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There are differences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_grammar#Differences_from_Mandarin_grammar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_grammar#Differenc

by wisty 12y ago

There are differences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_grammar#Differences_from_Mandarin_grammar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_grammar#Differences_f... Notably comparisons: Cantonese 佢高過我 He taller than me Mandarin: 他比我高 He compared me tall 開 (habitual aspect) which isn't in Mandarin. Cantonese doesn't really have passives. Cantonese can have multiple particles at the end of a sentence.

vorg 12y ago
There's differences in the grammar, just like in English between US "I don't have any..." and UK "I haven't any...". But I was disputing that the differing characters used with Mandarin and Cantonese was to do with the pronunciation of the morphemes/words.