24.1 The Preposition 幫 bong1 (‘for’)

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The preposition 幫 bong1 means ‘for’ (as in I have booked for 6:30 for you). When an action is done to help someone, we can use 幫 bong1 to indicate the person who receives the help. We put the person after 幫 bong1 to form a prepositional phrase.

Prepositional Phrase
PrepositionNoun
幫
bong1
‘for’
Person
幫你for you
bong1nei5
foryou

We put the prepositional phrase before the verb we want to modify.

Subject幫
bong1
‘for’
PersonVerbAspect
Particle
Object
我幫你book咗六點半。
ngo5bong1nei5buk1zo2luk6 dim2 bun3.
IforyoubookAP6:30
I have booked for 6:30 for you.