我哋 (ngo5 dei6 | ) : we

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我哋

ngo5 dei6

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

我哋

This word has been viewed 12982 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 1st Nov 2008 18:24

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Characters in this word:

我 ngo5 - I; me; my
哋 dei6 dei6*2 - somewhat; (plural/adverb suffix)

2 compounds containing this word:

我哋嘅 - our; ours
我哋自己 - ourselves

Showing all 31 examples containing 我哋

我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now.
[literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]

其實我哋諗多咗粵
Actually, we're thinking about this too much.
[Lit. actually we think too-much Note: if you ask someone a simple question and they waste time running through every possible eventuality, this is a good phrase to bust out.]

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

喺聖誕節，我哋會大宴親友粵
At Christmas we will have a big party.

我哋幾時擺放聖誕裝飾呀? 粵
When will we put up the Christmas decorations?

我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎? 粵
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

我哋比你哋好好多! 粵
We're better than you!

我哋去過九龍粵
We've been to Kowloon.

我哋嗰個年代十七歲粵
We were 17 (years old) back then.
[Lit. We that generation 17 years old]

你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently.
[Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]

我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity.
[You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]

我哋唔可以畀佢死住粵
We can't let him die yet.
[Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]

老細話去邊﹐我哋就去邊。粵
We'll go wherever the boss says.
[Cantonese sentences often feature a balanced structure with repetitive wordings rather than a simple structure. ]

落完雪之後，我哋大家出去砌雪人。粵
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.

我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.

今次嘅比賽我哋全軍覆沒，輸得好慘。粵
During the competition, our team was completely annihilated by theirs.

我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

老細請呢餐我哋都食到依牙鬆槓粵
The treat from my boss was wonderful and the food was great!

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

我哋嚟搓波先粵
Let's have a rally to warm up.
[[In a game of tennis or ping-pong or whatever.] Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally *for a while* to warm up." Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/]

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

我哋連佢咩動機都唔知道呀粵
We don't even know what his motive is.
[Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]

我哋去到嗰陣﹐場面十分墟冚。粵
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.

我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用嘅傳單﹐實在討厭。粵
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance.
[In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]

2 Cantonese Homophones / Homophone Variants for this word:

我地 ngo5 dei6 wo3 di4 = we 粵

我等 ngo5 dei6 wo3 deng3 = we

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