How to pronounce 八九 in Cantonese (6 out of 13):

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今日我哋會釣到夜晚八九點先
We're going to be fishing before 8:00 tonight.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
釣 diu3
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
夜晚 ye6 maan5
night
八九 baat3 gau2
short for year of 1989
點先 dim2 sin1
how then
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