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Re: How do Cantonese speakers form long chain sentences

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Mr. K
There are countless ways of chaining sentences. One method is to keep adding 又 as in the below example:
講你又唔聽,聽你又唔明,,明你又唔做,做你又做錯!
(Even when you are told, you still don't listen; even when you listen, you still don't understand; even when you understand, you still don't do it; even when you [try to] do it, you still do it wrong!)

By the way, run-on sentences in Cantonese tend to convey a humorous effect. A rule of thumb is to avoid making run-on sentences unless your intention is to entertain or ridicule people.

Yes, I meant the run-on sentence where person A rants about person B.

For instance: "Look at this, you bought the wrong thing again! How many times do I have to tell you? I told you that I wanted black tea, not green tea, yet, you can't even do this job correctly! I mean, why the heck would I put you through education and waste all this money if you can't even carry out a single order, huh? Are you stupid? Everyday, you concentrate on your phone and your mind wanders elsewhere! Maybe I should've given birth to a piece of steak instead of you, because at least steak is useful! You, you're just useless! Look at this, I told you to buy black tea and you've bought green tea! Wasted my time and money! Maybe you should drop out of school and become a hobo!"

睇下你,你又係買錯嘢(阿而家)!我話咗畀你聽幾多次呀?我話咗你聽我要紅茶唔要綠茶,但呢個嘢你都搞唔掂!I mean, why the heck would I put you through education and waste all this money if you can't even carry out a single order, huh? 你係咪蠢㗎?你日日掛住個手機 and your mind wanders elsewhere! (Didn't know how to translate these two sentences) 生嚿牛扒重好用過生你,至少嚿牛扒係有用㗎!你,你冇用㗎!你睇下,我話咗你聽我要紅茶,但你買咗綠茶!嘥晒我錢同時間!不如你留班做乞兒吖!


So basically, this is an example, but probably less run-on. In the Den of Swearing, I posted a video of someone who rants in a similar way. The thread is called, Swearing Barrage.

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