How to pronounce 十七 in Cantonese (4 out of 42):

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大家十七歲嘅時候, 都唔知自己做緊啲咩嘅
When you're 17, you don't know what you're doing.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
十七 sap6 cat1
seventeen
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
做緊 jou6 gan2
doing
啲 dit1
only a little bit
咩 me1
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever

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