Finishing a Meal

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If we want to check if the food is enough, we can ask:

1.

啲	嘢	夠	唔	夠	呀	？
di1	je5	gau3	m4	gau3	aa3	?
CL	thing	enough	not	enough	SP

Are the things enough?

[= Are the food enough?]

2.

夠	呀	。
gau3	aa3	.
enough	SP

Yes.

3.

好似	唔係幾	夠	噉	，
hou2 ci5	m4 hai6 gei2	gau3	gam2	,
seem	not quite	enough	seem

不如	叫	多	個	炒飯	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	giu3	do1	go3	caau2 faan6	aa1	.
why not	order	more	CL	fried rice	SP

It doesn’t seem quite enough.

Why don’t we order one more fried rice?

If we want to check if other people are full, we can ask:

4.

你哋	飽	未	呀	？
nei5 dei6	baau2	mei6	aa3	?
you	full	yet	SP

Are you full yet?

5.

我	飽	喇	。
ngo5	baau2	laa3	.
I	full	SP

I am full already.

6.

我	差唔多	飽	喇	。
ngo5	caa1 m4 do1	baau2	laa3	.
I	almost	full	SP

I am almost full already.

7.

我	仲	未	飽	呀	，
ngo5	zung6	mei6	baau2	aa3	,
I	still	not yet	full	SP

不如	叫	多	個	炒飯	吖	。
bat1 jyu4	giu3	do1	go3	caau2 faan6	aa1	.
why not	order	more	CL	fried rice	SP

I am still not full yet.

Why don’t we order one more fried rice?

If we worry that someone hasn’t eaten enough, we can ask:

8.

你	夠	唔	夠	飽	呀	？
nei5	gau3	m4	gau3	baau2	aa3	?
you	enough	not	enough	full	SP

Are you full enough?

9.

夠	呀	。
gau3	aa3	.
enough	SP

Yes.

10.

未	夠	呀	，	不如	叫	多	個	炒飯	吖	。
mei6	gau3	aa3	,	bat1 jyu4	giu3	do1	go3	caau2 faan6	aa1	.
not yet	enough	SP		why not	order	more	CL	fried rice	SP

Not enough yet. Why don’t we order one more fried rice?