喺：位置: rules, examples & exercises | Cantonese Grammar A1

喺：位置

A1 — 介詞

Using 喺 (hai2) for location 'at/in' and 喺度 for 'here/there'

I can describe locations and say where things are.

Using 喺 (hai2) for location 'at/in' and 喺度 for 'here/there'

Examples

介詞A1

Using 喺 for 'at/in'

Learning Goal

I can describe locations.

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

我喺屋企。

I'm at home.

佢喺學校返緊工。

He/She is working at school.

洗手間喺邊度？

Where is the restroom?

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

S + 喺 + Place + V = "S does V at Place"

我喺屋企食飯。(I eat at home.)

佢喺度。(He/She is here.) / 佢喺邊度？(Where is he/she?)

Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises

Trying to distinguish at/in/on — just use 喺.

我喺屋企。

I'm at home.

喺 hai2 = at/in. 屋企 = home. Simple location statement.

佢喺學校返緊工。

He/She is working at school.

喺學校 (at school) + 返緊工 (working, with ongoing aspect 緊).

洗手間喺邊度？

Where is the restroom?

洗手間 (restroom) + 喺邊度 (at where). Essential survival phrase.

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises