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This is a list of some popular countries in Cantonese. It is a nice addition to our other 2 pages: Languages and Nationalities.
Britain: 英國 yīngguó |
Morocco: 摩洛哥 móluògē |
China: 中國 zhōngguó |
Brazil: 巴西 bāxī |
America: 美國 měiguó |
France: 法國 fàguó |
Germany: 徳國 déguó |
Greece: 希臘 xīlà |
Israel: 以色列 yǐsèliè |
India: 印度 yìndù |
Ireland: 愛爾蘭 ài'ěrlán |
Italy: 意大利 yìdàlì |
Japan: 日本 rìběn |
Korea: 韓國 hánguó |
Iran: 伊朗 yīlǎng |
Portugal: 葡萄牙 pútáoyá |
Russia: 俄國 é guó |
Spain: 西班牙 xībānyá |
Sweden: 瑞典 ruìdiǎn |
Pakistan: 巴基斯坦 bājīsītǎn |
Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation about nations. All you need is to swap the countries but keep the same sentence structure.
I live in America: 我住係美國 wǒ zhù xì měiguó |
I want to go to Germany: 我想去德國 wǒ xiǎng qù déguó |
I came from Spain: 我來自西班牙 wǒ láizì xībānyá |
I was born in Italy: 我係意大利出世 wǒ xì yìdàlì chūshì |
Japan is a beautiful country: 日本係一個好靚嘅國家 rìběn xì yīgè hǎo jìng kǎi guójiā |
Have you ever been to India?: 你有冇去過印度? nǐ yǒu mǎo qùguò yìndù? |
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