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套西裝洗咗喇
tou3 sai1 zong1 sai2 zo2 laa3 |
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The suit has been cleaned. [literal] 套 (classifier) + 西裝 western suit + 洗咗 have washed + 喇 (final particle)
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 This simple sentence shows that passive construction in Cantonese does not always need a passive marker (俾) as it does in English. Level: 2 |
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套
tou3 - cover; set; convention; copy; knot; trick 西裝 sai1 zong1 - western style suit 洗 sai2 - wash; clear; sack; develop; shuffle 咗 zo2 - already 喇 laa3 laa1 - trumpet; lama; now |
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This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 4th Jun 2012 11:49 |