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Jyutpingbok3 ci4 ngaa5 naap6
Yalebok chìh ngáh naahp
Definition
Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa.
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How it's used
Geographic names for African countries are almost always direct phonetic transliterations in Cantonese. When discussing travel or location, it is standard to use the preposition 喺 before the country name to indicate where it is located or where someone is heading.
Examples
Do you know where Botswana is?
He will travel to Botswana next month.
Related words
Common phrases
go to Botswana
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
