saat3 laai1 jit6 wo1薩拉熱窩萨拉热窝
Jyutpingsaat3 laai1 jit6 wo1
Yalesaat lāai yiht wō
Definition
Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
neutralplaces
How it's used
Geographic names are often transliterated phonetically in Cantonese, and this specific name follows standard conventions for European capitals. It is treated as a proper noun and functions exactly like any other city name in a sentence. There is no special grammatical behavior associated with this word compared to other foreign locations.
Examples
Sarajevo is a very beautiful city.
Do you know where Sarajevo is?
Related words
Common phrases
go to Sarajevo
travel to Sarajevo
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.
