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Fluent with Nicole : Absolute Beginner to Fluent in Cantonese
EP19 : Yet
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Hi everyone, welcome back to Fluent with Nicole, the series that takes you from absolute beginner to fluent in Cantonese. This is lesson nineteen. In this lesson, you are going to learn how to ask if someone has done something yet. Let's start with a very common question that you will hear all the time in Cantonese. Ne sickjaw fan me. Ne sick jaw fan me. Have you eaten yet? Sigfan means to have a meal. Means yet. When we put Mei at the end of the question, we are asking whether something has happened yet. Please repeat after me. Ne sigja fan me.
SPEAKER_01Ne sig ja fan mei. Have you eaten yet?
SPEAKER_00If you have eaten, no sick jo fan. No sick ja fan. Please repeat after me. No sick jo fan.
SPEAKER_01No sick ja fan. I have eaten. But if you have not eaten yet, no me sick fan.
SPEAKER_00No me se fan. When we answer with not yet, me comes before the verb. Please repeat after me. No me sick fan.
SPEAKER_01No me se fan. I have not eaten yet.
SPEAKER_00Now let's use the sentence you learned in a previous lesson No Yam Jaita. No yam jo nita.
SPEAKER_01Do you remember what it means? It means I drank milk tea. Now let's turn this into a question. Have you drank the milk tea yet? Ne yam jo nice ha mei.
SPEAKER_00Ne yam jo name. Have you drank the milk tea yet? When we are asking the question, we put me at the end of the question.
SPEAKER_01If you already drank the milk tea, how would you answer? No yam jo night. No yam jo n I drank the milk tea. But what if you have not?
SPEAKER_00You would say No Me Yam Naita G Me Yam Nai I have not drunk the milk tea yet. Let's try another example. Go Tai Jo Din Yang Gai Jin Yang Do you remember what it means?
SPEAKER_01It means I watch a movie. How would you say have you watched the movie yet?
SPEAKER_00Ne Tai Jia Din Yang Mei Nei Tai Jang Mei Have you watched the movie yet?
SPEAKER_01If you already watched the movie, how would you answer? Na Tai Jia Din Yang Na Tai Chia Din Yang I watched the movie. But what if you have not?
SPEAKER_00You would say No Mei Tai Din Yang No Mei Tai I have not watched the movie yet. So far, all of our examples have used ja but mei can also be used with gu. Let's look at an example you learned in the previous lesson. No hoi guayabun Ga boon Do you remember what it means?
SPEAKER_01It means I have been to Japan. How would you ask have you been to Japan yet? Ne Hoiguo Yapun Mei.
SPEAKER_00Nei Hoigu Yab Mei Have you been to Japan yet?
SPEAKER_01If you have been to Japan, how would you answer? Na Hoiguayapun Na Hoiguo Yabun I have been to Japan. But what if you have not been to Japan yet?
SPEAKER_00You would say No Mei Hoyabun Na Mei Ho Yabun I have not been to Japan yet. You have previously learned Mo Verb Gu. We use this to say that we have never done something before. For example, Gong Mo Tai Gu Dante G Mai Gu danse I have never ridden a bite before. But if we use mei Gom Mei Tai Guadanze Gi Guan Te it means I have not ridden a bite yet. So comparing this two mo verb gu tells us that you have never had the experience before. Mei verb gu also tells us that you have never had that experience before, but it emphasizes that the experience has not happened up until now. That's a wrap for lesson 19 of Lominico. Don't forget to download the notes I have prepared so you can study along. 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!