1. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    阿朗，有冇時間買嘢飲呀？

    Ah Long, have we got time to buy a drink?

  2. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    有呀，買啦！

    Yes, let's get something!

  3. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    我有兩樽綠茶呀，你有冇紙巾呀？

    I've got two bottles of green tea. Have you got any tissues?

  4. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    冇呀，買包啦。

    No. Let's buy a pack.

  5. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    呢包紙巾幾多錢呀？

    How much is this pack of tissues?

  6. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    兩個半呀。

    Two fifty.

  7. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    嘩，便利店好多人排隊呀。

    Wow, there's a long queue in the convenience store.

  8. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    係呀，朝早真係特別多人呀。

    Yes, mornings are really busy.

  9. Cashier

    兩樽綠茶，一包紙巾，總共二十二個半。

    Two bottles of green tea and a pack of tissues: twenty-two fifty altogether.

  10. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    好呀，我拍卡呀。

    OK, I'll tap my card.

  11. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    咦？有問題呀？

    Huh? Is something wrong?

  12. Cashier

    先生，你張八達通冇錢呀，負兩毫呀。

    Sir, there's no money on your Octopus card. It's at minus twenty cents.

  13. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    吓？我張卡係負兩毫呀？

    What? My card's at minus twenty cents?

  14. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    唔緊要，增值啦。你有冇錢呀？

    Never mind, top it up. Have you got cash?

  15. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    有，我有一張一百蚊紙。

    Yes, I've got a hundred-dollar note.

  16. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    唔該，佢增值呀。

    Excuse me, he'd like to top up.

  17. Cashier

    增值幾多錢呀？

    How much would you like to add?

  18. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    唔該，增值一百蚊。

    A hundred, please.

  19. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    咁你張卡有幾多錢呀？

    So how much is on your card now?

  20. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    我唔知呀。

    I don't know.

  21. Cashier

    先生，你張卡有九十九蚊八毫。

    Sir, your card has ninety-nine dollars eighty on it.

  22. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    好呀，我拍卡呀。

    OK, I'll tap my card.

  23. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    今次冇問題呀！

    No problem this time!

  24. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    唔該晒！

    Thanks a lot!

  25. Cashier

    多謝！

    Thank you!

  26. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    唔好意思呀，阿欣。

    Sorry about that, Ah Yan.

  27. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    冇所謂啦，行啦！

    No worries. Let's go!

  28. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    我張卡而家有七十七蚊三毫呀。

    My card's got seventy-seven thirty on it now.

  29. Ah Yan (Chan Ka-yan / 陳嘉欣)

    搭地鐵冇問題呀。

    That's plenty for the MTR, then.

  30. Ah Long (Wong Tsz-long / 黃子朗)

    好啦，咁我哋去車站呀。

    OK, let's head to the station then.

Words in this chapter

  • 去 to go
  • 行 to walk
  • 買 to buy
  • 飲 to drink
  • 多 many; much
  • 錢 money
  • 紙巾 tissues; pocket tissues
  • 綠茶 green tea
  • 便利店 convenience store
  • 八達通 Octopus card
  • 增值 to top up a card
  • 拍卡 to tap a card
  • 車站 station
  • 地鐵 MTR; subway
  • 有 to have; there is
  • 冇 not have; there isn't (the negative of 有; never 唔有)
  • 蚊 dollar (spoken; 一百蚊 = $100)
  • 毫 ten cents (兩毫 = 20 cents)
  • 樽 bottle; classifier for bottles (兩樽綠茶)
  • 排隊 to queue

Phrases

  • 你有冇紙巾呀？ Have you got any tissues?
  • 呢包紙巾幾多錢呀？ How much is this pack of tissues?
  • 兩個半呀。 Two fifty.
  • 唔該，增值一百蚊。 A hundred, please (top-up).

Check yourself

  1. 增值

    What does 「增值」 mean?

  2. 呢包紙巾____錢呀？

    Choose the word that completes 'How much is this pack of tissues?'

  3. 我有____樽綠茶呀。

    Choose the word that completes 'I've got two bottles of green tea.'

  4. 你有冇錢呀？____，我有一張一百蚊紙。

    Choose the answer: 'Have you got cash?' — '____, I've got a hundred-dollar note.'

  5. 先生，你張八達通____錢呀。

    Choose the word that completes 'Sir, there's no money on your Octopus card.'

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