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delonix87
Wah! I'm having a hard time understanding the following sentence:
!阿媽虛榮唔到你死那日,邊個唔係自己個仔囡有出息而感到驕傲的
阿媽虛榮唔到你死那日 - If mum isn't so superficial, then when you die..
OR - Your superficial mum won't reach you ..???
Sorry, can anyone help?
Here is the full paragraph for some context:
虛榮心?將來瞓街定係買游艇都係你自己,唔通唔使憂柴憂米又係個阿媽虛榮心?你自己有本事受益那個唔係你自己?沒有本事的人才會這麼講的!HO HO!阿媽虛榮唔到你死那日,邊個唔係自己個仔囡有出息而感到驕傲的,男人都係,唔係成日D老母,睇你一副吃不到的葡萄是酸的樣,就知你老母一定沒有可能會有虛榮心了,係心死!HO!HO!
阿媽虛榮 is not a complete sentence, something is omitted.
阿媽(mum) is a noun; 虛榮 (vanity) is also a noun. You can deduct that a verb in this phrase is omitted. The whole phrase should look like this: (你)阿媽,(我),(鍾意)虛榮
(你) your
阿媽 mum,
(我) I,
(鍾意) love
虛榮 vanity
when you see a phrase omitting something, it is your job as a Cantonese speaker to correctly presume what is missing.
For example: 一個人(a person)要(need to)努力(work hard) 先會(only then)成功( be successful)
You can omit the subject (一個人) and the auxiliary verb (要 ) and the sentence will still be a coherent one -- 努力先會成功
"阿媽(鍾意)虛榮 ~ "mother (love) vanity
(鍾)唔到 ~ cannot (love) until **意 in the second 鍾意 can be omitted
你死嗰日." ~ the day you die."
** she's saying, " I do love vanity, but it won't last till the day you die ( imply: "because I am old and will die before you, why don't you indulge me while you can?". )
In [ v+ 到 + (date /time)] structure, 到 means " till "
Example:
[ work(v) 到(till) tomorrow (date/ time)]
