coi3 ji5 wai4 aa3塞爾維亞塞尔维亚
Jyutpingcoi3 ji5 wai4 aa3
Yalechoi yíh wàih a
Definition
Serbia; a country in southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, with its capital in Belgrade.
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How it's used
Geographical names in Cantonese often follow the phonetic sounds of the English names, but they are treated as standard nouns in a sentence. When discussing countries, it is common to add 國家 or 地方 after the name if the context is not immediately clear to the listener. It is standard to use the preposition 喺 when describing the location of a country.
Examples
Do you know where Serbia is?
He is going to travel to Serbia next month.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
