How to pronounce 三四 in Cantonese (23 out of 39):

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可能其實住咗喺德國已經三四十年
Maybe they've been living in Germany for 30 or 40 years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
hai2
in
德國 dak1 gwok3
Germany
已經 ji5 ging1
already
三四 saam1 sei3
three or four
十年 sap6 nin4
ten years
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