mo1 ji5 do1 ngaa5摩爾多瓦摩尔多瓦
Jyutpingmo1 ji5 do1 ngaa5
Yalemō yíh dō ngáh
Definition
Moldova; a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, situated between Romania and Ukraine.
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How it's used
Geographic names of countries are often used with the classifier 個 when referring to them in a specific context, though it is frequently omitted when simply naming the country. This term is a direct phonetic transliteration, which is standard for most European countries in Cantonese.
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go3個goExamples
Do you know where Moldova is?
I went to Moldova for a trip last year.
Related words
Common phrases
Republic of Moldova
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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.
