EP 6 : Interrogative Pronouns Part 2

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Hi everyone, welcome back to Fluent Nicole, the series that takes you from absolute beginner to fluent in Cantonese. This lesson six we'll be focusing on interrogative pronouns. Before we start I would like to go over what we learned in the last lesson. Please repeat after me. Meh What M What Binto Weingo Wing goes Bin pairs with a classifier which. Now let's focus on some new interrogative pronouns gay. When it is used to ask about dates or days gay When it is used to ask about time Geito How many dim gai dim yung How?

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Let's go over them one more time.

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Gei Si When it is used to ask about dates or days gaim When it is used to ask about time Geito How many dim Gai Y Dim Young How? Let's go over each one with examples. Let's start with gay si it means when it is used to ask about days or dates. Nai Gei Si san yat When is your birthday? Sang yut means birthday. Please repeat after me.

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Nei gei si san yat. When is your birthday? Next is gei dim It means when.

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It is used to ask about time. Yi gai dim. What time is it now? Yi ga means right now.

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Please repeat after me. Yi gai dim. What time is it now? Now let's talk about gei do.

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It means how many? Every time you ask about how many items, gei do is followed by a classifier. Then a noun. For example Gei do zeko How many dogs? Da can be omitted. So you can say gei zek gau zek is a classifier for most animal. Not all most. Gao means dog. Let's try a longer sentence. Neiu gei zek gao. How many dogs do you have? Yao means to have. Please repeat after me. Gei zek gau How many dogs?

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Nei Yo Gao How many dogs do you have? Moving on Dim Gai Which means why.

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Ne Dim Gai M Jong Yi Gao Why do you not like dogs? Chong Yi means to like. When we add in front of we negated, please repeat after me.

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Ne Dim Gai M Jong Yi Gao Why do you not like dogs? Lastly, Dim Yang It means how. Do you remember how to say how are you? In episode two we learn to say Ne Dim.

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If you do not want to omit yang, you can say Ne Dim Yang. It means exactly the same thing. Please repeat after me. Ne dim How are you? Let's do a recap right now. Please repeat after me. Kei Si When it is used to ask about dates or days.

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Ne Gei Si san yat When is your birthday? Gei Dim When? It is used to ask about time. Yi gai Dim What time is it now? Gei D How many? D can be omitted. Nei Yao Gei Zekao How many dogs do you have? Dim Gai Why? Nei Dim Gai M Jung Yi Gao Why do you not like dogs? Dim Yung How Yung can be omitted. Ne Dim How are you?

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