How to pronounce 咩話 in Cantonese (2 out of 25):

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亞美咩話？我已經唔記得咗啦
What did the Americans say? I forgot.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

亞 ngaa3
Asia
Asian
second
next to
inferior
sub-
Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
used as a prefix to names
美 mei5
beautiful
very satisfactory
good
to beautify
to be pleased with oneself
to praise
to use euphemism
American
America
beauty
perfection
pleasing
perfect
咩話 me1 waa2
What do you mean?; What did you say?
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
已經 ji5 ging1
already
唔記得 m4 gei3 dak1
forget (spoken)
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
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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