How to pronounce 原住民 in Cantonese (3 out of 15):

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為什麼新界的原住民 特別是元朗國居民會去到蘇利南
Why do the indigenous people of the new world, especially the people of the Warring States, go to Suriname?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
新界 san1 gaai3
New Territories
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
原住民 jyun4 zyu6 man4
indigenous people
特別 dak6 bit6
special
si6
is
元朗 jyun4 long5
Yuen Long
gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
居民 geoi1 man4
resident
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
蘇利南 su1 lei6 naam4
Suriname
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