Timeline for What does this mean? Colloquial interviews
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| Jan 10, 2021 at 7:14 | comment | added | Wayne Cheah | Quote:- "So many words were omitted and assumed (?)" Not really for Cantonese speakers. The 點止呀 is pretty obvious in responding to the question, and on its own a very common colloquial phrase meaning something like the pidgin English "How can"? If interested here's all the 點 you can handle-- cantonese.org/search.php?q=%E9%BB%9E However, the 三個嫲嫲 may be open to situational interpretation. The 嫲嫲 means "grand mom" as in 奶奶. So, 三個嫲嫲 means "a grand mom thrice over", or "three grand kids calling me 嫲嫲" The resultant meaning is the same, but two ways to translate into English. | |
| Jan 10, 2021 at 4:54 | comment | added | Tang Ho♦ | Don't worry, "三個嫲嫲" (three grandmas) is not making any sense in this context, I have to presume she meant to say "三個(孫子的)嫲嫲" based on the rest of the context | |
| Jan 10, 2021 at 4:52 | history | edited | Tang Ho♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2021 at 4:43 | history | edited | Tang Ho♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2021 at 4:42 | vote | accept | cgo | ||
| Jan 10, 2021 at 4:42 | comment | added | cgo | Thanks. Wow this is extremely hard for beginner/intermediate learners to pick up. So many words were ommitted and assumed (?) to be understood in context. Thanks | |
| Jan 10, 2021 at 4:40 | history | answered | Tang Ho♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |