing mahjong. While I play mahjong I can have a good chat with my friends. 

B: Playing mahjong is also a kind of sport; exercising your hands! 

C: It is different. (Playing mahjong) is more relaxing. 

Romanization

A: néih dāk hàahn yáuh dī māt yéh sīu hín a? 

B: ngóh dāk hàahn jūng yì heui Wohng Gok hàahng háh syū gúk waahk jé tùhng pàhng yáuh heui yám hah nǵh chàh. gám, néih nē?  

A: ngóh jūng yi heui dá bō. 

B: dá māt yéh bō a? 

A: māt yéh bō dōu jūng yi. ngóh ngūk kéi làuh hah yáuh móhng kàuh chèuhng, dāk hàahn jauh yeuk yàhn heui dá lō. 

C: dá bō, máih gáau ngóh laak. ngóh jeui pa wahn duhng. 

A: gám, néih dāk hàahn jouh di māt yéh a? 

C: ngóh jūng yi dá màh jeuk. hó yi yāt louh dá màh jéuk, yāt louh tùhng dī fēn kīng gái. 

B: dá màh jéuk dōu haih jouh wahn duhng jē, jouh sáu bouh wahn duhng. 

C: gám yauh m̀h tùhng, syū fuhk hóu dō. 

     

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