How to pronounce 國語 in Cantonese (62 out of 76):

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「你不懂中文 也不懂得說國語
"You don't know Chinese and you can't speak Mandarin.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
懂 dung2
(verb) Know
中文 zung1 man4
Chinese language
也不 jaa5 bat1
also not; neither
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
國語 gwok3 jyu5
Mandarin

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