| 你 | 下 | 個 | 禮拜 | 放假 | 呀? |
| Léih | hah | go | láihbaai | fong-ga | àh? |
| you | next | CL | week | take-leave | SFP |
| ‘You’re going on leave next week?’ | |||||
| 一 | 百 | 蚊 | 貴唔貴 | 啲 | 呀? |
| Yāt | baak | mān | gwai-m̀h-gwai | dī | a? |
| one | hundred | dollar | dear-not-dear | some | SFP |
| ‘Isn’t a hundred dollars a bit much?’ | |||||
| 佢 | 係唔係 | 想 | 坐 | 地鐵 | 呀? |
| Kéuih | haih-mhaih | séung | chóh | deih-tit | a? |
| s/he | be-not-be | wish | ride | MTR | SFP |
| ‘Does he want to take the MTR (metro)?’ | |||||
| 你 | 做 | 晒 | 嘢 | 未 | 呀? |
| Léih | jouh | saai | yéh | meih | a? |
| you | do | all | work | not-yet | SFP |
| ‘Have you done all your work (yet)?’ | |||||
| 你 | 個 | 胃 | 有冇 | 事 | 呀? |
| Léih | go | waih | yáuh-móuh | sih | a? |
| your | CL | stomach | have-not-have | problem | SFP |
| ‘Is anything wrong with your stomach?’ | |||||
| 我 | 聽日 | 搵 | 你 | 傾吓， | 得唔得 | 呀? |
| Ngóh | tīngyaht | wán | léih | kīng-háh | dāk-mdāk | a? |
| I | tomorrow | seek | you | chat-a-while | okay-not-okay | SFP |
| ‘I’ll come and talk to you tomorrow, okay?’ | ||||||
| 你 | 真係 | 去? |
| Léih | jānhaih | heui? |
| you | really | go |
| ‘You’re really going?’ | ||
| A: | 我 | 啱啱 | 去過 | 加拿大 |
| Ngóh | ngāam-ngāam | heui-gwo | Gānàhdaaih | |
| I | just-just | go-EXP | Canada | |
| ‘I’ve just been to Canada.’ | ||||
| B: | 你 | 去咗 | 加拿大? |
| Léih | heui-jó | Gānàhdaaih? | |
| you | go-PFV | Canada | |
| ‘You’ve been to Canada?’ | |||
| A: | 你 | 見過 | 佢 | 未 | 呀? |
| Léih | gin-gwo | kéuih | meih | a? | |
| you | meet-EXP | her | not-yet | SFP | |
| ‘Have you met her?’ | |||||
| B: | 見過 | 喇 | / | 未 | 呀 |
| Gin-gwo | la | / | Meih | a | |
| meet-EXP | SFP | / | not-yet | SFP | |
| ‘Yes/ No.’ | |||||
| A: | 你 | 係唔係 | 未 | 去過 | 澳洲 | 呀? |
| Léih | haih-mhaih | meih | heui-gwo | Oujāu | a? | |
| you | be-not-be | not-yet | go-EXP | Australia | SFP | |
| ‘You haven’t been to Australia yet, right?’ | ||||||
| B: | 喀 |
| Haahk | |
| yes | |
| ‘No, I haven’t.’ |
| 你 | 要 | 粥 | 定(係) | 飯 | 呀? |
| Léih | yiu | jūk | dihng(haih) | faahn | a? |
| you | want | congee | or (be) | rice | SFP |
| ‘Would you like congee or rice?’ | |||||
| 邊個 | 打電話 | 嚟 | 呀? |
| Bīngo | dá-dihnwá | làih | a? |
| who | call-phone | come | SFP |
| ‘Who was it that called?’ | |||
| 佢 | 講咗 | 乜嘢 | 激 | 到 | 你 | 咁 | 嬲 | 呀? |
| Kéuih | góng-jó | mātyéh | gīk | dou | léih | gam | lāu | a? |
| s/he | say-PFV | what | annoy | till | you | so | angry | SFP |
| ‘What did he say to make you so angry?’ | ||||||||
| 咁 | 多 | 種 | 花 | 你 | 最 | 鍾意 | 邊 | 種 | 呀? |
| Gam | dō | júng | fā | léih | jeui | jūngyi | bīn | júng | a? |
| so | many | CL | flower | you | most | like | what | kind | SFP |
| ‘Which of these flowers do you like best?’ | |||||||||
| 我哋 | 去 | 邊度 | 飲茶 | 呀? |
| Ngóhdeih | heui | bīndouh | yám-chàh | a? |
| we | go | where | drink-tea | SFP |
| ‘Where shall we go for dim sum?’ | ||||
| 你 | 幾耐 | 冇 | 返 | 英國 | 呀? |
| Léih | géiloih | móuh | fāan | Yīnggwok | a? |
| you | how-long | have-not | return | England | SFP |
| ‘How long has it been since you went back to England?’ | |||||
| 你 | 點 | 解 | 唔 | 出聲 | 呀? |
| Léih | dím | gáai | m̀h | chēut-sēng | a? |
| you | how | come | not | out-voice | SFP |
| ‘Why don’t you say something?’ | |||||
| 呢 | 個 | 字 | 點 | 樣 | 翻譯 | 呀? |
| Lī | go | jih | dím | yéung | fāanyihk | a? |
| this | CL | word | how | way | translate | SFP |
| ‘How can we translate this word?’ | ||||||
| 你 | 屋企 | 有 | 幾 | 多 | (個) | 人 | 呀? |
| Léih | ūkkéi | yáuh | géi | dō | (go) | yàhn | a? |
| you | home | have | how | many | (CL) | people | SFP |
| ‘How many are there in your family?’ | |||||||
| 邊 | 架 | 跑車 | 你 | 覺得 | 最 | 型 | 呀? |
| Bīn | ga | páauchē | léih | gokdāk | jeui | yìhng | a? |
| which | CL | run-car | you | feel | most | cool | SFP |
| ‘[Of those here] which car do you feel is the coolest?’ | |||||||
| 我 | 想 | 知道 | 你 | 有冇 | 諗過 |
| Ngóh | séung | jīdou | léih | yáuh-móuh | lám-gwo |
| I | want | know | you | have-not-have | think EXP |
| ‘I wonder if you’ve ever thought about it.’ | |||||
| 你 | 記唔記得 | 喺 | 邊度 | 買咗 | 乜嘢 | 呀? |
| Léih | gei-mgeidāk | hái | bīndouh | máaih-jó | mātyéh | a? |
| you | remember-or-not | at | where | buy-PFV | what | SFP |
| ‘Do you remember where you bought what?’ | ||||||
| 佢 | 聽 | 倒 | 唔知 | 幾 | 開心 |
| Kéuih | tēng | dóu | mjī | géi | hōisām |
| s/he | hear | PRT | not-know | how | happy |
| ‘She was so happy when she heard about it.’ | |||||