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    This document provides vocabulary related to family members in Cantonese. It introduces terms for immediate family like wife, husband, dad, mom, son, daughter, older brother, older sister, younger brother, and younger sister. It also gives phrases for talking about age using numbers and classifiers like "how old", "I am x years old", and "he/she is y years old". Lastly, it discusses grammar points like using "jau" to mean "have" and "go" as a classifier for people.

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    This document provides vocabulary related to family members in Cantonese. It introduces terms for immediate family like wife, husband, dad, mom, son, daughter, older brother, older sister, younger brother, and younger sister. It also gives phrases for talking about age using numbers and classifiers like "how old", "I am x years old", and "he/she is y years old". Lastly, it discusses grammar points like using "jau" to mean "have" and "go" as a classifier for people.

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    Cantonese 2

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    This document provides vocabulary related to family members in Cantonese. It introduces terms for immediate family like wife, husband, dad, mom, son, daughter, older brother, older sister, younger brother, and younger sister. It also gives phrases for talking about age using numbers and classifiers like "how old", "I am x years old", and "he/she is y years old". Lastly, it discusses grammar points like using "jau" to mean "have" and "go" as a classifier for people.

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    Lesson 2

    Family
    Have/has jau 有
    Classifier for people go 個
    Family(members) Uk kei jan 屋企人
    ‘s/ of gei 既
    Wife Taai taai 老婆
    Wifey Lou po 太太
    Husband Sin saang 先生
    Hubby Lou gung 老公
    Dad Baa baa / daddy 爸爸
    Mom Maa maa / mammy 媽媽
    Children (Son + Zai neoi 仔女
    Daughter :))
    Son Zai 仔
    Daughter Neoi 女
    Older brother Go go 哥哥
    Older sister Gaa ze 家姐
    Younger brother Sai lou 細佬
    Younger sister Sai mui / mui 細妹
    This nei go 呢個
    This is nei go hai 呢個喺
    This is my... nei go hai ngo 呢個喺我...
    This is his/her... nei go hai keoi 呢個喺佢...
    Years old seoi 歲
    “How” gei 幾
    How old gei seoi 幾歲？
    How old are you? nei gei seoi 你幾歲？
    How old is he/she keoi gei seoi 佢幾歲？
    How old is... ...gei seoi ...幾歲？
    I am… years old Ngo ...seoi

    Sap ten

    GRAMMAR

    Jau
    Have/has jau 有

    Ngo jau baa baa, maa maa. (I have daddy, mammy.)


    Ngo jau seoi. (I have tea.)

    Go
    Classifier for people go 個

    Ngo jau jat go sai lou, jat go sai mui. (I have one younger brother, one
    younger sister)

    What does this mean?


    ● Jonathan Herbster jau saam go gaa ze, jat go go go.
    Gei
    “How” gei 幾

    How old are you? gei seoi 幾歲？


    How much is this? gei cin 幾錢？
    What time? gei dim 幾點？
    When? gei si 幾時?
    How tall? gei gou 幾高?
    How big? gei daai 幾大?
    How many? gei do 幾多？

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