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[1] I; me; my [2] we; our; us [3] self Stroke count: 7
Level: 1
Radical: 戈 (#62)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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我哋
ngo5 dei6 = we 粵
我的
ngo5 dik1 = my; mine 國
我們的
ngo5 mun4 dik1 = our; ours 國
我們
ngo5 mun4 = we; us 國
我唔知
ngo5 m4 zi1 = "I don't know" 粵
我哋嘅
ngo5 dei6 ge3 = our; ours 粵
我嘅
ngo5 ge3 = my; mine 粵
畀我
bei2 ngo5 = give me; let me 粵
自我
zi6 ngo5 = self; oneself; ego
當我
dong1 ngo5 = when I...See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 73 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 452 examples containing 我
我下個星期就返香港啦。 粵
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797]
我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now. [literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]
我係今日返屋企㗎。 粵
I returned home only today. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]
我叫小明。
I am called Siu Ming. [The alternative is 'I am Siu Ming' which is, in Cantonese, '我係小明。 ngo5 hai6 siu2 ming4']
以後我點叫你哋呀? 粵
How can I order from your [restaurant] in the future? [Lit. Afterwards I how order you-guys?]
咁我想點呀 粵
In that case, how do I feel? [Use the corrected Jyutping! 咁 is almost meaningless when used to introduce a sentence, you could translate it as "in that case" here.]
我真係輸咗啦… 粵
I've lost (this contest)... [Note that 真係 isn't necessarily translated into English - sometimes it's used where an English speaker would just add extra emphasis onto the word. In this case, "I've *lost*!"]
其實我哋諗多咗 粵
Actually, we're thinking about this too much. [Lit. actually we think too-much Note: if you ask someone a simple question and they waste time running through every possible eventuality, this is a good phrase to bust out.]
我同佢而家冇拍拖 粵
I'm not dating her any more. [Lit. I with her now don't have dating, i.e. we split up. 而家我同佢冇拍拖 is also valid.]
我媽咪走咗未呀？ 粵
Has mum left yet? [Lit. I mummy run-already not-yet [particle]? [Said by one of my students :)]]
我唔鐘意太濃嘅茶 粵
I don't like tea that's too strong. [Lit. I not like too strong [possessive particle] tea.]
麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽 粵
Would you mind translating this sentence for me? [Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]
我send咗email畀你喇，你check啦！ 粵
I sent you an email, check it! [This is a good example of typical office Cantonese. It's very normal to integrate the three English words above; using the "proper" Chinese words (電郵, 寄 and 睇) is not the most natural way of saying it.]
我買咗一梳蕉 粵
I bought a hand of bananas. [Lit. I buy already one hand bananas. ['Hand' is another term for 'bunch'.]]
蘋果，我鐘意㓟咗皮先至食 粵
I like to peel apples before eating them. [Lit. apples, I like peel [perfective zo2] skin only-then eat.]
我執緊嘢 粵
I'm cleaning up/I'm packing up. [Lit. I pack/clean [continuous particle] things There are two translations for this sentence depending on the context. You could use it when you're packing things to go on holiday or if you're just tidying up a messy room.]
我一點喺灣仔食晏。 粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m. ["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]
我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。 粵
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924]
我行路行到雙腳好攰。 粵
I walked until my legs were tired. [We have to repeat the verb 行 because the object 路 and the extent particle 到 are both there in the sentence.]
就嚟悶到我死啦。 粵
I am being bored to death. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,132172#msg-132172]
我走向沙灘 國
I walked towards the beach. [Could possibly be used in spoken Cantonese too, an editor will confirm soon. bernard: spoken cantonese would have a different sentence structure to express this.]
咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。 粵
Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving. [the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.]
當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。 粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong. [This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]
我唔會對你做任何嘅嘢 粵
I'm not going to do anything to you. [Lit. I will not toward you do any (possessive particle) thing]
我對鞋畀我做嘢嗰度個秘書收埋咗 粵
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work. [Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗 粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here. [Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰 粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious. [大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]
佢次次都講大話，都畀我聽到… 粵
He's always telling lies which I hear. [Lit. He time time also tells-lies, also give me listen]
嗰啲蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]! [This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]
蟬嘅聲音， 我覺得好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make. [Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]
我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound cicadas make! [Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]
我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making! [Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average. [I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
咁重要嘅嘢，而家先至同我講 粵
Why has he left telling me such an important thing until now? [Lit. so important [possessive particle] thing, now only with me say?]
