How to pronounce 坐監 in Cantonese (21 out of 23):

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係咪先？如果你唔走嘅要坐監嘅，咁啊邊個都會走啦，傻嘅咩你估，係咪先啦？
right? If you don't leave, you have to go to jail, then ah who will leave, silly what you guess, right?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

係咪 hai6 mai6
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
坐監 co5 gaam1
(verb) to be locked up in jail or prison
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
傻 so4
foolish
imbecile
咩 me1
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
估 gu3
second hand
vintage (clothing for sale)

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