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Hong Kongese Grammar



​Have you ever tried Google translating from a particular language to Cantonese or vice versa? Is it that words never come out right?



There is a reason for this. Cantonese does not follow traditional written Chinese grammatical rules. There are also many words that are empty fillers that express one's mood and emotion when they speak. ​ Hong Kongese grammar isn't always complicated nor is arbitrary. The key is to focus on what truly matters and avoid useless grammar rules. ​ These Hong Kongese lessons help you learn the 20% of grammar rules of the most common speech in everyday Hong Kongese, you will, without a doubt, be able to understand how 80% of Cantonese sentences work and quickly speak it with confidence!



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Linking words-
又...又... ALSO... ALSO... 越...越... THE MORE... THE MORE....




This post we will be going through some practices of the linking words: 又...又... ALSO... ALSO... 越...越... THE MORE... THE MORE.... structures. Hope you will find this helpful.


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yes/ no questions (past tense) - Part 2 (咗/ 完)




Hi! We will be doing some practices on the structures of the 咗[jor]/完 [yuen] Yes and no questions in past tense.


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yes/ no questions (past tense) - Part 1 (have/ not have questions)




Hi! We will be doing some practices on the different structures of the Yes and no questions in past tense for the next couple of months and you will also get to do some practice in this post on the (have/ not have) questions.

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CANTONESE PRONOUNS, POSSESSIVES AND UNIT CLASSIFIERS




Welcome to 2021! To begin the year, we are going back to the Cantonese basics, the pronouns (I, you, he/she/it, we, they), the possessive forms (my, your, his/ her/its, our, their) as well as the unit classifiers. Exercises is linked in post.

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Grammar - Cantonese Emotion sounds / words


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Click here to find all posts on Cantonese emotion sounds.

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Cantonese basic past & present perfect & "Future perfect" tense


Grammar




This post explores the different usages and meanings of 咗 (Dummy PY: Jaw), 完 (Dummy PY: Yuen) and 晒 (Dummy PY: Sai), 過 (Dummy PY: Gwoh); and how they are applied to form Basic past, present perfect, "Future past tense" sentences.

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Cantonese basic Present & present Continuous tense


Grammar




In this post, I am going to talk about the grammatical structure of forming present tense sentences as well as present continuous tense. As well, some keywords you might here to indicate the present and routine.

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Grammar - Auxiliary Verbs


Need to/ Willing to/ dare to




In this post I will be talking about Cantonese grammar - Auxiliary verb (要Need to/ 肯willing to/ 敢dare to). I have created some exercises for this topic, feel free to practice.

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How to ask questions in Cantonese?


What, who, where, when, which & how





This post focuses on how to ask the what, who, where, why, which and how questions in Cantonese. I hope you will find this useful and start truly conversing with other Cantonese learners and speakers

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Grammar - Linking words


If...then.../ because...so...




In this post I will be talking about Cantonese grammar - linking words (if...then.../ because...so...). I have created some exercises for this topic, feel free to practice.

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Grammar - Linking words


And & But




In this post I will be talking about Cantonese grammar - linking words (And & but). I have created some exercises for this topic, feel free to practice.


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Auxiliary verbs


係 (verb to be), 可以 (Can/ can be) and 得 (Can).




Learn the number 1 rules of using auxiliary verbs in Hong Kong Cantonese. Fail safe ;)

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The Art of Hong Kongese by a dummy





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