How to pronounce 念書 in Cantonese (15 out of 22):

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十年前我在念書的情況,我是沒有繳稅的,但是我反而能夠去投票
Ten years ago, I was reading a book and I didn't pay taxes, but I could vote.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

十年 sap6 nin4
ten years
cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
念書 nim6 syu1
study
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
情況 cing4 fong3
situation
si6
is
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
繳稅 giu3 seoi6
pay taxes
但是 daan6 si6
but
反而 faan2 ji4
on the contrary
能夠 nang4 gau3
be able to
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
投票 tau4 piu3
vote
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