頭先總部𠹭我，所以遲咗 粵
Headquarters called me just now which is why I'm late. [Lit. Just now headquarters call me, therefore late-already]
近排我一直都捱夜加班 粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop. [Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]
我對呢一點好有自信 粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it. [Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
詳細嘅情況我唔可以透露 粵
I can't let you in on the details. [Lit. small-details information I not-allowed divulge.]
其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]
我根本阻住唔到佢 粵
I just wasn't able to stop him. [Lit. I basically block-not-arrive him. The construction verb-m4-dou2 indicates an inability to complete the action. So, block-not-arrive is idiomatically "unable to block".]
我架車壞咗，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！ 粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck! [Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]
我架車死咗火，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！ 粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck! [Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]
你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意 粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently. [Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]
我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲 粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening. [Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]
我Ｄ字好難睇咩？ 粵
Are my (Chinese) characters that hard to read? [Lit. Me [plural counter] characters very hard read [particle]? D=啲 and is commonly used in Hong Kong.]
我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街 粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late. [Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]
我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司 粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight. [Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
我頭先email畀你嗰啲資料，你收到未呀？ 粵
Have you get the information I emailed to you just now yet? [Lit. I just-now email give you that information, you receive not-yet [particle]?]
我或者畀現金或者簽咭。 粵
Ｍaybe I'll pay by cash, or maybe I'll pay by card. [Lit. I maybe give cash maybe sign card]
點解我今日冇見到你呀 粵
Why didn't I see you today? [Lit. why I today not-have see-arrive you [particle]? [maybe on the telephone]]
連一秒我都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. even one second I also not-allowed waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我一秒都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. I one second also cannot waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水 粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity. [You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]
我忙就唔係幾忙 粵
I'm not too busy. [唔係太忙／唔太忙. This is a useful construction into which you can place lots of other adjectives: 開心 or 急, for example.]
我哋唔可以畀佢死住 粵
We can't let him die yet. [Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]
嚇嚫我！／我都畀佢嚇嚫！ 粵
[She] scared me! / I was scared by her too! [Lit. scared-bad-thing me! / I also by her scared-bad-thing!]
呢度有我份漫畫作品 粵
Here's some of the manga I've produced. [Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]
唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做 粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work. [Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
我唔係咁小氣 粵
I'm not that petty! [Context: I was saying that I wouldn't share my bananas with someone; then, to make the point that it was a joke, the above phrase was used.]
你以為我係邊個呀？ 粵
Who do you think I am?/Do you know who I am? [Lit. you mistakenly-believe I am who [particle]?]
真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！ 粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more. [Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]
我每一年染兩次髮 粵
I dye my hair twice a year. [Lit. I each one year dye two times hair. Note how the verb and object are split up by the frequency phrase.]
喺香港,我最怕嘅就係畀蚊咬 粵
In Hong Kong, I'm most scared of being bitten. [Lit. Hong Kong, I most scared [possessive particle] exactly is by mosquitoes bite. This sentence is topicalised: the topic (Hong Kong) is introduced at the start. Also, note the phrase 最怕嘅; the 嘅 turns it into a noun phrase.]
我同佢散咗好耐喇 粵
I split up with her a long time ago. [[literal] I with her have-separated very long already]
我覺得普通話嘅兒化好惡聽 粵
I think that erhua in Mandarin sounds horrible. [Lit. I feel Putonghua [possessive particle] erhua very terrible-listen]
我跟埋你去 粵
I'll come along with you. [[literal] I with along you go Please note that (1) the verb particle 埋 (along) follows the prep 跟 instead of the verb 去, and that (2) 埋 is optional and can be omitted (我跟你去 I'll go with you). ]
咪搞我! 粵
I can't be bothered! [[synonym] 唔使預我, 我唔得閒 http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,117987]
唔該你同我睇住啲嘢。 粵
Please keep an eye on my stuff. [Parsing: 唔該 please | 你 you | 同 for | 我 me | 睇 watch | 住 keep | 啲嘢 the stuff.]
