How to pronounce 快要 in Cantonese (16 out of 47):

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吃完飯要回家了已經很晚了快要十二點了
After we're done eating, we;re going home. It's very late, almost 12.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

吃完 hek3 jyun4
finish eating
飯 faan6
food
cuisine
cooked rice
meal M: 碗wǎn [碗]
顿dùn [顿]
means of living
cigarettes
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
回家 wui4 gaa1
(verb) Go home
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
已經 ji5 ging1
already
很 han2
very
晚 maan5
evening
night
late
younger
junior
drawing towards the end
快要 fai3 jiu3
soon
十二點 sap6 ji6 dim2
twelve o'clock

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