3.4 The Sentence Particle 啦 laa1 (Listing)

When listing items (usually more than two items), we can optionally add the sentence particle 啦 laa1 after each item. For the last item, we can choose to add or not add 啦 laa1.

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
↓
↓
↓
我鍾意
行山啦
，
游水啦
同
打機啦
。
ngo5 zung1 ji3
haang4 saan1 laa1
,
jau4 seoi2 laa1
tung4
daa2 gei1 laa1
.
I like hiking, swimming and playing video games.
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
↓
↓
↓
↓
我鍾意
打波啦
，
跑步啦
，
睇戲啦
同
煲劇
。
ngo5 zung1 ji3
daa2 bo1 laa1
,
paau2 bou6 laa1
,
tai2 hei3 laa1
tung4
bou1 kek6
.
I like playing basketball, running, watching movies and binge-watching TV series.

Note that 啦 laa1 is optional. We can list items without adding 啦 laa1.

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
↓
↓
↓
↓
我鍾意
打波
、
跑步
、
睇戲
同
煲劇
。
ngo5 zung1 ji3
daa2 bo1
,
paau2 bou6
,
tai2 hei3
tung4
bou1 kek6
.
I like playing basketball, running, watching movies and binge-watching TV series.