Talk:成年

Cantonese verb sense

@Wyang I can't think of this word used as such. Could you provide an example? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 16:08, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I saw this in 而家我嚟咗香港都成年嘞，都仲未見過佢兩仔爺。 Wyang (talk) 21:45, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

@Wyang I don't think it's a verb. It's more like an adverb modifying 嚟. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 21:52, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

I also found this: 你失業都成年啦，噉落去唔係路個噃。 It seems like 成 (to amount to) + 年. I will leave this to your discretion, Justin. Wyang (talk) 22:02, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

@Wyang It's the same situation, where 成年 modifies 失業. The semantic development of 成 here ("almost; entire") does come from "to amount to", though. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 22:07, 1 September 2016 (UTC)