我隻手唔得閒，麻煩你幫我斟水！ 粵
My hands are full [at the moment]... could you get some water for me? [lit. my [counter] hand not free, trouble you help me pour water]
你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。 粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me. [Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]
唔係呃,我今朝重未見到佢。 粵
No, I haven't seen him yet this morning. [呃 [aak3] is a final particle used here to emphasize a denial of sth which is often detailed immediately after it.]
老細話去邊﹐我哋就去邊。 粵
We'll go wherever the boss says. [Cantonese sentences often feature a balanced structure with repetitive wordings rather than a simple structure. ]
我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。 粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children. [The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]
佢唔肯聽我講。 粵
He refused to listen to me. [An example of a Cantonese sentence using more verbs (3 verbs) than its English counterpart (2 verbs).]
我每次見到佢﹐ 佢都係講緊電話。 粵
He's speaking on the phone whenever I see him. [English "whenever" = Cantonese "every time" (每次) + "is always" (都係)]
我問佢跟住去邊度。 粵
I asked him where to go next. [Cantonese grammar has the adverb 邊度 (where) placed at the end of sentence.]
淨係你至有咩﹐我夠有咯。 粵
You aren't the only one who have it; I too have it. [夠 is used as an adverb that means "too".]
可惜那天限於時間，我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。 國
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.
我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。 粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.
哪裡，我的漢語不太好。 國
No, my Chinese isn't that good. [Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]
我估唔到佢有幾高 粵
I'm not able to guess his height. [See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]
如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。 粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?
我冇咩意見 粵
No comment [This sentence is discussed in more detail here: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,71102]
畀我就一早收綫唔同佢嗲咁耐！ 粵
I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long. [Literally: 畀我就 - If I was in the situation, 一早收綫 - (I) would have hung up right at the outset 唔同佢嗲 - (and) wouldn't have talked with her 咁耐! - so long!]
工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。 粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.
我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書 粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.
我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己 粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?
真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關 粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.
你有張良計，我有過牆梯
Yours is a good idea, but mine is an even better plan. [is an expression. 張良 was a famous master strategist. lit: You may have 張良's plan, but I have an escalade (a rampart-scaling ladder)]
我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。 粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last. [copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]
我哋嚟搓波先 粵
Let's have a rally to warm up. [[In a game of tennis or ping-pong or whatever.] Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally *for a while* to warm up." Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/]
我同你冇仇噃，點解次次省波餅我食呢？ 粵
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time? [Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]
佢將我傳畀佢嘅波頭槌入龍門 粵
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
我而家同朋友HEA緊。 粵
Right now, I'm hanging out with my friends. ["Hea-ing" can directly replace "hanging out."]
我撴嚫個八月十五。 粵
I fell on my bottom. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,127822,127824#msg-127824]
你做初一我做十五
tit for tat, an eye for an eye [Lit. "what you do for the first half of the month, I will do back to you for the second half" i.e do me harm and I will return the favour. See a video featuring this phrase [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84620]here.[/url]]
剛才媽媽大發雌威，我從來未見過佢噉 粵
Mother was so angry just now that she was awesome; I have never seen her like this before.
當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.
我有壓力，你有壓力，你做咩要挑釁我？ 粵
"You have pressure, I have pressure, why do you want to provoke me?" [This infamous quote from 巴士阿叔 ("Bus Uncle") was a cultural phenomenon in 2006. See the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bus_Uncle.]
我在法國渡過了三個寒暑 國
I spent three winters and summers in France. ["three winters and summers" symbolizes three years.]
請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.
我未試過對我老婆唔住，你呢？ 粵
I have never cheated on my wife, (how about) you? [Literally] I haven't tried (and did something that I) cannot face to my wife, you? [whether it means "cannot face to/cannot confront with" or "sorry",to 對唔住 someone you're romantically involved,it mostly refers to you "cheat". Otherwise, it can means you did something that disappointed the other or you let someone down.]
