| 佢 | 住 | 得 | 舒舒服服， | 唔 | 會 | 搬 | 嘅 | 喇 |
| Kéuih | jyuh | dāk | syū-syū-fuhk-fuhk | m̀h | wúih | būn | ge | la |
| s/he | live | ADV | comfortable-comfortable | not | will | move | SFP | SFP |
| ‘She’s living nice and comfortably, she won’t move.’ | ||||||||
| 佢 | 好 | 嬲 | 咁 | 收咗 | 線 |
| Kéuih | hóu | lāu | gám | sāu-jó | sin |
| s/he | very | mad | thus | close-PFV | line |
| ‘He put the phone down furiously.’ | |||||
| 我 | 猛 | 咁 | 搵 | 都 | 搵 | 唔 | 倒 |
| Ngóh | máahng | gam | wán | dōu | wán | m̀h | dóu |
| I | crazy | thus | search | also | search | not | succeed |
| ‘I’ve looked for it like crazy and still can’t find it.’ | |||||||
| 你 | 偷偷哋 | 整 | 嘢 | 食 | 呀? |
| Léih | tāu-tāu-déi | jíng | yéh | sihk | àh? |
| you | steal-steal-ish | make | things | eat | SFP |
| ‘You’ve been secretly preparing food, have you?’ | |||||
| 佢哋 | 做 | 得 | 越 | 快 | 越 | 好 |
| Kéuihdeih | jouh | dāk | yuht | faai | yuht | hóu |
| They | do | ADV | more | fast | more | good |
| ‘The faster they can do it the better.’ | ||||||
| 我哋 | 好 | 彩 | 冇 | 買 | 到 | 間 | 屋 |
| Ngóhdeih | hóu | chói | móuh | máaih | dou | gāan | ūk |
| we | good | luck | not-have | buy | PRT | CL | house |
| ‘Fortunately we didn’t buy the house.’ | |||||||
| 你 | 橫掂 | 要 | 出 | 去， | 不如 | 順便 | 幫 | 我 | 寄 | 埋 | 啲 | 信 |
| Léih | wàahngdihm | yiu | chēut | heui | bātyùh | seuhnbín | bōng | ngóh | gei | màaih | dī | seun |
| you | anyway | need | out | go | rather | on-the-way | help | me | send | PRT | CL | letter |
| ‘You have to go out anyway, you might as well post the letters for me.’ | ||||||||||||
| 我 | 嗰陣時 | 仲 | 未 | 考 | 倒 | 車牌 |
| Ngóh | gójahnsí | juhng | meih | háau | dóu | chē-pàaih |
| I | that-time | still | not-yet | pass | SFP | vehicle-license |
| ‘At that time I still hadn’t got my driving license.’ | ||||||
| 通常 | 都 | 係 | 用 | 呢 | 個 | 辦法 |
| Tūngsèuhng | dōu | haih | yuhng | lī | go | baahnfaat |
| usually | all | is | use | this | CL | do-manner |
| ‘It’s usually done this way.’ | ||||||
| 我 | 前 | 一 | 排 | 撞 | 倒 | 佢 |
| Ngóh | chìhn | yāt | pàaih | johng | dóu | kéuih |
| I | before | a | while | bump | PRT | him |
| ‘I ran into him a while ago.’ | ||||||
| 長 | 線 | 嚟 | 睇， | 買 | 樓 | 可以 | 保 | 值 |
| Chèuhng | sin | làih | tái | máaih | láu | hóyíh | bóu | jihk |
| long | term | come | see | buy | flat | can | preserve | value |
| ‘From a long-term point of view, buying a flat can be a good investment.’ | ||||||||