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佢游水游得唔曳噃!
keoi5 jau4 seoi2 jau4 dak1 m4 jai5 bo3
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He is by no means a poor swimmer! 
Get the Flash Player to see this player. We have to repeat the verb 游 because the object 水 and the extent particle 得 are both there in the sentence.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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keoi5 - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it 游水 jau4 seoi2 - 粵 swim, swimming 游 jau4 - swim; wander; roam; surname 得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must 唔 m4 - not; no 曳 jai5 jai4 jai6 - naughty; inferior; drag 噃 bo3 - final particle for purpose of reminding |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 12th Mar 2015 13:48 | |
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