Core Cantonese sentence-final particles and verb aspect markers, which differ notably from Mandarin, with an example sentence per card. Front: the Cantonese word or phrase in traditional Chinese characters with Jyutping romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.
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- 嘅 (ge3)
- possessive or attributive particle; used to mark possession or qualities of a noun
- 啦 (laa3)
- emphatic or urging particle; marks an obvious statement or expresses urgency
- 呀 (aa3)
- exclamatory particle; marks excitement, surprise, or strong emotion
- 喎 (wo3)
- emphatic affirmation particle; expresses strong emphasis or affirmation
- 嘛 (maa3)
- rhetorical question particle; indicates something obvious or already known
- 架 (gaa3)
- obvious assertion particle; asserts that something is an obvious fact
- 罗 (lo1)
- obviousness particle; marks something as obviously true or evident
- 吓 (haa5)
- exclamatory interjection; expresses surprise or emphasis
- 啫 (ze1)
- restrictive particle meaning 'only' or 'just'; limits scope to one thing
- 咋 (zaa3)
- interrogative particle; marks questions
- 咗 (zo2)
- perfective aspect marker; indicates a completed or finished action
- 紧 (gan2)
- progressive aspect marker; indicates an ongoing or current action
- 住 (zyu6)
- durative aspect marker; indicates a continuous or sustained state
- 起 (hei2)
- inceptive aspect marker; indicates the beginning or commencement of an action
- 落 (lok6)
- inceptive or progressive aspect marker; indicates action beginning or continuing downward