Talking About Marital Status

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1.

你	結	咗	婚	未	㗎	？
nei5	git3	zo2	fan1	mei6	gaa3	?
you	get married	AP	[get married]	yet	SP

Have you gotten married yet? [= Are you married yet?]

2.

你	有	冇	結婚	㗎	？
nei5	jau5	mou5	git3 fan1	gaa3	?
you	have	not have	get married	SP

Do you get married? [= Are you married?]

3.

結	咗	喇	。
git3	zo2	laa3	.
get married	AP	SP

Yes already.

4.

未	結	呀	。
mei6	git3	aa3	.
not yet	get married	SP

Not yet.

5.

冇	結	呀	。
mou5	git3	aa3	.
not have	get married	SP

No.

If the person is married, we can ask:

6.

噉	你	同	你	老公 / 老婆
gam2	nei5	tung4	nei5	lou5 gung1 / lou5 po4
then	you	and	your	husband / wife

結	咗	婚	幾耐	呀	？
git3	zo2	fan1	gei2 noi6	aa3	?
get married	AP	[get married]	how long	SP

Then, how long have you and your husband / wife gotten married?

[= Then, how long have you and your husband / wife been married?]

7.

我哋	結	咗	婚	一	年	。
ngo5 dei6	git3	zo2	fan1	jat1	nin4	.
we	get married	AP	[get married]	1	year

We have gotten married for 1 year.

[= We have been married for 1 year.]

8.

我哋	結	咗	婚	差唔多	十	年	喇	。
ngo5 dei6	git3	zo2	fan1	caa1 m4 do1	sap6	nin4	laa3	.
we	get married	AP	[get married]	almost	10	year	SP

We have already gotten married for almost 10 years.

[= We have already been married for almost 10 years.]

9.

我哋	結	咗	婚	半	年	到	咋	。
ngo5 dei6	git3	zo2	fan1	bun3	nin4	dou2	zaa3	.
we	get married	AP	[get married]	half	year	about	SP

We have gotten married for about half a year only.

[= We have been married for about half a year only.]