Share 「ge（嘅）」、「je（啫）」、「la（喇）」
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She's a nurse (assertive; "ge" emphasizes the factual nature)
佢做護士嘅 (keoi5 zou6 wu6 si6 gě)
She's a nurse (stronger: assertion with "haih ... ge")
佢係做護士嘅 (keoi5 hai6 zou6 wu6 si6 gě)
I want to help her (affirmative statement)
我想幫佢嘅 (ngo soéng bōng keoi5 gě)
I do want to help her (assertive, with haih...ge)
我係想幫佢嘅 (ngo hai6 soéng bōng keoi5 gě)
It's just a few hundred dollars (playing down the amount with "je")
幾百蚊啫 (géi baak3 mān zē)
It's pretty easy (minimizing the difficulty)
好容易啫 (hóu jung4 ji6 zē)
We're just going for fun (casual, no big deal)
我哋去玩吓啫 (ngo dei6 heoi3 waán haa zē)
They've been divorced for some time (current state, "la" shows relevance now)
佢哋離咗婚好耐喇 (keoi5 dei6 lèi zó fān hóu noi6 laǎ)
Her autobiography is written (recent completion with "la")
佢本自傳寫好喇 (keoi5 bun2 zi6 zyún sé hóu laǎ)
I've finished reading the report (completion expressed with "la")
我睇完個報告喇 (ngo tái jyùn gǒ bǒu gǒu laǎ)
