How to pronounce 妈 in Cantonese (5 out of 44):

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想你们三个各自起一所房子,」
"I want you three to build a house".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

maa1
mom
soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
men2
plural suffix for pronouns
saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
go3
measure word
各自 gok3 zi6
each respective
hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
房子 fong2 zi2
house
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