9.9 Vocabulary List

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1.		識	sik1	V	to know
2.		講	gong2	V	to speak
3.		打手語	daa2 sau2 jyu5	Exp	to sign (to use sign language)
4.		學	hok6	V	to learn
5.		去	heoi3	V	to go
6.		住	zyu6	V	to live
7.		會	wui5	MV	will
8.		語言	jyu5 jin4	N	language CL: 種 zung2, 隻 zek3
9.		母語	mou5 jyu5	N	native language
10.		種	zung2	CL	(Used with languages, meaning ‘type’)
11.		隻	zek3	CL	(Used with languages, meaning ‘type’ here) Note: We learned that we can use 隻 zek3 with animals previously.
12.		少少 + Noun	siu2 siu2 + Noun	Adj	a few, a little
13.		淨係	zing6 hai6	Adv	only
14.		以前	ji5 cin4	Adv	before (usually at a much earlier time)
15.		之前	zi1 cin4	Adv	before
16.		而家 / 宜家	ji4 gaa1	Adv	now
16.		依家	ji1 gaa1	Adv	now
17.		遲啲	ci4 di1	Adv	later
18.		之後	zi1 hau6	Adv	later, in the future
19.		因為	jan1 wai6	Conj	because
20.		所以	so2 ji5	Conj	so
21.		過	gwo3	AP	(Indicating having experience of doing an activity in the past)
22.		咋	zaa3	SP	only
23.		點解	dim2 gaai2	QW	why

Adj = Adjective

Adv = Adverb

AP = Aspect Particle

CL = Classifier / Measure Word

Conj = Conjunction

DW = Distinguishing Word

Exp = Expression

Mor = Morpheme

MV = Modal Verb

N = Noun

Num = Number

Onom = Onomatopoeia

Part = Particle

Post = Postposition / Localizer

Pref = Prefix

Prep = Preposition / Coverb

Pron = Pronoun

QExp = Question Expression

QW = Question Word

SP = Sentence Particle

Suf = Suffix

SV = Separable Verb

V = Verb

VP = Verbal Particle