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Can he really do this piece of job? In this example 做 and 咩 are separate.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately). Level: 4 |
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ni1 ne1 nei1 nei4 - final particle; [粵] this 單 daan1 sin6 sin4 - single; odd number; simple; list; only 嘢 je5 - [粵] thing; articles 佢 keoi5 - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it 識做 sik1 zou6 - to know what to do; to know how to manage things 咩 me1 - Cantonese question particle |
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| This sentence was added by SophusNg and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06 | |
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