Trying something new and using the principles in this video to generate useful sentences for translation. The concept is 5 increasingly abstract categories, each with a statement, a yes/no question, and an open-ended question.

1. Things a person can hold in their hands: 一個紅蘋果

This is a crisp, red apple from the local market.

呢個係喺街市買嘅，又爽又紅嘅蘋果。

Is the apple sweet or sour? It's sweet.

個蘋果係甜定酸呀？係甜嘅。

What other fruits are usually this same colour? Cherries also are.

仲有咩生果通常都係呢隻色呀？車厘子都係。

2. Things a person cannot hold but can point at: 課室入面嘅鐘

The clock on the wall shows that it is exactly ten o'clock.

牆上嘅鐘顯示而家係十點正。

Can you see the second hand moving around the circle? Yes, I can see it clearly.

你睇唔睇到秒針喺度轉緊圈呀？我睇得好清楚。

Why is it important to have a clock in a classroom? So that the teacher knows how long until the class finishes.

點解課室入面有個鐘咁重要呀？因為老師要知道仲有幾耐先落課。

3. Things a person might do or might happen to a person: 打乞嗤

People often sneeze when there is dust in the air.

空氣有塵嘅時候，人通常會打乞嗤。

Do you usually say "Bless you" when someone sneezes? Yes, I do.

人哋打乞嗤嗰陣，你通常會唔會同佢講「大吉利是」呀？會呀。

What are some common reasons why people sneeze? Because they have a cold.

多數人點解會打乞嗤呀？因為感冒囉。

4. Things a person might remember happening: 生日派對

Last year, I had a large chocolate cake at my birthday party.

上年生日派對嗰陣，我食咗個好大嘅朱古力蛋糕。

Did you invite your friends to your last birthday celebration? Yes, I did.

你上次生日，有冇請朋友去慶祝呀？有呀。

What is your favourite memory from a past birthday? My parents bought me a new bike when I was 7 years old.

你以前生日入面，咩係你最鍾意嘅回憶呢？七歲嗰陣，我爸爸媽媽送咗一架新單車畀我。

5. Things a person might imagine happening: 火星旅行

Some people imagine that humans will live on Mars in the future.

有啲人想像將來人類會喺火星生活。

Would you want to go on a rocket ship to another planet? Yes, when it is safe to go.

你想唔想搭火箭去第二個行星呀？想呀，等安全啲先去囉。

What do you think a city on Mars would look like? I think the houses will be built in caves underground to protect the residents from the radiation.

你覺得火星上面嘅城市會係點樣㗎？我諗啲屋會起喺地底嘅山洞入面，噉樣可以避免居民受到輻射影響。