How to pronounce 十二點 in Cantonese (22 out of 37):

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我們是十點半到餐廳的，現在差不多十二點了
arrived at the restaurant at 10:30, and it's almost 12 o'clock now.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我們 ngo5 mun4
we
是 si6
is
十點半 sap6 dim2 bun3
ten-thirty
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
餐廳 caan1 teng1
restaurant
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
差不多 caa1 bat1 do1
almost
十二點 sap6 ji6 dim2
twelve o'clock
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

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