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佢喺多倫多住咗十年喇。
keoi5 hai2 do1 leon4 do1 zyu6 zo2 sap6 nin4 laa3
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He has lived in Toronto for ten years. 喇 means "by now" in the sentence, indicating sth in the present. Cutting off 喇, the sentence would mean "He lived in Toronto for ten years", indicating sth of the past.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 2 |
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keoi5 - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it 喺 hai2 - be in; be on; be at 多倫多 do1 leon4 do1 - Toronto 住 zyu6 - live, reside, stay 咗 zo2 - already 十年 sap6 nin4 - decade 喇 laa3 laa1 - trumpet; lama; now |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 4th Jun 2015 10:59 | |
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