As with many Chinese languages, Longdu has little morphology. Every syllable of a word and grammatical construct has its own character, i.e. all morphemes are separated. Therefore, there is no affixation or stem changes in the same way that Indo-European languages have.
1) Noun phrase: Adjectives precede nouns.
- 黑色
- hak3-sak
- black
- 嘅
- ke2
- poss
- 衫
- sam1
- shirt
- 黑色
- hak3-sak
- black
- 衫
- sam1
- shirt
2) Verb phrase: Verbs precede objects.
- 着
- song4
- wear
- 黑色
- hak3-sak
- black
- 衫
- sam1
- shirt
3) Transitive sentence: Word order is classically SVO. There are no definite markers (e.g. ‘the’ or ‘a’ in English).
- 我
- wa5
- I
- 中意
- jong-i
- like
- 黑色
- hak3-sak
- black
- 衫
- sam1
- shirt
There are classifiers while counting.
- 我
- wa5
- I
- 有
- u3
- have
- 两
- lang5
- two
- 個
- ge3
- CL
- 眼睛
- mi2-jiu3
- eyes
4) Sentence with Preposition/Indirect Object: The prepositional phrase precedes the direct object.
- 我
- wa5
- I
- 起
- houng3
- at
- 間
- geng2
- CL
- 屋企
- joi4
- home
- 食
- he2
- eat
- 飯
- bun7
- meal
5) Yes/no questions: ARE VERY COOL!
- 你
- ni1
- you
- 是
- si2
- yes
- 唔
- m5
- no
- 是
- si2
- yes
- 學生？
- ho6-sang3
- student
6) Content questions: Word order does not change, question word is attached to end of sentence.
- 你
- ni1
- you
- 中意
- jong2-i5
- like
- 食
- he2
- eat
- 咩乜?
- men4-he3?
- what?