Cantonese in One Minute

Pierre-François Métayer, a French guy from Macau has created a great series on Youtube called Learn Cantonese in Just One Minute. Here he is explaining the difference between jiu3 and sai2:


Here are all the characters and Jyutping equivalents used in this video:

要     jiu3       “want”

使     sai2     “need”

要唔要袋呀?

jiu3 m4 jiu3 doi2 aa3?

do you want a bag?

要

jiu3

Yes

唔要

m4 jiu3

No

唔該

m4 goi1

Thank you

你使唔使袋呀?

nei5 sai2 m4 sai2 doi2 aa3?

Do you need a bag?

要

jiu3

Yes

唔使

m4 sai2

No

唔使

m4 sai2

Don’t mention it