How to pronounce 參加 in Cantonese (66 out of 75):

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當時你為甚麼會想去參加
Why would you want to be there?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
甚麼 sam6 mo1
what
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
參加 caam1 gaa1
participate in
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