1把遮, 1把槍... Learn the Special Quantifier 把 (baa2) - Cantonese Lesson 289 #learncantonese.

Hi there, I'm Amanda. Welcome back to 5-Minute Cantonese. 大家好,我係Amanda. 歡迎收睇五分鐘廣東話。 What are we going to learn today? Today we'll focus on one special quantifier. Let's get started. First of all, remember what quantifier is. Right, quantifier is to measure a word of most of the nouns. We have learned some common quantifier in these lessons. So, today we'll only focus on one special one. There is one very common thing that we'll use this quantifier, especially in the rainy season. Right, umbrella. And umbrella. For many weapons, we'll use this quantifier. A gun. Actually, for 槍, apart from 把, you can also use another quantifier, which is 支. So, a gun, you can either say 一把槍 or 一支槍. And other older weapon, sword. So, how about a sword? Of course, today we'll only focus on one quantifier. Alright, not all weapons are that extreme. Some are the tools that we'll use daily, but a bit dangerous. What are they? Right, knife and scissors. A knife. However, for the other cutleries like fork or spoon, the quantifier is 隻. So, a knife. A spoon. A fork. In English, scissors is a pair of scissors. However, in Chinese, scissors is singular. So, a pair of scissors in Cantonese is a scissor, okay? Another very common tool, which is not dangerous at all, comb. We also use the quantifier 把, so a comb. Very good. Let's make some simple sentences. For example, I want a knife and a fork, please. First, please. To want, 想, remember in Cantonese, we'll simply use the word to need. Remember the quantifier. Right, it's not 把, it's 隻. Can you give me a pair of scissors? You. Can. Cannot. To give. Scissors. Question with ending 啊. Can I. Can. Cannot. To borrow. This time, same. Let's cut the number here. Simply put the quantifier 把. Pay attention to the tone. Okay, very similar here, all right? Question with ending 啊 in the end. Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed this lesson today. If you want to learn Cantonese with me, please subscribe. If you like this video, please give a thumbs up. If you want more worksheets and supplementary or exercise, please, please support my Patreon page. See you next time. Bye-bye. 下次見。