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Shopping

How much please?

Gay door cheen mm-goy?

Sounds a little expensive.

Waaaah! (Waaaah! is the great Cantonese exclamation. A loose English equivalent is Wow, or Holy shit!)

Can you make it cheaper?

Pang dee duck-mm-duck?

I’m not a tourist.

Or mm-high yow hark.

Have you got a small?

Nay yow mo sigh ma?

Have you got a medium?

Nay yow mo joong ma?

Have you got a large?

Nay yow mo die ma?

OK, I’ll think about it.

Or lum ha seen.

Have you got any other colours?

Nay yow mo kay tar sick?

Will it work overseas?

Hay-ee ngoy gwok yong duck-mm-duck?

Can you deliver?

Yow mo soong four?

When?

Gay see?

What day?

Been yart?

What time?

Gay deem joong?

Can you deliver this week?

Gum gore lay by soong for duck-mm-duck?

Can you deliver next week?

Ha gore lay by soong for duck-mm-duck?

Can you deliver this weekend?

Gum gore tzow moot soong for duck-mm-duck?

The soong in ‘Can you deliver’…etc has no phonetic next of kin in English. Soong is a combination of the vowel sounds in ooze and the u sound of sung.

(Next, you may need to ask one of the following)

Saturday?

Lay-by look?

Sunday?

Lay-by yart?

Morning?

Serng jow?

Afternoon?

Ha jow?

Can you deliver today?

Gum-yart soong for duck-mm-duck?

Are you open tomorrow?

Ting-yart hoy-mm-hoy moon?

What time do you open?

Gay deem hoy moon?

What time do you close?

Gay deem sarn moon?

Can you order me one?

Bong or or-dah duck-mm-duck?

When can I have it?

Gay see yow duck law?

I want my money back!

Bay farn cheen or!

Can I pay by credit card?

Look card duck-mm-duck?