Yip, Virginia.
Basic Cantonese: a grammar and workbook / Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews. - Second edition. - xiii, 175 pages ; 24 cm. - Grammar workbooks. .
Includes index.
Introduction 1 Consonants 2 Vowels and diphthongs 3 Tone 4 Pronouns 5 Possession: ge 6 Possession and existence: yauh 7 Being: haih 8 Noun classifiers 9 Adjectives 10 Adverbs of manner 11 Adverbs of time, frequency and duration 12 Comparison: gwo and di 13 Prepositions: space and time 14 Negation 15 Verbs of motion: heui and laih 16 Verbs of giving: bei 17 Verbs and particles 18 Actions and events: jo and gwo 19 Activities: gan and jyuh 20 Auxiliary verbs 21 Passives 22 Word order and topicalization 23 Yes/no questions 24 Wh-questions 25 Sentence particles 26 Imperatives 27 Requests and thanks 28 Numbers, dates and times Key to exercises Glossary of grammatical terms
9780415815598 (pbk)
Cantonese dialects -- Grammar.
Cantonese dialects -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Cantonese dialects -- Problems, exercises, etc.
495.1727/Y59
Basic Cantonese: a grammar and workbook / Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews. - Second edition. - xiii, 175 pages ; 24 cm. - Grammar workbooks. .
Includes index.
Introduction 1 Consonants 2 Vowels and diphthongs 3 Tone 4 Pronouns 5 Possession: ge 6 Possession and existence: yauh 7 Being: haih 8 Noun classifiers 9 Adjectives 10 Adverbs of manner 11 Adverbs of time, frequency and duration 12 Comparison: gwo and di 13 Prepositions: space and time 14 Negation 15 Verbs of motion: heui and laih 16 Verbs of giving: bei 17 Verbs and particles 18 Actions and events: jo and gwo 19 Activities: gan and jyuh 20 Auxiliary verbs 21 Passives 22 Word order and topicalization 23 Yes/no questions 24 Wh-questions 25 Sentence particles 26 Imperatives 27 Requests and thanks 28 Numbers, dates and times Key to exercises Glossary of grammatical terms
9780415815598 (pbk)
Cantonese dialects -- Grammar.
Cantonese dialects -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Cantonese dialects -- Problems, exercises, etc.
495.1727/Y59
