How to pronounce 學人 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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你地冇錢想學人租屋住?
You don't have money to teach people to rent?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
冇錢 mou5 cin2
no money
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
學人 hok6 yan4
copying others
租 zou1
to hire
to rent
to charter
to rent out
to lease out
rent
land tax
rental
taxes
屋 uk1
house
room M: 间jiān [间]
个gè [个]
shelter
building
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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