新 同事 new|colleague 新同事 New colleague

「咁多 位 同事 ，放 一 放低 手頭上 嘅 嘢 ，望 一 望 過嚟 先 。」 so many|classifiers for people|colleagues|put|once|down|at hand|possessive particle|things|look|once|look|over here|first "So many colleagues, put down what you're doing and take a look over here first." 阿頭 無啦啦 嗌 停 晒 我哋 。 boss|out of nowhere|shouted|stop|completely|us The boss suddenly called us to a stop.

「企 我 隔籬 嘅 呢 位 ，係 我哋 嘅 新 同事 阿文 。 stand|I|next door|possessive particle|this|place|is|we|possessive particle|new|colleague|Ah Man "The person next to me is our new colleague, Ah Man." 佢 係 新加坡 人 ，啱啱 喺 分公司 嗰邊 調 過嚟 。 He|is|Singapore|person|just|at|branch office|over there|transfer|over here He is from Singapore and has just transferred from the branch office. 噉 我 而家 交 時間 畀 佢 介紹 下 自己 。」 then|I|now|hand over|time|to|him|introduce|a little|myself So I will now give him some time to introduce himself.

我 喺 一 間 報社 做 ，而 我 個 部門 負責 報導 國際 新聞 。 I|at|a|measure word for buildings|newspaper|work|and|I|measure word for people|department|responsible for|reporting|international|news I work at a newspaper, and my department is responsible for reporting international news. 公司 一路 想 請 個 普通話 流利 嘅 人 嚟 幫手 處理 國際 新聞 ，估唔到 佢哋 最後 會 喺 新加坡 調 人 過嚟 。 company|all the time|wants|to hire|a|Mandarin|fluent|possessive particle|person|to come|help|to handle|international|news|didn't expect|they|finally|will|at|Singapore|transfer|person|over The company has always wanted to hire someone fluent in Mandarin to help handle international news, but I didn't expect they would end up transferring someone from Singapore.

「大家 好 ，多多 指教 ，大家 可以 嗌 我 做 阿文 ，或者 叫 返 我 英文名 Vincent ，因為 我 同 香港 人 一樣 咁 興 用 英文名 。」 everyone|good|much|guidance|everyone|can|call|me|be|Arman|or|call|back|me|English name|Vincent|because|I|with|Hong Kong|people|same|so|keen|using|English name "Hello everyone, please give me your guidance. You can call me Ah Man, or you can call me by my English name Vincent, because I, like many Hong Kong people, often use an English name."

我 聽 完 之後 呆 咗 ， 坐 我 側邊 嘅 Carmen 更加 忍 唔 住 講 咗 句 ： 「 你 啲 廣東話 … 好 好 啊 ！」 ||||||||next to me||Carmen||||||||||||| After I heard that, I was stunned, and Carmen, who was sitting next to me, couldn't help but say, "Your Cantonese... is really good!"

「哈哈 ，普普通通 啦 。」 haha|just ordinary|particle indicating a casual tone "Haha, it's just ordinary." 阿文 摸摸 個 頭 ，少少 怕醜 噉 笑 。 Ah Man|pats|measure word|head|a little|shy|like that|smiles Ah Man touched his head and smiled a little shyly.

呢個 時候 阿頭 仲要 加 把 口 ：「就 係 因為 阿文 廣東話 好 ，公司 先 會 調 佢 嚟 幫手 啊 ！ this|time|boss|still|add|measure word for tools|mouth|just|is|because|Ah Man|Cantonese|good|company|first|will|transfer|him|come|help|particle At this moment, the boss still had to add: "It's because Ah Man's Cantonese is good that the company will transfer him to help out!" 我 而家 就 去 book 樓下 間 酒樓 ，等陣 我哋 食晏 就 飲 住 茶 歡迎 阿文 加入 ，我 請 ！」 I|now|immediately|go|book|downstairs|classifier for buildings|restaurant|wait a moment|we|have lunch|then|drink|continuous aspect particle|tea|welcome|Ah Man|join|I|treat I'm going to book the restaurant downstairs now. Later, we will have lunch and drink tea to welcome Ah Man. It's on me!

「吓 ？ huh "Huh?" 唔使 嘅 ，邊 好 意思 啊 ！」 no need|particle indicating possession or emphasis|which|good|meaning|particle indicating a question or surprise "No need, that's too kind!" 阿頭 拍拍 阿文 膊頭 ，講笑 噉 話 ：「公司 規矩 ，新人 就要 畀 人 請 飲茶 。」 boss|pat|Ah Man|shoulder|jokingly|like that|said|company|rules|new employee|must|be|someone|treat|dim sum The boss patted Ah Man on the shoulder and jokingly said: "According to company rules, newcomers have to treat others to tea."

阿頭 安排 阿文 坐 Carmen 隔籬 ，我哋 三 個 坐 同 一 行 。 the boss|arranged|Ah Man|to sit|Carmen|next to|we|three|classifier for people|to sit|the same|one|row The boss arranged for Ah Man to sit next to Carmen, while the three of us sat in the same row.

「 Hello 阿文 ，我 都 係 叫 阿文 啊 ，不過 係 『卡文 』，中文名 係 嘉敏 。」 Hello|Ah Man|I|also|am|called|Ah Man|ah|but|is|Ka Man|Chinese name|is|Ka Min "Hello Ah Man, my name is also Ah Man, but it's 'Ka Man', and my Chinese name is Ka Man."

「你 好 啊 Carmen 。」 you|good|particle|Carmen "Hello Carmen."

「你啲 廣東話 真係 好好 喎 ，點 學 返嚟 㗎 ？」 your|Cantonese|really|very good|particle indicating affirmation|how|learn|back|particle indicating a question "Your Cantonese is really good, how did you learn it?" Carmen 係 成 個 部門 最 八卦 、最 多口 嘅 人 。 Carmen|is|whole|measure word for people|department|most|gossip|most|talkative|possessive particle|person Carmen is the most gossipy and talkative person in the whole department.

「我 啲 廣東話 一般 㗎 咋 。 I|plural marker|Cantonese|just|sentence-final particle|only "My Cantonese is just average." 而 我 點解 識 講 ，有 三 個 原因 嘅 ：一 係 大學 嗰陣 我 嚟 過 香港 交換 半 年 ；二 係 我 鄉下 其實 係 廣州 ，爺爺 嫲嫲 都 有 教 我 講 下 。」 and|I|why|can|speak|have|three|measure word|reasons|possessive particle|one|is|university|at that time|I|came|past tense marker|Hong Kong|exchange|half|year|two|is|I|hometown|actually|is|Guangzhou|grandfather|grandmother|both|have|taught|me|speak|a little "The reason I can speak is for three reasons: first, I came to Hong Kong for a half-year exchange during university; second, my hometown is actually Guangzhou, and my grandparents taught me a bit."

「哦 ，唔怪得之 啦 。 oh|no wonder|particle indicating finality or emphasis "Oh, no wonder." 噉 第 三 個 原因 呢 ？」 then|the|third|measure word|reason|question particle "So what's the third reason?"

「三 就 係 我 好 鍾意 周星馳 嘅 戲 。」 three|then|is|I|very|like|Stephen Chow|possessive particle|movie "The third is that I really like Stephen Chow's movies."

「我 都 係 喎 ！」 I|also|am|particle indicating affirmation "Me too!"

「『乜 咁 啱 啊 』！ what|so|right|particle "What a coincidence!" 周星馳 喺 海外 好 紅 㗎 ： 《 食神 》 啊 、 《 九品 芝麻官 》 啊 、 《 唐伯虎 》 啊 ， 呢 啲 戲 嘅 台詞 ， 我 個個 朋友 都 識 背 咁 滯 。 ||overseas||||God of Cookery||The Nine-Cat (1)|Zhimaguang||Tang Bohu||||||lines||||||recite||stupid Stephen Chow is really popular overseas: "God of Cookery", "The King's Avatar", "Flirting Scholar", my friends can all recite lines from these movies. 我 估 有 唔少 人 學 廣東話 都 真係 因為 佢 ，至少 我 女朋友 係 其中 之一 。」 I|guess|have|quite a few|people|learn|Cantonese|also|really|because|he|at least|my|girlfriend|is|among|one of them I guess there are quite a few people who learn Cantonese because of him, at least my girlfriend is one of them."

「吓 …乜 你 有 女朋友 㗎 嗱 …」 huh|what|you|have|girlfriend|question particle|well "Huh... you have a girlfriend?"

「係啊 ，只係 冇 同 我 一齊 過嚟 香港 。」 yes|only|did not|with|I|together|come over|Hong Kong "Yes, just that they didn't come to Hong Kong with me." 我 喺 側邊 聽 到 都 覺得 尷尬 。 I|at|the side|heard|to|also|felt|embarrassed I felt awkward just listening from the side.

最初 知 公司 會 請 個 講 普通話 嘅 新 同事 嗰 陣 ， 其實 我 真 係 好 擔心 ， 因為 我 啲 普通話 講 得 真 係 好 差 好 差 ， 我 好 驚 日日 都 要 講 。 at first||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| At first, when I knew the company would hire a new colleague who speaks Mandarin, I was really worried because my Mandarin is really poor, and I was afraid I would have to speak it every day. 我 不停 記起 中學 畢業 旅行 同 一 班 朋友 去 上海 玩 ，我 開 親口 講 普通話 ，啲 人 好似 都 聽 唔 明 我 講 咩 噉樣 …不過 見到 阿文 嘅 廣東話 咁 叻 ，總算 鬆 一 口 氣 ，一天 都 光 晒 ！ I|continuously|remember|high school|graduation|trip|with|one|class|friends|go|Shanghai|play|I|open|in person|speak|Mandarin|those|people|seem|all|understand|not|clear|I|say|what|like that|but|seeing|Ah Man|possessive particle|Cantonese|so|good|finally|relaxed|one|mouth|breath|one day|all|bright|sunny I kept remembering the graduation trip in high school when I went to Shanghai with a group of friends, and when I tried to speak Mandarin, it seemed like people couldn't understand what I was saying... But seeing how good Ah Man's Cantonese is, I finally relaxed a bit; it was a bright day!