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佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。
keoi5 dei6 hoi1 gan2 wui6*2, hou2 faai3 zau6 wui5 kyut3 ding6 sou3 cin1 jyun4 gung1 ge3 ming6 wan6
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They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees. The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which".
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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佢哋
keoi5 dei6 - 粵 they; them 開緊會 hoi1 gan2 wui6*2 - 粵 be in a meeting; be in a closed-door session 好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 快 faai3 - quick; fast; hurry 就 zau6 - right away; only; approach; comply with 會 wui5 wui6 kui2 - will, would; get together; meet; city 決定 kyut3 ding6 - to decide; decision 數 sou3 sou2 sok3 - number; figure; several; count 千 cin1 - a thousand; many 員工 jyun4 gung1 - staff; personnel; workpeople 嘅 ge3 ge2 - adjective suffix; possessive/final particle 命運 meng6/ming6 wan6 - destiny, fate |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 16th Jan 2015 15:42 | |
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