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

呢 /nei1/

呢 /nei1/


DETERMINER
[Always with a classifier and/or a determiner to form pronoun or determiner] Proximal demonstrative equivalent to this or these in English.
唔可以單獨咁用,但加埋量詞一齊用就係代詞,係俾講嘢嘅人用嚟講嗰啲近佢嘅人或者事物。
  1. [with a classifier to form singular pronoun] Proximal demonstrative equivalent to this in English.
    加埋量詞一齊用就係單數代詞,俾講嘢嘅人用嚟講嗰啲近佢嘅人或者事物。
    Example sentences
    「呢個係我嘅朋友。」
    「呢部都係我嘅電話。」
    「呢架係我嘅車。」
    「你嘅信得呢封咋。」
    Collocations
    個、樣、種、架、部
    See also
    嗰、邊、呢度、嗰度、呢邊、嗰邊
  2. [with a classifier to form singular determiner] Proximal demonstrative equivalent to this in English.
    加埋量詞一齊用就係單數形容詞,俾講嘢嘅人用嚟講嗰啲近佢嘅人或者事物。
    Example sentences
    「呢個朋友我識咗好耐。」
    「呢部電話都係我嘅。」
    「呢架車係佢嘅。」
    「你記得攞呢封信去寄。」
    Collocations
    個、樣、種、架、部
    See also
    嗰、邊、呢度、嗰度、呢邊、嗰邊
  3. [with the determiner gei2(幾) or a cardinal number, and a classifier to form plural pronoun] Proximal demonstrative equivalent to these in English.
    加埋量詞一齊用就係眾數代詞,俾講嘢嘅人用嚟講嗰啲近佢嘅人或者事物。
    Example sentences
    「呢幾個係我嘅朋友。」
    「呢幾個都係我嘅電話套。」
    「呢三架係我嘅模型車。」
    「你嘅信得呢啲咋。」
    Collocations
    都、要、去、係、喺、咋、囉
    See also
    嗰、邊、啲、幾、呢度、嗰度、呢邊、嗰邊、呢啲、嗰啲
  4. [with the determiner gei2(幾) or a cardinal number, and a classifier to form plural determiner] Proximal demonstrative equivalent to these in English.
    加埋量詞一齊用就係眾數形容詞,俾講嘢嘅人用嚟講嗰啲近佢嘅人或者事物。
    Example sentences
    「呢幾個朋友我成日見。」
    「呢幾部電話都係我嘅。」
    「呢三架模型車係佢嘅。」
    「你記得攞呢幾封信去寄。」
    Collocations
    車、人
    See also
    嗰、邊、啲、幾、呢度、嗰度、呢邊、嗰邊、呢啲、嗰啲