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🎬 Video B1 Easy Cantonese 2 — What Makes You Happy?
Easy Cantonese 2 — What Makes You Happy?
咩令你快樂？
About this video Easy Languages hits the streets of Hong Kong to ask locals: what makes you happy? Listen to real Cantonese speakers give short, natural answers — perfect for intermediate learners.
Transcript
00:00
我哋宜家出發啦！今日想問下你呢，有啲咩令到你開心架？
Ngo5dei6 ji4gaa1 ceot1faat3 laa3! Gam1jat6 soeng2 man6 haa5 nei5 ne1, jau5 di1 me1 ling6dou3 nei5 hoi1sam1 gaa3?
Let's get started! Today we want to ask you: what makes you happy?
00:35
我諗係我屋企人啦，我小朋友囉，或者有陣時同阿仔一齊玩。至少可以喺屋企輕鬆下。
Ngo5 lam2 hai6 ngo5 uk1kei2jan4 laa1, ngo5 siu2pang4jau5 lo1, waak6ze2 jau5zan2si4 tung4 aa3zai2 jat1cai4 waan2. Zi3siu2 ho2ji5 hai5 uk1kei2 hing1sung1 haa2.
I think it's my family, my child. Sometimes playing with my son. At least I can stay home and relax.
01:18
揀去邊度啊？我未去過嘅地方囉。譬如……日本囉，遠啲嘅地方。
Gaan2 heoi3 bin1dou6 aa2? Ngo5 mei6 heoi3gwo3 ge1 dei6fong1 lo1. Pei3jyu4... jat6bun2 lo1, jyun5 di1 ge3 dei6fong1.
Where would I go? Places I've never been. For example... Japan. Somewhere farther away.
01:40
生活裡面令到我開心啊？嗯……冇咩興趣嘅。好難講。
Sang1wut6 leoi5min6 ling6dou3 ngo5 hoi1sam1 aa3? Ng6... mou5 me1 hing3ceoi3 ge2. Hou2 naan4 gong2.
Things in life that make me happy? Um... I don't really have any hobbies. It's hard to say.
02:18
咁佢由細到大都照顧我啦，佢知我唔鍾意食啲皮啊嘛。
Gam2 keoi5 jau4 sai3 dou3 daai6 dou1 ziu3gu3 ngo5 laa1, keoi5 zi1 ngo5 ng4 zung1ji3 sik6 di1 pei4 aa1 maa3.
He's been taking care of me since I was little. He knows I don't like eating the skin.
03:12
譬如射擊啊？定係嗰啲……幾分鐘都冇，就被我啊媽收左啦。
Pei3jyu4 se6gik1 aa1? Ding6hai6 go2di1... Gei2 fan1zung1 dou1 mou5, zau6 bei3 ngo5 aa3maa1 sau1zo2 laa3.
For example archery? Or those... Not even a few minutes and my mum confiscates it.
03:50
冇，就係食嘢。嗯！我都係。
Mou5, zau6 hai6 sik6 je5. Ng6! Ngo5 dou1 hai6.
No, just eating. Yes! Me too.
04:15
多謝你哋接受我哋嘅訪問！
Do1ze6 nei5dei6 zip3sau6 ngo5dei6 ge3 fong3man6!
Thank you all for taking part in our interview!
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