How to pronounce 二八 in Cantonese (2 out of 7):

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你一九二八年，你太爺是在十九世紀開始去那裡做生意

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])

can be used to refer to an unspecified person

一九 jat1 gau2

nineteen

二八 yi6 baat3

ez market concept

年 nin4

year

太爺 taai3 je4

grandfather

是 si6

在 zoi6

(located) at

(to be) in

to exist

in the middle of doing sth

(indicating an action in progress)

to depend on

to rest with

to be alive

十九世紀 sap6 gau2 sai3 gei2

19th century

開始 hoi1 ci2

begin

去 heoi3

to go

to go to (a place)

to cause to go or send (sb)

(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth

to be apart from in space or time

(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)

(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

那裡 naa5 lei5

there

做生意 zou6 saang1 ji3

do business

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