Advanced Sentence-Final Particles

進階語氣助詞

About this concept

More nuanced particles: 囉 lo1 (obviously), 喎 wo3 (hearsay/surprise), 咩 me1 (rhetorical/disbelief), 嘛 maa3 (should be obvious), 啫 ze1 (merely/only), 噃 bo3 (reminder).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level B1.

Examples

咁就得囉。That'll do then. (obviously)

佢走咗喎。He/She has left! (surprised)

你唔知咩？You don't know? (disbelief)

我講笑啫。I was just joking. (merely)

Prerequisite

Basic Sentence-Final ParticlesA2

Concepts that build on this

Particle Stacking and CombinationsC1

More B1 concepts

Resultative Complements結果補語 Potential Complements (得/唔)能力補語 Tentative Aspect 吓嘗試體「吓」Serial Verb Constructions連動句 Written vs Spoken Cantonese書面語同口語

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