Learning Cantonese? One of the things you'll learn about us here at Popup Cantonese is that we move at a pretty fast pace. But we know some of you are struggling to keep up, which is why in today's lesson we take a step back and review some of the things we've learned at the Beginner level up to now. And if you've been following along you have no excuse not to know the answers to these questions.
Or most of these questions. Because we'll just be honest and admit there's at least one tucked away here that's entirely subjective. Nicole is polite and calls it a bonus question, but don't let that fool you. The rest of us in the office consider it the single most important question on the test, and are willing to issue pass/fail credit on it alone. So see how you do, and please don't fail. At least not the one that really matters.
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1. What does 咩事 mean?
a) what time is it
b) what is it
c) who is it
d) why is it
2. If someone says 唱乜鬼歌啫 to you, he probably means
a) don't sing
b) please sing along
c) what song do you want to sing
d) please sing an English song
3. What does the character 乜 mean in the sentence 唱乜鬼歌啫
a) it means “what”
b) it adds emphasis
c) it softens the tone of the sentence
d) it makes it a request
4. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation
a) there's nothing here.
b) everything is here.
c) what else is here?
d) have you got it?
5. To put a sentence into the pas t tense, what do we do?
a) add 啲 after the verb
b) add 紧 after the verb
c) add 咗 after the verb
d) add 唔 at the end of the sentence
6. Which of the following is NOT the translation of “where are my glasses”?
a) 我眼鏡去咗邊啊
b) 我眼鏡喺邊啊
c) 我眼鏡響邊啊
d) 我眼鏡咩邊啊？
7. Which of the following means stupid?
a) 冇面
b) 冇錢
c) 冇時間
d) 冇腦
8. Listen to the sentence and pick the correct translation
a) She's so smart and you don't want her?
b) You're so smart and you fail?
c) You're so smart and she dumped you?
d) You're too smart to get her?
9. Cantonese has many ways of expressing gratitude. Which of the following is not one of them?
a) 多謝
b) 真係冇所謂
c) 真係唔該
d) 好感激你
10. What's the best way of telling someone you're really full?
a) 全部啃得落
b) 真係好好食
c) 真係啃唔落
d) 真係唔該晒
11. Listen to the number and pick the correct one:
a) 29738
b) 18370
c) 28370
d) 19738
12. What does 你仲食 imply?
a) please help yourself.
b) why would you like this dish?
c) you've eaten a lot already.
d) this is delicious.
13. To turn a number into its ordinal form (5th, 6th, etc.), do the following:
a) add 個 to the end
b) reduplicate the number
c) add 第 before the number
d) add 次 to the end
14. Which of the following is NOT a way of asking for permission:
a) O唔OK
b) 可唔可以
c) 啃唔啃得落
d) 得唔得
15. Chow Yun Fat's greatest film was:
a) A Better Tomorrow 英雄本色
b) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍
c) All About Ah-Long 阿郎的故事
d) Let The Bullets Fly 讓⼦彈飛
Answers: 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - a, 4 - a, 5 - c, 6 - d, 7 - d, 8 - b, 9 - b, 10 - c, 11 - c, 12 - c, 13 - c, 14 - c, 15 - a.
