First Verbs
1. be - 係 haih, 喺 hái (to be in/at/on)
2. there is - 有 yóuh (neg.=冇 móuh)
3. have - 有 yóuh (neg.=冇 móuh)
4. do - 做 jouh
5. go - 去 heui
6. want - 要 yiu, 想 séung (with a verb)
7. can - 可以 hó yíh (allowed to), 識 sīk (literally means “know how to,” but can be used to mean “can”), 會 wúih (have the ability to, know how to), -得 dāk (can mean either), -得倒 dākdóu (same as -得 dāk, neg.=-唔倒 m̀hdóu)
8. need - 需要 sēui yiu, 要 yiu (neg.=唔駛 m̀hsái)
9. think - 諗 nám
10. know - 知(道) jī (dou), 識 sīk (“know how to”)
11. say - 講 góng, 話 wah
12. like - 鍾意 jūng yi, 中意 jūng yi
13. speak - 講 góng, 識講 sīk góng (a language)
14. learn - 學 hohk
15. understand - 明白 mìhng baahk