1. Things a person can hold in their hands (一個老婆餅)

I am holding a famous "wife cake" that I bought from a traditional bakery.

我攞住一個喺舊式餅店買嘅出名老婆餅。

Is the cake warm or cold? It is still warm from the oven.

個餅係暖定凍架？仲係熱辣辣嘅，啱啱出爐。

Why is this bakery famous? It is famous because they have made traditional snacks for many years.

點解呢間餅店咁出名嘅？因為佢哋整咗傳統小食好多年。

2. Things a person cannot hold but can point at (輕鐵車)

Look at the red and blue Light Rail train coming down the street.

睇下嗰架喺條街度駛過嘅紅藍色輕鐵。

Is that a bus or a train on the tracks? It is a Light Rail train.

喺路軌上嗰架係巴士定火車呀？係一架輕鐵。

Which stop is the train going to? It is going to the Ping Shan stop.

架輕鐵去邊個站呀？去緊屏山站。

3. Things a person might do/happen in general (食盆菜)

Families in Yuen Long often eat "Poon Choi" together during big festivals.

元朗啲家庭喺大時大節通常都會一齊食盆菜。

Is Poon Choi full of meat or just vegetables? It is full of many things like pork, chicken, seafood, bean curd, etc.

盆菜多肉定多菜㗎？入面有好多料，好似豬肉、雞肉、海鮮、豆腐等等。

How many people are eating? There are ten people sitting around the table.

有幾多人食呀？有十個人圍住張檯坐。

4. Things a person might remember happening (喺南生圍睇過鱷魚)

I remember seeing a small crocodile in the water at the wetlands in Nam Sang Wai a long time ago.

好耐之前，我喺南生圍啲魚塘見過一條細鱷魚。

Was the crocodile scary or friendly? It was a little bit scary, so I stayed far away!

條鱷魚得人驚定係好友善呀？有啲驚，所以我企遠啲喎！

When did you visit Nam Sang Wai? I went there with my school class last summer.

你幾時去南生圍㗎？我上個夏天同班同學一齊去。

5. Things a person might imagine happening (喺濕地入面搵到一條秘密徑)

I imagine finding a secret path through the tall grass in the countryside.

我想像喺郊外嘅長草叢入面搵到一條秘密徑。

Are you walking or riding a bicycle in your dream? I am riding my bicycle very fast.

你喺夢入面係行路定踩單車㗎？我踩單車踩得好快！

What animals do you see in the grass? I see many beautiful birds and a few small frogs.

你喺草叢入面見到乜嘢動物呀？我見到好多好靚嘅雀仔，同埋幾隻細青蛙。

(Background: Using the principles in this video to generate sentences at different levels of abstraction for translation)