㗎喇 (gaa3 laa3 | ) : final particle indicating a reminder, or "as a matter of fact"

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㗎喇

gaa3 laa3

This Cantonese final particle phrase may be somewhat generalized to correspond to the idioms "as a matter of fact" or "as a matter of course" in English.

It is often used for giving a reminder. Together with 就, they form the structure "就...㗎喇" which means “or else”.
On rarer occasions, it works as a simple reminder without 就.

Please see: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] for more information about this Cantonese final phrase.

Also please note that 㗎 cannot be easily displayed on some computers, so it is commonly written as 架 instead.

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

㗎喇

This word was added by sheik on 25th Feb 2007 16:15 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

㗎 gaa2 gaa3 gaa4 - final particle for making a strong assertion
喇 laa3 laa1 - trumpet; lama; now

2 compounds containing this word:

得㗎喇 - OK; will do
就得㗎喇 - OK, will do

Showing all 7 examples containing 㗎喇

好夜㗎喇!! 粵
It's very late now!
[Here, 㗎喇 works as a simple reminder without 就 preceding it]

快啲行啦，唔係就遲到㗎喇。粵
Please be quicker, otherwise it will be late.

唔快啲就趕唔切㗎喇! 粵
Let's hurry or we might miss it!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 means "or else"]

你唔聽話, 就唔帶你去㗎喇! 粵
You better behave yourself else I won't take you there!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 carries a more threatening tone, but still serves as a reminder.]

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

而家冇人聽佢支笛㗎喇粵
No one takes instructions from him anymore.

跟住個報廢及消帳手續去做就啱㗎喇粵
Follow the condemnation and write-off procedures and you can't go wrong.

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Decimal representation of this word: 㗎喇

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