Basic Course: Lesson 13 Dialogue

This lesson is about describing one’s positive experience.

1	A: 你識唔識講台山話呀？	Ni sīk m̈-sīk gōng Họi-San wà* a?
	B: 識，我識講少少。	Sīk, ngoi sīk gōng sīau sīau.
	A: 該尼飯好唔好吃呀？	Kwọi nāi fàn hō m̈-hō hiak a?
2	A: 好，該尼飯好吃。	Hō, kwọi nāi fàn hō hiak.
	B: 好，該尼飯好吃。	Hō, kwọi nāi fàn hō hiak.
3	A: 該尼茶好唔好飲呢？	Kwọi nāi chä hō m̈-hō ngīm nē?
	B: 唔好，該尼茶唔好飲。	M̈-hō, kwọi nāi chä m̈-hō ngīm.
4	A: 該齣戲好唔好睇呀？	Kwọi chūt hi hō m̈-hō hāi a?
	B: 好，嚀齣戲好好睇。	Hō, nịng chūt hi hō hō hāi.
5	A: 該尼音樂好唔好聽呢？	Kwọi nāi yim-ngùk hō m̈-hō hiang nē?
	B: 唔好，該尼音樂唔係好好聽。	M̈-hō, kwọi nāi yim-ngùk m̈-hài hō hō hiang.
6	A: 嚀條路好唔好行呀？	Nịng hïau lù hō m̈-hō häng a?
	B: 好，該條路幾好行。	Hō, kwọi hïau lù gī hō häng.
7	A: 該間屋好唔好住呢？	Kwọi gan ūk hō m̈-hō jì nē?
	B: 唔好，嚀間屋唔係幾好住。	M̈-hō, nịng gan ūk m̈-hài gī-hō jì.
8	A: 嚀樽香水好唔好聞呀？	Nịng dụn hiang-sūi hō m̈-hō mün a?
	B: 好，該樽香水非常之好聞。	Hō, kwọi dụn hiang-sūi fi-sïang ji hō mün.
9	A: 該件衫好唔好着呢？	Kwọi gìng sạm hō m̈-hō jiak nē?
	B: 唔好，嚀件衫常之唔好着。	M̈-hō, nịng gìng sạm fi-sïang ji m̈-hō jiak.
10	A: 你講台山話講得好好。	Ni gōng Höi-San wà* gōng-ak hō hō.
	B: 唔敢當，唔敢當。	M̈-gām ong, m̈-gām ong.

The main grammar point in this lesson is the ability to create adjectives by adding 好 hō before the verb. The resulting adjective means “good” in a way that’s related to a specific type of experience.

For example, 吃 hiak means “eat” and 好吃 hō-hiak means “tasty” or “delicious.” You can even translate this word less effusively as “good”—but specifically related to eating. So if I ask if your food is good, the key question would be:「好唔好吃？」

The other derived words in this lesson are 好飲 hō-ngīm “good (to drink),” 好行 hō-häng “good (to walk),” 好睇 hō-hāi “good (to watch),” 好聽 hō-hiang “good (to listen to),” 好住 hō-ji “good (to live in),” 好聞 hō-mün “good (to smell)” and 好着 hō-jiak “good (to wear).”

Remember that these are adjectives, so if you want to say “very tasty,” you add 好 hō: 好好吃 hō hō-hiak!