How to pronounce 公元前 in Cantonese (3 out of 9):

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以色列人喺公元前 1446 年逃離咗埃及
The Israelites fled Egypt in 1446 B.C.E.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

以色列人 ji5 sik1 lak6 jan4
Israeli
喺 hai2
in
公元前 gung1 jyun4 cin4
before Christ
年 nin4
year
逃離 tou4 lei4
escape from
咗 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
埃及 ngai4 kap1
Egypt
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