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阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己。
aa3 maa1 gam1 maan5/2 m4 zyu2 faan6 ， jiu3 sik6 zi6 gei2
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Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own. Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 2 |
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阿媽
aa3 maa1 - mamma 今晚 gam1 maan5/maan5*1 - tonight 唔 m4 - not; no 煮飯 zyu2 faan6 - to cook rice; to cook 要 jiu3 jiu1 - want; must; shall; important; demand; if 食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food 自己 zi6 gei2/gei2*1 - oneself; self |
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| This sentence was added by yckillua and last edited on 29th Aug 2009 10:55 | |
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