Short native-script Cantonese sentences and mini passages for reading practice. Front: the Cantonese sentence in Chinese characters with Jyutping romanization in parentheses. Back: English translation.
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- 今日天氣好靚。 (gam1 jat6 tin1 hei3 hou2 leng3.)
- The weather is very nice today.
- 我叫阿明,住喺香港。 (ngo5 giu3 aa3 ming4, zyu6 hai2 hoeng1 gong2.)
- My name is Ah Ming, I live in Hong Kong.
- 我日日朝早都會去行吓街。 (ngo5 jat6 jat6 ziu1 zou2 dou1 wui5 heoi3 haang4 haa5 gaai1.)
- Every morning I go for a walk.
- 佢有個細妹同埋一個大佬。 (keoi5 jau5 go3 sai3 mui2 tung4 maai4 jat1 go3 daai6 lou2.)
- She has a little sister and a big brother.
- 我哋每個星期日都去街市。 (ngo5 dei6 mui5 go3 sing1 kei4 jat6 dou1 heoi3 gaai1 si5.)
- We go to the market every Sunday.
- 學校朝早九點開始上堂。 (hok6 haau6 ziu1 zou2 gau2 dim2 hoi1 ci2 soeng5 tong4.)
- School starts at nine in the morning.
- 佢好鍾意睇書。 (keoi5 hou2 zung1 ji3 tai2 syu1.)
- He loves reading books very much.
- 夏天嘅時候,香港好熱。 (haa6 tin1 ge3 si4 hau6, hoeng1 gong2 hou2 jit6.)
- It's very hot in Hong Kong during summer.
- 我爸爸係一個老師。 (ngo5 baa4 baa1 hai6 jat1 go3 lou5 si1.)
- My father is a teacher.
- 佢哋琴日睇咗場戲。 (keoi5 dei6 kam4 jat6 tai2 zo2 coeng4 hei3.)
- They watched a movie yesterday.
- 我日日朝早都飲茶。 (ngo5 jat6 jat6 ziu1 zou2 dou1 jam2 caa4.)
- I drink tea every morning.
- 呢個城市有好多舊樓。 (nei1 go3 sing4 si5 jau5 hou2 do1 gau6 lau2.)
- There are many old buildings in this city.
- 河邊有條靚村。 (ho4 bin1 jau5 tiu4 leng3 cyun1.)
- There is a beautiful village by the river.
- 我媽媽日日都煮飯。 (ngo5 maa4 maa1 jat6 jat6 dou1 zyu2 faan6.)
- My mother cooks every day.
- 落雨嘅時候,我哋唔會出街。 (lok6 jyu5 ge3 si4 hau6, ngo5 dei6 m4 wui5 ceot1 gaai1.)
- When it rains, we don't go outside.