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Cantonese Articles

Here are examples of the articles in Cantonese. This includes the use of (a, the, many, and some). As well as demonstrative adjectives (this, that ...).

The yellow pen is easy to find: 嗰枝黃色筆好易揾
gè zhī huángsè bǐ hǎo yì wèn
A yellow pen is easy to find: 黃色筆好易揾
huángsè bǐ hǎo yì wèn
A French teacher is here: 有一個法文老師喺度
yǒu yīgè fǎ wén lǎoshī xì dù
The French teacher is here: 嗰個法文老師喺度
gè gè fǎ wén lǎoshī xì dù
Some languages are hard: 有啲語言好難
yǒu dì yǔyán hǎo nán
Many languages are easy: 好多語言係容易嘅
hǎoduō yǔyán xì róngyì kǎi
The student speaks Korean: 嗰個學生識講韓文
gè gè xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
A student speaks Korean: 有個學生識講韓文
yǒu gè xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
Some students speak Korean: 有啲學生識講韓文
yǒu dì xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
Many students speak Korean: 好多學生識講韓文
hǎo duō xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
This student speaks Korean: 呢個學生識講韓文
ne gè xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
That student speaks Korean: 嗰個學生識講韓文
gè gè xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
These students speak Korean: 呢啲學生識講韓文
ne dì xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén
Those students speak Korean: 嗰啲學生識講韓文
gè dì xuéshēng shí jiǎng hánwén

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