EP9 : Sentence Structure Part 1

💗 The series where you will go from absolute beginner to fluent in Cantonese. This is episode 9, and we are learning sentence structure ( part 1 )

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Hi everyone, welcome back to Fulham with Nicole, the series that takes you from absolute beginner to full in Cantonese. This is lesson nine. Today we'll be learning about sentence structure. Let's start with the most basic sentence structure. Subject, verb, object. Here's an example. I learned Cantonese. Let's break it down. G means I, that's the subject. Ho means to learn, that's the verb. Guangdong wa means Cantonese. That's the object.

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Please repeat after me. Ghok Guangton Hua I learn Cantonese. Let's try another example.

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Ne sick should go you eat ice cream. Let's break it down. Neans you that's the subject. Sick means to eat, that's the verb. Should go means ice cream. That's the object.

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Please repeat after me. Ne sick should go you eat ice cream. Now let's talk about time. Here's the sentence structure.

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Subject, time, verb, object. For example, no zom yet ha guangdong wa. I learned Cantonese yesterday. Let's break it down. Gno means I that's the subject. Means yesterday. That's the time. Ha means to learn. That's the verb. Guangdong wa means Cantonese. That's the object. Please repeat after me.

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Ghad ha guang dong wa. I learned Cantonese yesterday. Now let's look at another example.

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No gum yet sick shoot go. I eat ice cream today. Let's break it down. G means I that's the subject. Gum yet means today. That's the time. Sick means to eat. That's the verb. Should go means ice cream. That's the object.

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Please repeat after me. Gum yut. Sick should go. I eat ice cream today. Moving on, let's talk about location.

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The location comes before the verb. That means the sentence structure is going to look like this. Subject location verb object. Here's an example. I learned Cantonese at school. Let's break it down. No means I, that's the subject. Hai ho ha means at school, that's the location. Ho means to learn, that's the verb. Guangdong wa means Cantonese. That's the object. Please repeat after me.

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No hai ho hao ho Guang Dong Hua I learn Cantonese at school. Let's try another example.

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No Heg Sick Shikou. I eat ice cream at the restaurant. Let's break it down. No means I that's the subject. Heitz Han Tang means at the restaurant. That's the location. Sick means to eat. That's the verb. Shiko means ice cream. That's the object. Please repeat after me.

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No heitz han tang sick should go. I eat ice cream at the restaurant.

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When you want to combine time and location in one sentence, the sentence structure is going to look like this Subject, time, location, verb, object. Here's an example. I learned Cantonese at school today. Let's break it down. G means I that's the subject. Gum yut means today. That's the time. Hai ho means at school. That's the location. Ha means to learn. That's the verb. Guangdong wa means Cantonese. That's the object. Please repeat after me.

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Gum yut hai hau hok guang dong wa I learned Cantonese at school today.

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Let's try another example. Gzam yat hian tang sick sho. I ate ice cream at the restaurant yesterday. Let's break it down. G means I that's the subject. Means yesterday, that's the time. Hi tan tang means at the restaurant. That's the location. Sick means to eat. That's the verb. Shu go means ice cream. That's the object. Please repeat after me.

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No zom yet hi tantang sick shu go. I ate ice cream at the restaurant yesterday.

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Before we wrap up, let's go over what we learned today. Today we learned that Cantonese sentences can follow this pattern subject, time, location, verb, object. This is not the only way to form sentences in Cantonese, but as a beginner, this is a great place to start. You might also be wondering about tenses. Don't worry too much about that right now. We'll learn about tenses in a future lesson. For today, we are focusing on sentence structure and word order. Now let's go over the sentences we learned today. Please repeat after me.

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You eat ice cream. I eat ice cream today. I learned Cantonese at school. I eat ice cream at the restaurant. I learned Cantonese at school today. No Zam Yat Hai Tantang Sigshiko. I ate ice cream at the restaurant yesterday.

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That's a rep for lesson 9 of Fulamonico. Don't forget to download the notes I have prepared so you can study along. In the next lesson, we'll learn how to ask questions in Cantonese. If you found this lesson helpful, make sure to subscribe so you won't miss the next lesson. Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you next time. Bye bye!