| 你 | 唔記得咗 | 熄 | 燈 |
| Léih | mgeidāk-jó | sīk | dāng |
| you | forget-PFV | turn-off | light |
| ‘You forgot to turn off the light.’ | |||
| 嗰 | 件 | 唔係 | 好 | 靚 | 啫 |
| Gó | gihn | mhaih | hóu | leng | jē |
| that | CL | not-be | very | nice | SFP |
| ‘That one’s not very nice.’ | |||||
| 今日 | 冇 | 落雨 |
| Gāmyaht | móuh | lohk-yúh |
| today | not-have | fall rain |
| ‘It hasn’t rained today.’ | ||
| 我 | 今日 | 邊度 | 都 | 冇 | 去， | 淨係 | 坐 | 喺 | 屋企 | 啫 |
| Ngóh | gām-yaht | bīndouh | dōu | móuh | heui | jihnghaih | chóh | hái | ūkkéi | je |
| I | today | anywhere | all | not-have | go | merely | sit | at | home | SFP |
| ‘I haven’t been anywhere (at all) today, I just sat around at home.’ | ||||||||||
| 冇 | 人 | 唔 | 想 | 加 | 多 | 啲 | 人工 |
| Móuh | yàhn | m̀h | séung | gá | dō | dī | yàhngūng |
| no | one | not | want | raise | more | a-bit | salary |
| ‘Everyone wants a pay rise.’ | |||||||
| A: | 佢 | 好 | 快 | 會 | 升職 | 喇 |
| Kéuih | hóu | faai | wúih | sīng-jīk | la | |
| s/he | very | fast | will | promote | SFP | |
| ‘She will get promoted soon.’ | ||||||
| B: | 佢 | 點 | 會 | 升職 | 呀? | |
| Kéuih | dím | wúih | sīng-jīk | a? | ||
| s/he | how | will | promote | SFP | ||
| ‘There’s no way she will get promoted.’ | ||||||