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等到你返嚟嗰陣﹐佢已經走咗三日喇。
dang2 dou3 nei5 faan1 lai4 go2 zan6*2, keoi5 ji5 ging1 zau2 zo2 saam1 jat6 laa3
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By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days. 咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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dang2 dou3 - wait until; waited until 你 nei5 - you 返嚟 faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 - 粵 to return 嗰陣 go2 zan6 - 粵 at that time 佢 keoi5 - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it 已經 ji5 ging1 - already 走 zau2 - run; walk 咗 zo2 - already 三日 saam1 jat6 - 3rd day of the month 喇 laa3 laa1 - trumpet; lama; now |
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