Some classifiers, this and that, and you reckon?

Today’s new words

go – a classifier for people and other stuff.  Wristwatches use go

sáu bīu – wristwatch

jì – classifier for stick-like things, such as pens and pencils

tùhng màaih – and; also.  I already know this but didn’t know how to write it down.

ga? – contraction of ge a? where ge is the possessive.

gú – guess, reckon.  Léih gú haih bīn go ga? (who do you think this belongs to? lit. You think is who own?)

chìh dī – later on. Ngoh chìh dī mahn kéuih (I’ll ask him later).

nī – this

gó – that

According to Baker & Ho, to say “this person” or “that thing”, you need to indicate the appropriate classifier between this and the object.  Example: “this go person” or “that jì thing”

bīn – which?  This is why to ask who? in Cantonese is bin go?  Which classifer-for-person and bin douh for where? (lit which road?).

If the subject is obvious, you can simply by discarding the noun (not the classifier). This has some similarity to English:

A: Leih yiu bin jì bat a?  (Which pen do you need?)

B: Ngoh yiu gó jì  (I need that one)