9.9 Vocabulary List

1.sik1Vto know
2.gong2Vto speak
3.打手語daa2 sau2 jyu5Expto sign (to use sign language)
4.hok6Vto learn
5.heoi3Vto go
6.zyu6Vto live
7.wui5MVwill
8.語言jyu5 jin4Nlanguage
CL: zung2, zek3
9.母語mou5 jyu5Nnative language
10.zung2CL(Used with languages, meaning ‘type’)
11.zek3CL(Used with languages, meaning ‘type’ here)
Note: We learned that we can use 隻 zek3 with animals previously.
12.少少 + Nounsiu2 siu2 + NounAdja few, a little
13.淨係zing6 hai6Advonly
14.以前ji5 cin4Advbefore (usually at a much earlier time)
15.之前zi1 cin4Advbefore
16.而家 / 宜家ji4 gaa1Advnow
依家ji1 gaa1
17.遲啲ci4 di1Advlater
18.之後zi1 hau6Advlater, in the future
19.因為jan1 wai6Conjbecause
20.所以so2 ji5Conjso
21.gwo3AP(Indicating having experience of doing an activity in the past)
22.zaa3SPonly
23.點解dim2 gaai2QWwhy
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