| Singular | Plural |
| 我 ngóh ‘I’ | 我哋 ngóhdeih ‘we’ |
| 你 léih ‘you’ | 你哋 léihdeih ‘you’ |
| 佢 kéuih ‘he/she/it’ | 佢哋 kéuihdeih ‘they’ |
| 我 | 想 | 睇 | 晒 | 佢 | 先 | 還 |
| Ngóh | séung | tái | saai | kéuih | sīn | wàahn |
| I | want | read | all | it | first | return |
| ‘I want to finish reading it before I return it.’ (kéuih = the book) | ||||||
| 唔該 | 暢散 | 張 | 廿 | 蚊 | 紙 | 佢 | 吖 |
| Mgōi | cheung-sáan | jēung | yah | mān | jí | kéuih | ā |
| please | change | CL | twenty | dollar | note | it | SFP |
| ‘Please change this one hundred dollar note into smaller notes.’ | |||||||
| 點 | 解 | 會 | 咁 | 㗎? |
| Dím | gáai | wúih | gám | ga? |
| how | come | would | so | SFP |
| ‘Why is it like this?’ (referring to a situation) | ||||
| 阿嫲 | 話 | 明仔 | 唔 | 識 | 照顧 | 自己 |
| A-Màh | wah | Mìhng-jái | m̀h | sīk | jiugu | jihgéi |
| grandma | say | Ming-boy | not | know | take-care | self |
| ‘Grandma says Ming doesn't know how to take care of himself.’ | ||||||
| or ‘Grandma says Ming doesn't know how to take care of her.’ | ||||||
| 我 | 自己 | 就 | 冇 | 所謂， | 不過 | 我 | 老婆 | 唔 | 制 | 喎 |
| Ngóh | jihgéi | jauh | móuh | sówaih, | bātgwo | ngóh | lóuhpòh | m̀h | jai | wo |
| I | self | then | not-have | objection | but | my | wife | not | willing | SFP |
| ‘I don’t mind at all myself, but my wife is not willing.’ | ||||||||||
| Sally | 帶 | Mary | 返 | 自己 | 間 | 房 |
| Sally | daai | Mary | fāan | jihgéi | gāan | fóng |
| Sally | bring | Mary | return | self | CL | room |
| ‘Sally brought Mary back to her [Sally’s or Mary’s] room.’ | ||||||
| 個個 | 坐 | 晒 | 喺度， | 你 | 望 | 我， | 我 | 望 | 你 |
| Go-go | chóh | saai | háidouh, | léih | mohng | ngóh, | ngóh | mohng | léih |
| CL-CL | sit | all | here | you | stare | me | I | stare | you |
| ‘Everyone is sitting around staring at each other.’ | |||||||||