27.15 Vocabulary: Commenting on Food I

To make positive comments, we can use positive adjectives. We can add degree words to indicate the level of intensity.

To make negative comments, we can use negative adjectives. We can add degree words to indicate the level of intensity. Note that we usually use 麻麻哋 maa4 maa2 dei2 (‘so-so’, also written as 麻麻地) without degree words.

We can also add 唔 m4 (‘not’), 唔係好 m4 hai6 hou2 (‘not very’) or 唔係幾 m4 hai6 gei2 (‘not quite’) before positive adjectives to form negative comments.