EP16 : Present Participle

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Hi everyone, welcome back to Fulan with Nicole, the series that takes you from absolute beginner to fullen in Cantonese. This is lesson 16. Today I would like to introduce you to another aspect marker. When a verb is followed by gun, it shows that something is happening right now. For example, no gun dan biking. Let's break it down.

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No means I means to bike. Gun means I and G. Dan means bicycle. Repeat after me. Not hi gun danse gun dance turn this into a question. How do you say what are you doing? Ne joganme. Let's break it down. Ne means you jo means to do. Gun means I and G. Jogan means doing. Means what? Repeat after me. Ne jogan me. Ne jogan me What are you doing? Let's try another example. No zupun o I'm tidying the house. Let's break it down. No means I means to tidy up. Gun means I and G. Zub gun means tidying. Oh means house. Repeat after me. No zup gun gun I'm tidying the house. Let's do a recap.

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When a verb is followed by gun, it shows that something is happening right now. Repeat after me.

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Ne jogan me jan me What are you doing? Got high gun danse I'm biking. Gotz up gun o zapan o I'm tidying the house.

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