Aspect Markers

Aspect Markers There are some aspect markers in Cantonese. Perfective (咗 /zo2/) Terminative (完 /jyun4/) Exhaustive (晒 /saai3/) Add...

Sunday, 27 May 2018

而家 /ji4 gaa1/

而家 /ji4 gaa1/


DETERMINER
current; present; of the present time
喺講嘢嗰陣
Example sentences
「而家嘅時間係三點鐘。」
「以前嘅人冇而家嘅人咁注重私隱。」
「依家先至係一點,我仲以為係兩點。」
Collocations
係、嘅、去、要、唔、冇
See also
頭先、陣間、今日
(Alternative form) 依家

PRONOUN
Persons or things of present time.
喺講嘢嗰陣嘅人或者事物。
Example sentences
「請問而家幾點鐘?」
「而家已經三點鐘喇。」
「而家去邊度?」
Collocations
係、去、要、唔、有、冇
See also
頭先、陣間、今日
(Alternative form) 依家

ADVERB
now; at the present time
喺講嘢嗰陣
Example sentences
「我而家去沙田。」
「佢而家去游水。」
「老師而家嚟緊!」
「我諗細佬而家應該到咗樓下。」
Collocations
係、去、要、唔利、有、冇
See also
頭先、陣間、今日
(Alternative form) 依家