soeng5 go3 lai5 baai3上個禮拜上个礼拜

Jyutpingsoeng5 go3 lai5 baai3

Yaleséuhng go láih baai

Definition

Last week.

colloquialtime

How it's used

Time expressions in Cantonese often omit the measure word 嗰 when referring to specific past or future periods. While 上個禮拜 is standard, you will frequently hear locals shorten it to 上禮拜 or even just 上個拜 in very casual speech. It functions as an adverbial phrase of time and is placed either at the start of the sentence or immediately after the subject.

Examples

ngo5我soeng5上go3個lai5禮baai3拜heoi3去zo2咗leoi5旅hang4行aa4呀。

I went on a trip last week.

nei5你soeng5上go3個lai5禮baai3拜hai6係mai6咪hou2好mong4忙㗎？

Were you very busy last week?

Common phrases

soeng5上go3個lai5禮baai3拜mei5尾

the end of last week

soeng5上go3個lai5禮baai3拜co1初

the beginning of last week

Common mistake

Learners sometimes mistakenly use 過去 instead of 上 to denote the previous week, but 過去 is generally reserved for abstract concepts like the past rather than specific calendar timeframes.