1. Things a person can hold in their hands

I am holding a bag of egg waffles from Lee Keung Kee.

我攞住一袋利強記嘅雞蛋仔。

Is the egg waffle salty or sweet? It is sweet and very crunchy.

啲雞蛋仔係甜定鹹㗎？好甜，仲好脆添。

Why is there a long line of people? They are all waiting to buy the fresh waffles.

點解有咁多人排長龍㗎？佢哋全部都係等緊買新鮮出爐嘅雞蛋仔。

2. Things a person cannot hold but can point at

From this ferry pier boats go to Hung Hom and Kowloon City.

由呢個碼頭有船去紅磡同埋九龍城。

Is the pier made of wood or concrete? It is made of grey concrete.

個碼頭係木造定石屎造㗎？係灰色石屎造嘅。

Who can you see sitting near the pier? I can see a lot of people fishing.

你見到有咩人喺碼頭附近坐住呀？我見到好多人喺度釣緊魚。

3. Things a person might do/happen in general

The tram goes by while people buy vegetables in the street market.

啲人喺街市買緊菜嗰陣，叮叮喺旁邊駛過。

Does the tram stop for the people or do the people move for the tram? The people move out of the way very quickly!

架叮叮會停低讓人，定係啲人避開架叮叮呀？啲人好快就閃開啦！

What can you hear in the market? I can hear the tram bell ringing "ding-ding" and stallholders shouting prices.

喺街市你聽到啲咩呀？我聽到叮叮聲，同埋啲檔主喺度叫緊價錢。

4. Things a person might remember happening

I remember eating a big seafood dinner with my friends on the top floor of the market.

我記得有一次同朋友喺街市頂樓食過一餐海鮮大餐。

Was the floor dry or a little bit slippery? It was a bit slippery because it is a busy wet market.

地面係乾定係有啲跣呀？有啲跣，因為係個好繁忙嘅街市。

How did the food taste? It tasted very fresh and it was a bit spicy.

啲嘢食點呀？好新鮮，仲有啲辣辣哋添。

5. Things a person might imagine happening

I imagine jumping into the water at the North Point Ferry Pier and swimming to Kowloon.

我想像自己喺北角碼頭跳落海，然後游過九龍。

Is the water cold or warm in your dream? The water feels perfect and very cool.

你個夢裏面，啲水係凍定暖㗎？啲水感覺好舒服，仲好涼爽。

What do you see when you look back at the shore? I see the tall buildings and the ferry behind me.

你轉頭望返岸邊見到啲咩呀？我見到啲好高嘅大廈，同埋後面嗰艘渡輪。

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