Cantonese Grammar: Cantonese Adverbs 2

[@Eric-de7ph]

Excellent video instruction for improving my Cantonese. Your classroom style presentation is effective for learning. Helpful to see both the Chinese characters and the English. Keep up the good work!

[@J4CKAL05]

Quick question, a bit unrelated: what's the difference between using 'ge' and 'ma' as a question particle? I mean, when would you use 'ge' and when would you use 'ma'? Does it matter? Thanks in advance, and very useful video! :)

[@LearnCantoneseFast]

ge2 嘅 is related to asking "why", as in 點解咁嘅? dim2 gaai2 gam2 ge2 why it is like this? But dim2 gaai2 already signal a question, so ge2 is only an intonation modifier showing your "surprise". ma3 嘛 is more like a yes/no kind of question, as in 你好嘛? lei4 ho2 ma3 are you well? ma3 signals a yes/no question.

[@777sweeper3]

Technically, 得 and 到 are not adverbs, they are complements, 補語

[@LearnCantoneseFast]

得 is a verb meaning "gain" or "obtain", 到 can be a verb meaning "arrive" or a preposition, as in 達到 arrived "at".

[@DavidNgCantonese]

@@LearnCantoneseFast indeed. Yet even if they can be verbs, they are still not ADverbs, as @777sweeper3 pointed out, but verbal compliments

[@J4CKAL05]

Ah ok, thanks very much :)