Re: Advice on watching movies in foreign languages
Thanks!A couple things that I noticed you can correct in what you wrote though.For movie, it's either 電影 (Standard, can be used in Cantonese and Mandarin) or 戲 (Cantonese), not 電戲.如果我睇過 I'm pretty...
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I'm no expert on the subject, but I'll tell you a bit.I think 我話(or 講）咗（畀你聽）㗎喇 is pretty close to "I told you so".我無錯 sounds okay to me, but isn't as close. 我冇講錯 sounds a little better.我講咗得正 doesn't...
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Thanks for the corrections, I edited the post. I definitely want to write 戲 because I for some reason or another I hear it more in conversation and it sounds more natural. And I thought 睇過 was used...
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我話咗畀你聽 ... 好呀,正,明白I can also see how 我話咗畀你知 would work too.Thank you!!
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No problem. Actually, a little clarification and a fix:In your sentence 如果我睇過五百戲然後見到"魔精靈"我睇過 doesn't work because it means you've seen before rather than indicating that after you've finished watching...
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Cool, got it, thanks! I edited the sentence again.
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我都話咗你架啦，你又唔聽！edit: I think adding a '都' makes it sound more Cantonese...
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Depending on the context, you may also consider these two:我咪講咗囉？ Didn't I say it?我都話架啦！ See? That's what I said!However, the most direct way is to simply say:我冇講錯。 I didn't say anything wrong.
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QuoteMr. K Depending on the context, you may also consider these two:我咪講咗囉？ Didn't I say it?我都話架啦！ See? That's what I said!However, the most direct way is to simply say:我冇講錯。 I didn't say anything...
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yaumingfai's suggestion 「我講咗架喇！」for " I told you so" is pretty close to a word by word translation，other suggestions are good too, of course there are many many way to rub it in to people, (1) When...
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Awesome, thanks Tang! All of the suggestions are perfect examples of how final particles affect sentences. These are very, very helpful.
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You might also want to have a look at this thread:[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]Mr. K. gives some excellent examples of how to tell other people off.My personal favourite is this one:...
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MatFayLong wrote:All of the suggestions are perfect examples of how final particles affect sentences.㗎啦 [gaa3 laa1] is the only final particle used in those example sentences. It works here because 㗎...
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Hi,I'd like permission to edit pages like this:[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]The definition is "snap sth off, break sth off", and the "sth" abbreviation hinders searches. The spell check on this forum...
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Thanks PK Chan, that's a good one.And C, I am a bit confused. You said that the only particle was 㗎啦. But what about 囉 and 掛? They were mentioned as well.
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QuoteMatFayLong Thanks PK Chan, that's a good one.And C, I am a bit confused. You said that the only particle was 㗎啦. But what about 囉 and 掛? They were mentioned as well.I think he said "final...
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> edit: I think adding a '都' makes it sound more Cantonese...都 after 我 puts the emphasis on 我, as in "that's what 'I' said." Without 都, the sentence still sounds "Cantonese," except that it...
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MatFayLong wrote:But what about 囉 and 掛? They were mentioned as well.Er .. my bad! Indeed, 囉 (in 我咪講咗囉？ Didn't I say it?) and 喇啩 (in 我冇講錯喇啩! I didn't say sth wrong, did I?) have also been mentioned.囉...
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