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随着岁月/時間/時光的消逝/流逝/推移References:As Time Goes By是什么意思_As Time Goes By的翻译_音标 ... - 爱词霸www.iciba.com/as_time_goes_byCached随着岁月的消逝，他们失去了勇气。 ... Miss you but I try not to cry 随着时间的推移As time goes by...
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Hi all,I was listening to RTHK radio during a talk show and someone said this:"我可以唔認同你，但係我唔可以財你"In english, it roughly translates as: I can disagree with you, but i can't "something" you.What's the...
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Hi allI'm an ABC who only has very basic cantonese skills. I was wondering - in terms of oral cantonese - what would be a grammatically correct way of saying:At <business name>, we offer...
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QuoteRbkI live in a Spanish speaking country where English is the second language. Would that be Mexico?
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I was wondering if there' s a simple pattern for asking the difference between two things.For instance, I was staring at two trays of 花生糖 (peanut candy) at a street-vendor's and wanted to ask what's...
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「呢兩種 ( or 兩樣) 有乜唔同?」「呢兩種 ( these two kinds) 有乜 ( have what) 唔同 ( difference)」**「呢兩種 ( or 兩樣)」 can be omitted if you point at the objects while you asking the question.
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I can imagine what the vendor is going to respond, "Just buy both!" :hungry:
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Tang,In casual conversation can you say 乜野唔同?? I think it would easy for me to repeat but am trying to have better grammar this year.This was a good question, thanks.
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QuoteMatFayLong Tang,In casual conversation can you say 乜野唔同?? I think it would easy for me to repeat but am trying to have better grammar this year.This was a good question, thanks.乜野唔同?could be a...
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Usually 乜野XX is used to ask for clarification when someone mentions XX. Thus, the following conversation makes sense:A: 兩種花生糖唔同架 (The two types of peanut candies are different.)B: 乜嘢唔同？ (What do you...
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Great, I understand now. Thanks everyone, I had been using 乜嘢 for most of my questions so now I have more understanding of its true usage.
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More examples of 乜嘢 usage: for verb : example - 殺人(為乜野)殺人呀 (what's the reason for ) killing people?(做乜嘢)殺人呀？( why do you ) kill people?(講乜嘢)殺人呀？ ( what do you mean by) kill people?(算乜嘢) 殺人呀？(It...
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Wow, I'm gone a few days and come to see such a wealth of answers. Thanks everyone; very helpful!At the time, I remember saying something like 都係一樣呀？which, I don't know if it's grammatically correct,...
View Article"When is lychee season?"
Almost summer, which is tropical fruit season! I'd like to ask a fruit vendor something like one of the following:"When do lychees come into season?""When can we expect to see some lychees?""What's...
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"When do lychees come into season?"荔枝幾時當造呀？荔枝幾時( when's lychees) 當造( in season) 呀"When can we expect to see some lychees?"幾時有荔枝賣呀？幾時( when) 有荔枝賣( have lychees in the market) 呀？"What's the peak season...
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