Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
ministry
department
section
part
division
troops
board
classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc