nung4 gaa1農家农家
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Definition
Peasant family; a household that makes a living from agriculture.
Example
nung4農gaa1家hai6係zin3戰gwok3國si4時kei4期jat1一go3個hok6學paai3派。
nung4农gaa1家hai6係zin3战gwok3国si4时kei4期jat1一go3个hok6学paai3派。
The School of Agriculture was a school of thought of the Warring States period.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the household unit rather than the individual worker. It carries a slightly rustic or traditional connotation, often used when describing rural life or the source of agricultural products. In modern urban Hong Kong, it is rarely used to describe one's own family unless one is specifically referring to a rural background.
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Their whole family are farmers, they are very hardworking.
This is a farming family, have you found fresh vegetables yet?
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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.
