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Cantonese Chinese Grammar

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AndTranslation not provided in the original lesson.[]
Under下面[haa5 min6 ]
Before之前[zi1 cin4]
After後[hau6 ]
Inside入面[jap6 min6 ]
Outside外面[ngoi6 min6 ]
With一同[jat1 tung4]
But但是[daan6 si6]
For為[wai4 ]
From由[jau4 ]
To去[heoi2 ]
In在[zoi6 ]

Questions and Adverbs

What?什麼[sam6 maa1 ]
Who?誰?[seoi4 ]
How?怎樣[zam2 joeng6]
Why?為什麼[wai4 sam6 maa1 ]
Where?在哪裡[zoi6 naa1 lei5 ]
Never永不[wing5 bat1 ]
Rarely很少[han2 siu2 ]
Sometimes有時[jau5 si4 ]
Usually通常[tung1 soeng4 ]
Always經常[ging1 soeng4]
Very更加[ang1 gaa1 ]
I我[ngo5 ]
You你[nei5]
He他[taa1]
She她[ji1]
We我們[ngo5 mun4]
They他們[taa1 mun4]
My我的[ngo5 di1 ]
Your你的[ nei5 di1 ]
His他的[taa1 di1 ]
Her她的[ji1 di1]
Our我們的[ngo5 mun4 di1]
Their他們的[taa1 mun4 di1 ]

Grammar in a sentence

I speak English我會講英文[ngo5 kui2 gong2 jing1 man4 ]
You speak French你會講法文[nei5 kui2 gong2 faat3 man4 ]
He speaks German他會講德文[taa1 kui2 gong2 dak1 man4 ]
She speaks Italian她會講意大利文[ji1 kui2 gong2 ji3 daai6 lei6 man4 ]
I visited France我去過法國[ngo5 heoi2 gwo1 faat3 gwok3 ]
I will drink milk我將會飲牛奶[ngo5 zoeng1 kui2 jam2 ngau4 naai1 ]
I understand you我明白你[ngo5 ming4 baak6 nei5 ]
I don't understand you我不明白你[ngo5 bat1 ming4 baak6 nei5 ]
I don't speak French我不會說法文[ngo5 bat1 kui2 jyut6 faat3 man4]
This is my house這是我的房子[ze2 si6 ngo5 di1 fong2 zi2 ]
That restaurant is far那間餐廳很遠[na6 gaan1 caan1 teng1 han2 jyun5 ]
No problem無問題[mou4 man6 tai4]

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