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The Usage of 嘅 [ge3] in Cantonese
The Cantonese particle 嘅 (ge3) is a versatile word that can be used in a variety of ways. Today's blog post will be explaining its usages as a possessive particle, an adjective suffix, and a final particle. As a possessive particle 嘅 [ge3] is used to indicate possession and this is one of the most common ways the particle is used. It is usually placed after the possessor (the person who owns), to turn it into a possessive adjective, followed by the possessed noun. For example

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