Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])

can be used to refer to an unspecified person

幾耐 gei2 noi6

how long

冇 mo5

to not have (Cantonese)

Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]

嚟 lei4

used in transliteration

to come

used as a final particle to add emphasis

呢 ni1

this

間 haan4

an alternative form for 閒, idle

食 zi6

to feed

啦 la5

“now”, with an connotation of doubt

surprise

disapproval

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