22.6 Subject Movement

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If a sentence has a sentence particle, we can optionally move the subject after the sentence particle.

我哋食幾多點好
ngo5 dei6 sik6 gei2 do1 dim2 hou2 aa3?
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食幾多點好我哋
sik6 gei2 do1 dim2 hou2 aa3 ngo5 dei6?
We eat at when will be good?
[= When should we eat?]

我哋不如食七點
ngo5 dei6 bat1 jyu4 sik6 cat1 dim2 aa1.
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不如食七點我哋
bat1 jyu4 sik6 cat1 dim2 aa1 ngo5 dei6.
Why don’t we eat at 7:00?