Finally: adjectives! Are you an excited student? Even if you’re not, this lesson should teach you how to say so. Here’s the lesson ten vocabulary.
- 對唔住 · ui-m̈-jì · sorry, I’m sorry, pardon me
- 唔緊要 · m-gīn-yiau · it doesn’t matter, not at all, that’s allright
- 夫人 · fu-ngïn* · Mrs., madam, wife
- 黄 · Wöng · (surname)
- 李 · Lī · (surname)
- 女人 · nūi-ngïn* · woman, female, wife
- 男人 · näm-ngïn* · man, male, husband
- 亦 · yìak · also, too, moreover, in addition to
- 靚 · liang · beautiful, handsome
- 本事 · bōn-lhù · capable
- 聰明 · tung-mïng · intelligent, clever
- 平 · pïang · inexpensive, economical
- 貴 · gwi · expensive
- 架 · gạ · (classifier), frame, final particle
- 車 · che · car, automobile, vehicle
- 個 · gwoi · (classifier)
Though I am staying with my Kaiping-accented family in San Francisco this weekend, I’m going to hold off on posting the Kaiping pronunciations. I’m waiting till I get back to LA to reference the Kaiping dictionary, just to be safe. Ui m̈ jì!
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