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What is the difference between 語 and 話 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 語 and 話 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
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@Languagenerd 我話你（yes)
我語你 (no,語 can’t use here as it is not a verb)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
In your questions, 語 is the word similar to " language/sentence" ; And 話 is similar to "say something" , "speaking ". If you put 話in the word 說話，then it similar to sentence.
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