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係咁啱嚟開呢頭

English translation: just happen to come here


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Chinese term or phrase:係咁啱嚟開呢頭
English translation:just happen to come here
Entered by: Bin Tiede
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15:14 May 17, 2009
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Chinese term or phrase: 係咁啱嚟開呢頭
我只係咁啱嚟開呢頭(如假期,工作)
Bin Tiede
Germany
Local time: 01:22
just happen to come here
Explanation:
FYI.

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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-05-19 13:30:59 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry for the late reply. The tense of the sentence depends on the the context. It is very likely that it is of present tense. "Here" can not be understood as "there". There is another word for "there" in Cantonese, but not the one in this sentence.
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Mark Chen
Local time: 07:22
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4 +1just happen to come here
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
just happen to come here


Explanation:
FYI.

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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-05-19 13:30:59 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry for the late reply. The tense of the sentence depends on the the context. It is very likely that it is of present tense. "Here" can not be understood as "there". There is another word for "there" in Cantonese, but not the one in this sentence.

Mark Chen
Local time: 07:22
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PRO pts in category: 84
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Asker: Can you please tell me the tense of this sentence, past or present? Can "here" also be understood as "there"?


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agree  carol so
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  -> thanks Carol
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