Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
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
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval