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李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。
lei5 saang1 git3 zo2 fan1, jau5 loeng5 go3 zai2, zung6 hai6 duk6 gan2 syu1.
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Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school. There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 2 |
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李
lei5 - plum; surname 生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe 結 git3 - tie; unite; conclude; congeal; bear (fruit) 咗 zo2 - already 婚 fan1 - to wed; to marry; marriage; wedding 有 jau5 jau6 - have; there is 兩個 loeng5 go3 - two; two items 仔 zai2 zi2 - son; child 重係 zung6 hai6 - 粵 still; nevertheless 讀緊書 duk6 gan2 syu1 - 粵 (in the midst of) reading a book; (at this very moment) studying at school or college |
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