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Cantonese

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Marker/Description of Process: ji5 Meaning: Past 
Example:
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Translation
keoi5   dei6   ji5       ging1              faan1         zo2
3.S      PL     PST    pass through   go home    PERF  
'They went home already.'
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Marker/Description of Process: dei6 Meaning: Plural marker
Example:
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ngo5   dei6    soeng2     sik6   faan6
1.S      PL     want.to     eat     rice
'We would like to eat rice.'
Comments: Only for pronouns

Marker/Description of Process: zo2 Meaning: Perfective tense marker
Example:
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ngo5   zou6   hou2    zo2
1.S      do      well     PERF
'I have finished it (the work/action/assignment).'
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Marker/Description of Process:  ma5 Meaning:  Question
Example:
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Translation		 lei5     hou2     ma5 ?
2.S     good     Q
'How are you?'
Comments:  

Marker/Description of Process:  ge3 Meaning:  Possessive
Example:
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Translation		 go2   gaa3                    ce1     hai6   ngo5    ge3
that   CL.VEHICLE    car      is       1.S       POSS
'That car is mine.'
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Marker/Description of Process:  wui6 Meaning:  Future
Example:
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Translation		 lou5   si1         waa6  keoi5    wui6     giu3     lei5
old     teacher  say     3.S        FUT     call      2.S 
'The teacher said that he/she will call you.'
Comments:  sin1 saang1 is the colloquial term for teacher, and is more popularly used. The more formal term for teacher is gaau3 si1.