第 九十九 堂 |Ninety-ninth session| Lesson 99 Salle 99 ホール99 Sala 99 第九十九堂

急口令 Tongue twister Tongue Twister

一 蚊 一 隻 龜 ， 七 蚊 一 隻 雞 。 ||||turtle||dollar|||chicken One mosquito, one turtle, seven mosquitos, one chicken.

佢 話 龜 貴 過 雞 ， 我 話 雞 貴 過 龜 。 ||turtle||||||chicken|more expensive than||turtle They say turtles are more expensive than chickens, I say chickens are more expensive than turtles.

咁 究竟 龜 貴 過 雞 ， 定係 雞 貴 過 龜 ？ |"actually"|turtle||||"or is it"||||turtle So, in the end, are turtles more expensive than chickens, or are chickens more expensive than turtles?

街頭 三 蚊 一 斤 雞 ， 街尾 三 蚊 一 斤 龜 。 Street corner||dollars||pound||end of street||||per catty|turtle meat In the street, three dollars for a pound of chicken, in the alley, three dollars for a pound of turtle.

街頭 買 斤 雞 ， 街尾 買 斤 龜 。 street||||||| Buy a pound of chicken in the street, buy a pound of turtle in the alley.

你 話 雞 貴 定係 龜 貴 ？ ||||||expensive Do you say chickens are more expensive or turtles are more expensive?

練習 一 翻譯 Practice Translation.

而家 水費 咁 貴 ， 唔好 亂 嘥 水 呀 ！ |water bill||||waste||| Water bills are so expensive now, don't waste water!

我 上 個 禮拜 畀 人 罰 咗 四百 蚊 呀 。 ||||||||four hundred|| I got fined 400 dollars last week.

第二 度 嘅 雞尾包 係 冇 雞尾 嘅 包 嚟 㗎 。 |degree||cocktail bun|||||bun|| The second batch of chicken wings did not come with chicken wings.

喺 街市 賣 嗰啲 雞 新鮮 啲 。 |||||fresh| The chickens sold in the market are fresh.

點解 信 風水 嗰啲 人 咁 中意 龜 嘅 ？ Why do people who believe in feng shui like turtles so much?