Talking About Romantic Relationships

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1.

你	有	冇	拍拖	㗎	？
nei5	jau5	mou5	paak3 to1	gaa3	?
you	have	not have	date	SP

Do you date? [= Are you dating someone?]

2.

有	呀	。
jau5	aa3	.
have	SP

Yes.

3.

冇	呀	。
mou5	aa3	.
not have	SP

No.

We can also ask if the person has a boyfriend or girlfriend:

4.

你	有	冇	男朋友 / 女朋友	㗎	？
nei5	jau5	mou5	naam4 pang4 jau5 / neoi5 pang4 jau5	gaa3	?
you	have	not have	boyfriend / girlfriend	SP

Do you have a boyfriend / girlfriend?

5.

有	呀	。
jau5	aa3	.
have	SP

Yes.

6.

冇	呀	。
mou5	aa3	.
not have	SP

No.

7.

未	有	呀	。
mei6	jau5	aa3	.
not yet	have	SP

Not yet.

If the person is dating someone, we can ask:

8.

噉	你	同	你	男朋友 / 女朋友
gam2	nei5	tung4	nei5	naam4 pang4 jau5 / neoi5 pang4 jau5
then	you	and	your	boyfriend / girlfriend

拍	咗	拖	幾耐	呀	？
paak3	zo2	to1	gei2 noi6	aa3	?
date	AP	[date]	how long	SP

Then, how long have you and your boyfriend / girlfriend been dating?

9.

噉	你	同	你	男朋友 / 女朋友
gam2	nei5	tung4	nei5	naam4 pang4 jau5 / neoi5 pang4 jau5
then	you	and	your	boyfriend / girlfriend

拍	咗	幾耐	拖	呀	？
paak3	zo2	gei2 noi6	to1	aa3	?
date	AP	how long	[date]	SP

Then, how long have you and your boyfriend / girlfriend been dating?

10.

我哋	拍	咗	拖	一	年	。
ngo5 dei6	paak3	zo2	to1	jat1	nin4	.
we	date	AP	[date]	1	year

We have been dating for 1 year.

11.

我哋	拍	咗	拖	五	年	左右	喇	。
ngo5 dei6	paak3	zo2	to1	ng5	nin4	zo2 jau2	laa3	.
we	date	AP	[date]	5	year	about	SP

We have already been dating for about five years.

12.

我哋	拍	咗	大約	兩	個	月	拖	咋	。
ngo5 dei6	paak3	zo2	daai6 joek3	loeng5	go3	jyut6	to1	zaa3	.
we	date	AP	about	2	CL	month	[date]	SP

We have been dating for about 2 months only.

We can ask if the person plans to get married:

13.

你哋	有	冇	諗住	結婚	呀	？
nei5 dei6	jau5	mou5	nam2 zyu6	git3 fan1	aa3	?
you	have	not have	plan	get married	SP

Do you plan to get married?

14.

有	呀	，	我哋	計劃	緊	呀	。
jau5	aa3	,	ngo5 dei6	gai3 waak6	gan2	aa3	.
have	SP		we	plan	AP	SP

Yes, we are planning.

Both 諗住 nam2 zyu6 and 計劃 gai3 waak6 are translated as ‘to plan’, but their meanings are slightly different here. 諗住 nam2 zyu6 here means ‘to intend to get married’, while 計劃 gai3 waak6 here means ‘to make arrangements for getting married’.

15.

未	呀	，	我哋	仲	未	諗住	結婚	呀	。
mei6	aa3	,	ngo5 dei6	zung6	mei6	nam2 zyu6	git3 fan1	aa3	.
not yet	SP		we	still	not yet	plan	get married	SP

Not yet, we still haven’t planned to get married yet.

16.

冇	呀	，	我哋	冇	諗住	結婚	呀	。
mou5	aa3	,	ngo5 dei6	mou5	nam2 zyu6	git3 fan1	aa3	.
not have	SP		we	not have	plan	get married	SP

No, we don’t plan to get married.