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post Jul 7 2012, 12:37 PM

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QUOTE(zeist @ Jul 7 2012, 12:19 PM)
My keliks like to use 'em you'. Not 'em wui' ka?

What is the different?
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em you - tak mau
em wui - tak mungkin
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post Jul 7 2012, 01:01 PM

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they should do this in malaysia for English and Malay and Mandarin!!
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post Jul 9 2012, 03:21 PM

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sifus, what does "phin sum" mean? do you use it to describe someone who is mean?
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post Jul 9 2012, 03:56 PM

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QUOTE(lostasylum @ Jul 9 2012, 03:21 PM)
sifus, what does "phin sum" mean? do you use it to describe someone who is mean?
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Eccentric, meant treat good to your girlfriends and treat bad to your wife.. and your wife is jelly n scold you phin sum
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QUOTE(ykhong @ Jul 9 2012, 03:56 PM)
Eccentric, meant treat good to your girlfriends and treat bad to your wife.. and your wife is jelly n scold you phin sum
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sounds like what you're describing is favouritism is it? like your colleague mess up, your boss don't scold. you do small mistake, your boss scold you kao kao.... then you'll say your boss is phin sum. correct?
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post Jul 10 2012, 10:03 PM

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When to use "mm koi" and when to use "toh jeh"??
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post Jul 10 2012, 10:27 PM

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what means "siu gig" ?
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post Jul 10 2012, 11:10 PM

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QUOTE(Zentaro @ Jul 10 2012, 10:03 PM)
When to use "mm koi" and when to use "toh jeh"??
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this 2 terms usually wrongly used by kl traders.

'mm koi' shud be used when someone helped you to do something i.e a thank to a service.

'toh jeh' is to be used when someone give/donate u something i.e. saying thank you to a customer or donater.



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post Jul 10 2012, 11:33 PM

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ma lat lou !
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post Jul 11 2012, 03:35 AM

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QUOTE(lostasylum @ Jul 5 2012, 07:27 PM)
another few words that i'm not sure about but i've put how i usually understand it:

fong fatt = method
mok teik = similar to fong fatt??
yin yan = fact
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Font Fatt is method, mok teik is motive
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post Jul 11 2012, 09:09 PM

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some ppl refer girl as 'foh'
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post Jul 12 2012, 09:36 AM

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QUOTE(lostasylum @ Jul 9 2012, 05:07 PM)
sounds like what you're describing is favouritism is it? like your colleague mess up, your boss don't scold. you do small mistake, your boss scold you kao kao.... then you'll say your boss is phin sum. correct?
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yes something like that..
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post Jul 12 2012, 11:33 PM

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QUOTE(J'Daniel @ Jul 11 2012, 09:09 PM)
some ppl refer girl as 'foh'
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Yes, some Cantonese are very rude. They see girls as "object" that can be trade hence "foh" which mean goods. Cantonese also like to refer to men as dogs as in "nam yan lou gau". Some Cantonese father refer to their son as puppy as in "huen yi". "Huen" is another word for dog and "yi" is son.
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anyone got any recommendations of canto phone apps (android) to learn canto better?

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