Syntactical Differences
l
Order of xian
–
我
先
走
versus
我
行
先
wo3
xian1
zou3
ngo3
hang4
sin1
I
first
go
I
go
first
l
Order of objects
–
我
給
他
錢
versus
我
俾
錢
佢
wo3 gei3 ta1
qian2
ngo3 bei2 qian4 keoi5
I
give him money
I
give
money him