How to pronounce 一本 in Cantonese (108 out of 158):

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他經過一年也留不到一本給我
for me." A year later, he couldn't find a single copy.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
經過 ging1 gwo3
(verb) pass by
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
留 lau4
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
不到 bat1 dou3
less than
一本 yat1 bun2
one book
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self

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