Dialogue 對話 duì huɑ̀        

English Chinese Putonghua
Ali: When is your birthday?
阿力:你什麼時候生日? Aa3 lik6: Nei5 sam6 mo1 si4 hau6 (gei2 si4) saang1 jat6?
Aman: My birthday is on 1st June.
阿文:我的生日是在六月一日。 Aa3 man4: Ngo5 dik1 (ge3) saang1 jat6 si6 zoi6 (hai6 hai2) luk6 jyut6 jat1 jat6。
Ali: My birthday is also in June, but the date is 19th.
阿力:我的生日也是在六月,但是在十九日。 Aa3 lik6: Ngo5 dik1 (ge3) saang1 jat6 jaa5 si6 zoi6 (dou1 hai6 hai2) luk6 jyut6, daan6 si6 (hai6) jat6 kei4 si6 (hai6) sap6 gau2 jat6。
Aman: How about Mei Ling and Siu Ming?
阿文:那麼美玲和小明呢? Aa3 man4: Naa5 mo1 (Gam2) mei5 ling4 wo4 (tung4) siu2 ming4 ne1?
Ali: Their birthdays are on the same day, 11th
August.
阿力:他們的生日相同,美玲是在八月十一日,小明也是八月十一日。 Aa3 lik6: Taa1 mun4 dik1 (Keoi5 dei6 ge3) saang1 jat6 jat6 kei4 soeng1 tung4 (ge3), mei5 ling4 si6 zoi6 (hai6) baat3 jyut6 sap6 jat1 jat6, siu2 ming4 jaa5 (dou1 hai6) si6 zoi6 baat3 jyut6 sap6 jat1 jat6。
Aman: Which horoscope do they belong to?
阿文:他們是哪一個星座? Aa3 man4: Taa1 mun4 (Keoi5 dei6) si6 (hai6) naa5 (bin1) jat1 go3 sing1 zo6?
Ali: They are Leo.
阿力:他們是獅子座。 Aa3 lik6: Taa1 mun4 si6 (Keoi5 dei6 hai6) si1 zi2 zo6。
Aman: Oh, I see. The personalities of Leo
are generous, active and optimistic.
阿文:呀!我知道了!獅子座的人個性慷慨、主動和樂觀。 Aa3 man4: Aa3! Ngo5 zi1 dou3 liu5 (laa3)!Si1 zi2 zo6 dik1 (ge3) jan4 go3 sing3 hong2 koi3, zyu2 dung6 wo4 (tung4) lok6 gwun1。
Ali: We don’t know whether it is true or not, but people belong to different horoscopes have different personalities.
阿力:我們不知道對不對,但是不同星座的人都有不同的個性。 Aa3 lik6: Ngo5 mun4 (dei6) bat1 (m4) zi1 dou3 deoi3 bat1deoi3 (ngaam1 m4 ngaam1) , daan4 si6 (hai6) bat1 tung4 (m4 tung4) sing1 zo6 dik1 jan4 dou1
jau5 bat1 tung4 dik1 (m4 tung4 ge3) go3 sing3。

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