Cantonese/Lesson 9

Days of a Week Spoken formWritten formYaleEnglish禮拜一星期一láih baai yātMonday禮拜二星期二láih baai yihTuesday禮拜三星期三láih baai sāamWednesday禮拜四星期四láih baai seiThursday禮拜五星期五láih baai ńghFriday禮拜六星期六láih baai luhkSaturday禮拜日星期日láih baai yahtSunday Months of a Year Spoken & Written formYaleEnglish一月yāt yuhtJanuary二月yih yuhtFebruary三月sāam yuhtMarch四月sei yuhtApril五月ńgh yuhtMay六月luhk yuhtJune七月chāt yuhtJuly八月baat yuhtAugust九月gáu yuhtSeptember十月sahp yuhtOctober十一月sahp yāt yuhtNovember十二月sahp yih yuhtDecember Seasons of a Year Spoken & Written formYaleEnglish春天chēun tīnSpring夏天hah tīnSummer秋天chāu tīnAutumn冬天dūng tīnWinter Time of a day Spoken formWritten formYaleEnglish上晝上午séuhng jauA.M.中午中午jung ńghNoon下晝 / 晏晝下午hah jau / ngaan jauP.M. Time on a clock For telling time, 兩 is used instead of 二 for the hour, use 二 for the minute. The Cantonese for "o'clock" is 點鐘. Study the following examples: Spoken formWritten formYaleEnglish上晝一點鐘上午一時séuhng jau yāt dím jūngone A.M.下晝兩點鐘下午二時hah jau léuhng dím jūngtwo P.M. The Cantonese for "half past" is 點半 (and 半 means "half of"). Study the following examples: Spoken formWritten formYaleEnglish上晝三點半上午三時三十分séuhng jau sāam dím bunhalf past three A.M.下晝四點半下午四時三十分hah jau sei dím bunhalf past four P.M. The time not exactly "o'clock" can be said with the format "x點y分". Study the following examples: Spoken formWritten formYaleEnglish上晝一點四十分上午一時四十分séuhng jau yāt dím sei sahp fāntwenty to two A.M.下晝兩點二十三分下午二時二十三分hah jau léuhng dím yih sahp sāam fāntwenty-three past two P.M.