我以後一定會加倍小心
I will certainly be much more careful in the future. [加倍小心 literally means "add on double amount of carefulness", which implies "(be)much more careful"]
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗 粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned. [Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]
見到你頭先嘅樣，我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦 粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook. [Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]
原來係噉，反而係我畀你嚇一跳添 粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you! [Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]
我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面 粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago. [Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。 粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed. [Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]
佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票 粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone. [頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]
我等陣想去銀行幫人哋入票 粵
I'll want to go to the bank to cash a cheque for someone soon. [Shouldn't be parsed as 我等 陣(我哋) but as 我 等陣]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]
我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂 粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.
我哋連佢咩動機都唔知道呀 粵
We don't even know what his motive is. [Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]
我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事 粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on. [Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]
突然間食咁多芒果，我覺得佢好𠺫𠵇 粵
I think he's very strange, suddenly eating all those mangoes like that. [Lit. suddenly eat so many mangoes, I think he very strange.]
我畀成日喊嗰個BB嘈醒咗 粵
I was rudely awoken by the baby that just won't stop crying. [Lit. I by all-day cry that [counter] baby noisy wake-up already]
古典音樂我比較鐘意長笛獨奏 粵
As far as classical music is concerned, I prefer solo flute. [Lit. classical music, I comparatively like flute solo ]
琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。 粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
似乎我幫唔到你，都係交個波畀人罷啦。 粵
Seems there's nothing I can do to help you so I'm just gonna have to pass the buck on to someone else. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
個醫生畀咗啲止癢藥畀我搽蚊𧕴 粵
The doctor gave me some cream to put on my mosquito bites. [Lit. [counter] doctor give-already [plural counter] stop-itch-cream give me spread insect bite]
我隻腳有三粒蚊𧕴，好有可能係因為我前日去公園。 粵
There are three bites on my leg... it's probably because I was in the park the day before yesterday. [Lit. I [counter] leg have three mosquito-bites, very probable is because I day-before-yesterday go park]
我嗰陣時親眼見到隻獅子喺動物園嗰度衝咗出嚟 粵
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo! [Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]
其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手 粵
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears. [Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]
我諗都未諗過。 粵
I haven't even thought about it. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,114035,114065#msg-114065. Though the '我+V/Adj+都未+V/Adj+過' structure is common, the 'V/Adj' slot can be filled only by a limited number of 'sensory' verbs (睇聽講摸諗 etc) or adj (驚).]
我𠱓你幾耐你先肯著返條褲呀？ 粵
How long did I have to nag you before you agreed to put your pants back on? [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,120693]
租金係,等我諗諗先,噢係嘞,總共萬一文。 粵
The rent is, just let me get it right, oh yes, 11,000 dollars altogether. [The speaker uses some discourse markers to make a reply.]
講起嚟﹐我都識何先生。 粵
Now you come to mention it, I know Mr Ho as well. [起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'once you start ...'.]
佢變到我簡直認佢唔出。 粵
He had changed so much that I no longer recognized him. [The two verbs 變 and 認 are each affixed with a verb particle 到 and 唔出 respectively. 到 is a degree particle while 唔出 is a potential particle.]
我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用嘅傳單﹐實在討厭。 粵
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance. [In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]
聽日嘅聚會﹐我會戴住你送嘅頸鏈。 粵
At tomorrow's gathering, I will be wearing the necklace you gave me. [住 (-ing) is a durative marker in a future tense sentence here.]
我食公仔麵食到厭。 粵
I'm fed up with the eating of instant noodles. [Very often, the same verb (食) has to be used twice when there are both an object (公仔麵) and an extent particle (到) in a sentence. ]
我去嚫旅行都坐國泰。
Every time I go to travel I take Cathay Pacific. [[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern that means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]
做緊健身操嗰個人係我細佬。 粵
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother. [In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.]
我使驚你,怕你有牙呀？ 粵
I am not afraid of you. It's not like you have any real bite. [For first part, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,138128,138130#msg-138130 For latter part, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?8,135281,135283#msg-135283]
我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。 喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。 粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together
我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上 粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.
我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！ 粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here!
我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。 粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨 粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed. [[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]
我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right ! [吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]
直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。 粵
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money. [The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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