Cantonese Review 3 - George 有三杯咖啡 （jau5 saam1 bui1 gaa3 fei1）

Video link: https://youtu.be/CVyrm3cZvr4


The principle sentence used in this video is:

George   jau5 saam1 bui1 gaa3 fei1.
George 有    三      杯        咖啡

George         has      three cups of       coffee


Other expressions used in this class and video:

gei2 do1 = how much?
gei2 do1 bui1 = how many cups? (George jau5 gei2 do1 bui1 gaa3 fei1?)
**caa4 jam2 = tea (for drinking)

George jau5 caa4 by itself is hard to understand so you need to add some other words to say "tea". You could say caa4 jam2 or caa4 jip6 [tea leaves]:
NO - George jau5 caa4.
YES - George jau5 caa4 jam2. OR George jau5 caa4 jip6.


I also reviewed the pronunciation of the numbers and the mnemonic for the tones below:

ling4 jat1  ji6 saam1sei3 m5 luk6 cat1 baak3 gau2 sap6 
零   一 二 三  四 五 六 七   八   九   十

jat1 gau2 sei3 ling4 m5   ji6    (1 9 4 0 5 2)
一 九   四 零  五  二  

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