saat3 mo1 aa3薩摩亞萨摩亚
Jyutpingsaat3 mo1 aa3
Yalesaat mō a
Definition
Samoa; an island nation in the South Pacific with its capital in Apia.
neutralplaces
How it's used
Geographical names are often used with the classifier 個 when referring to the country as a singular entity in a sentence. It functions exactly like any other proper noun for a country and does not carry any special cultural baggage in daily speech.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
Samoa is a very beautiful place.
Do you know where Samoa is?
Related words
Common phrases
Samoan people
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.
