How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (180 out of 683):

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因為唔知會幾時失靈㗎呢啲嘢
Because you never know when you're going to lose your mind.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
幾時 gei2 si4
when
失靈 sat1 ling4
failure
gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
je5
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
heroin
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