{"id":52,"date":"2008-09-06T17:18:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T01:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/?p=52"},"modified":"2008-09-06T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T01:18:09","slug":"lesson10-i-am-busy-in-cantonese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantonesepod.com\/pods\/lesson10-i-am-busy-in-cantonese\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 10: I am busy in Cantonese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, ????<\/p>\n<p>Here's our Cantonese podcast Lesson ten at CantonesePod.com.<\/p>\n<p>Did you try our \"how to say\" in Cantonese series? Let review two of the series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"storytitle\"><a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"..\/2008\/07\/04\/you-are-pretty-in-cantonese\/\">How to say \u201cyou are pretty\u201d in Cantonese<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"storytitle\"><a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"..\/2008\/07\/04\/how-to-say-you-are-so-handsome-in-cantonese\/\">How to say \u201cyou are (so) handsome\u201d in Cantonese?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>nei5 hou3 leng3<br \/>\n?       ?     ?    = you are (so) pretty.<br \/>\nyou very pretty (lit.)<\/p>\n<p>?      ?      ?   ?<br \/>\nnei5 hou2 leng3 zai2 = you are so handsome<br \/>\nyou very handsome boy (lit.)<\/p>\n<p>This is our sentence pattern for today:<br \/>\n<strong>pronoun\/noun + adjective<\/strong><br \/>\nWe call this a sentence with an adjectival predicate. Very useful and we  use it a lot in Chinese including Mandarin.<br \/>\ne.g.<\/p>\n<p>?      ?     ? ?????? = I am very busy (very 'not free')<br \/>\nI(am) very busy. (lit.)<br \/>\n?? = free; not busy.<br \/>\n??? = busy.<\/p>\n<p>?             ?    ???? = He\/she is very busy.<br \/>\nHe\/she(is) very busy.(lit.)<\/p>\n<p>?   ?    ?? ?       ?     ??  =  My boyfriend is very careless\/thoughtless.<br \/>\nmy male friend very rough heart (lit.)<br \/>\n?? = careless\/thoughtless ? having a rough\/careless heart\/mind)<\/p>\n<p>?? ?      ?? ?  ??? = My girlfriend is very careful\/considerate\/attentive (She's a careful person).<br \/>\nmy  female friend very tiny heart. (lit.)<br \/>\n?? = careful; attentive.<\/p>\n<p>?? ?? ?                      ??? = Her ex-husband is very rich.<br \/>\nHer  former husband very have money (lit.)<br \/>\n?? = having money; rich.<\/p>\n<p>?    ?  ? ?             ? ? ?? =  The dishes you cooked are very delicious.<br \/>\nyou cook   dish(es) very good taste.(lit.)<br \/>\n? ? = delicious; same as ?? in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>OK. Wish you a great weekend.<br \/>\n?      ?    ???<br \/>\nweek end happy (lit.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, ???? Here&#8217;s our Cantonese podcast Lesson ten at CantonesePod.com. Did you try our &#8220;how to say&#8221; in Cantonese series? Let review two of the series: How to say \u201cyou are pretty\u201d in Cantonese How to say \u201cyou are (so) handsome\u201d in Cantonese? nei5 hou3 leng3 ? ? ? = you are (so) pretty. 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