How to pronounce 七十 in Cantonese (33 out of 53):

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你現在七十歲了，你剛才也說會害怕
You are now seventy years old, you just said you will be afraid

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
七十 cat1 sap6
seventy
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
剛才 gong1 coi2
just now
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
害怕 haai6 paa3
be afraid of

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