How to pronounce 久 in Cantonese (202 out of 797):

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last time和你坐很久以前了，那時候你還小
The last time you sat with me was a long time ago, when you were younger.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

和 wo4
and
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
很 han2
very
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old
以前 yi5 cin4
before
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
那時候 naa5 si4 hau6
at that time
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
小 siu2
small
tiny
few
young
insignificant
minor
humble, a modest way to address oneself
lesser
day before
a little
an euphemism for 𨳒 , to fuck
to have sex with

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