Bite 8 - Identify genders

Language is all about people. Let’s learn to distinguish boys / girls, men / women.

Women

女     人
neoi5 jan2

Women a.k.a adult human female

Say women:

Sloowly:

Men

男     人
naam4 jan2

Men a.k.a. adult human male

Oh man.

Ohhhh--- maaaan---

Girls

女     仔
neoi5 zai2

Younger female (usually under 30)

佢係女仔

Girls

Uh yes. Do it slow. I ran out of gags.

Boys

男     仔
naam4 zai2

Younger male (usually under 30)

Boys:

Boys, being slow:

Examples

佢     係    男    仔
keoi5 hai6 naam4 zai2

He is a boy. ("a" was implied instead of literal)

Pratice (no slow version this time):

你    係    女    仔
nei5 hai6 neoi5 zai2

You are a girl. (again, "a" was implied)

Btw, remember? “你” is singular ONLY. (Revisit pronouns if you’ve forgotten!)

佢     哋    係    男   人
keoi5 dei6 hai6 naam4 jan4

They are men.

Wrap-up

女人, 男人, 女仔, 男仔 are the 4 basic words that refers to the gender and general age of people.

Credit

Special thanks to my friend Mama on contributing the audio for this bite!

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