jan6孕
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Definition
To be pregnant; pregnancy.
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How it's used
While 孕 is a formal morpheme used in compound words like 懷孕 or 孕婦, it is rarely used as a standalone verb in daily speech. Native speakers almost exclusively use the phrase 有咗 or 有咗身己 to express being pregnant. Using 孕 alone in a sentence can sound overly clinical or like a direct translation from written Chinese.
Examples
She is pregnant and gets tired very easily lately.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use 孕 as a verb like the English 'to pregnant', but it is a noun or bound morpheme. Always use the verb phrase 有咗 when talking about someone's pregnancy status.
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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.
