I know HK follow Chinese script. Well... obviously. Their Cantonese words have direct a counterpart in Mandarin, like 你, is 'ni' in Mandarin and 'nei' in Cantonese. But our Cantonese, we say lei. Why are we so different?

Another example:

的
Mandarin: De
HK: Dik
Local: Gei

对
Mandarin: Dui
HK: Deoi
Local: Ngam

Apparently I am wrong as pointed out by a ktard. These words have a direct counterpart in Mandarin, see answer 5.

的 is Dik
嘅 is Ge (correct)

对Is Duii
啱 is ngam (correct)

/K answers as simplied below:

1. Influenced by other dialects

2. The words we use are slangs, which HK also use. But we don't know the formal words, which HK knows and use

3. These are 'Lazy' pronunciation, as the language evolved.

4. KL more different from Hongkie. But Ipoh/Sabah closer to HK

5. The 'slangs' are actually found in Mandarin words. It is just that they are rarely used in Mandarin but have more meaning in Canto.

6. Diu Lei Lo Mou

Normally kL said kopi bing... or another is chat suet vs suet cha.

I always say kopi suet. Is this KL? I m from KL.

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because your/hk cantonese is not pure. go guangzhou and listen different type of cantonese.

I know HK follow Chinese script. Well... obviously. Their Cantonese words have direct a counterpart in Mandarin, like 你, is 'ni' in Mandarin and 'nei' in Cantonese. But our Cantonese, we say lei. Why are we so different?

baconateer this also Paul dupe in case u donno lol

if true..gotta salute tht sohai persistence...lol

U will mindfuck if u know how many active dupes he have now..KEK

CB what Paul dupe. Solar is solar, no dupe. My old one got bora, but not paul