<p>㗎喇 is a combination of multiple Cantonese sentence final particles (SFPs):</p>

<ul>
<li>㗎 <code>gaa3</code> is a contraction of 嘅呀 <code>ge3 aa3</code>.
<ul>
<li>嘅 <code>ge3</code> is directly equivalent to Mandarin's 的 <code>de</code> in meaning and usage.</li>
<li>呀 <code>aa3</code> is used in Cantonese to soften the tone of a sentence. I don't believe Mandarin has a direct standardized equivalent to it, but some Mandarin speakers do use it in a similar manner.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>喇 <code>laa3</code> is directly equivalent to Mandarin's SFP 了 <code>le</code>. Both of these words are actually cognate to one another, ultimately having been descended from 來 (note that this only applies to Mandarin's sentence-final 了; its post-verb 了 <code>le</code> actually is descended from 了 <code>liǎo</code>). Mandarin chose 了 to represent this word; written Cantonese isn't very standardized, so people have variously represented it using the characters 喇, 嚹, or 啦.</li>
</ul>

<p>Given this, the Mandarin equivalent could be 的了 <code>de le</code>. While I noted there was no direct standard Mandarin equivalent for Cantonese's 呀, some speakers do use it. In Mandarin though, it would be attached after 了 rather than after 的; like Cantonese, it gets contracted as well, changing 了 <code>le</code> to 啦 <code>la</code>; the final result would be 的啦 <code>de la</code>, as @Stan mentioned in his comment.</p>

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Claw
<p>Cantonese has the modal particle: 㗎喇</p>

<p>Canto-Mando Dictionary says:</p>

<p>1.表示有把握，认可</p>

<p>2.表示说理，警告</p>

<p>Is there a mandarin equivalent?</p>

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I think it's similar to "...的啦"
Stan
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Mandarin equivalent of "㗎喇"?
# Mandarin equivalent of "㗎喇"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-09)

Cantonese has the modal particle: 㗎喇

Canto-Mando Dictionary says:

1.表示有把握，认可

2.表示说理，警告

Is there a mandarin equivalent?

**Tags:** translation, cantonese, topolect

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think it's similar to "...的啦"  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-06-10. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

㗎喇 is a combination of multiple Cantonese sentence final particles (SFPs):

* 㗎 `gaa3` is a contraction of 嘅呀 `ge3 aa3`.
  + 嘅 `ge3` is directly equivalent to Mandarin's 的 `de` in meaning and usage.
  + 呀 `aa3` is used in Cantonese to soften the tone of a sentence. I don't believe Mandarin has a direct standardized equivalent to it, but some Mandarin speakers do use it in a similar manner.
* 喇 `laa3` is directly equivalent to Mandarin's SFP 了 `le`. Both of these words are actually cognate to one another, ultimately having been descended from 來 (note that this only applies to Mandarin's sentence-final 了; its post-verb 了 `le` actually is descended from 了 `liǎo`). Mandarin chose 了 to represent this word; written Cantonese isn't very standardized, so people have variously represented it using the characters 喇, 嚹, or 啦.

Given this, the Mandarin equivalent could be 的了 `de le`. While I noted there was no direct standard Mandarin equivalent for Cantonese's 呀, some speakers do use it. In Mandarin though, it would be attached after 了 rather than after 的; like Cantonese, it gets contracted as well, changing 了 `le` to 啦 `la`; the final result would be 的啦 `de la`, as @username_1 mentioned in his comment.


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