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What does Cantonese exclamation mean?
As an adjective, pook gai is an intensifier (like the English word “bloody”); by itself, it’s an exclamation of irritation (like “Damn!”).
Why does Cantonese sound angry?
Cantonese people talk loudly. Cantonese just sounds more forceful by nature because of its sounds and usage patterns. It’s explosive and clipped by nature; it’s a very expressive language. Mandarin is like classical music, gliding up and down in flow, while Cantonese is like rap music, in your face, dynamic and brash.
How do Chinese express shock?
哎呀 āi yā is an interjection to indicate surprise or shock. If one day you run into a friend that you haven’t met in a long time. You can say: 哎呀，怎么是你！
Is Cantonese harsh?
Cantonese Cantonese can be difficult even for those fluent in other Chinese dialects because of its tonal system. This gives a new hurtle to language learning, since a reader of Cantonese can’t sound out syllables in a text as we can with phonetic alphabets.
What does o mean in Mandarin?
oh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise) Example Usage. 哦
What does Wa Sai mean in Chinese?
哇塞 wā sāi. (slang) wow!
What are the final particles in Cantonese?
Cantonese Final Particles (尾音) This is where the sentence final particles come in. These particles are often used to modify the mood or sometimes even the meaning of a sentence. Its purported that Cantonese may have up to a hundred of these particles, but in reality the ones used in daily life number much less.
What is an exclamative particle in Chinese?
Chinese exclamative particles. The Chinese language involves a number of spoken exclamative words and written onomatopoeia which are used in everyday speech and informal writing. Such “exclamations” have their own Chinese character, but they are rarely used in formal written documents.
What is the structure of Cantonese?
Cantonese is an analytic language in which the arrangement of words in a sentence is important to its meaning. A basic sentence is in the form of SVO, i.e. a subject is followed by a verb then by an object, though this order is often violated because Cantonese is a topic-prominent language.
What are exclamations in the Chinese language?
The Chinese language involves a number of spoken exclamative words and written onomatopoeia which are used in everyday speech and informal writing. Such “exclamations” have their own Chinese character, but they are rarely used in formal written documents.