How to pronounce 拉脫維亞 in Cantonese (10 out of 13):

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為什麼不把荷蘭或拉脫維亞當作自己的家？
Why not make Holland or Latvia your home?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
荷蘭 ho4 laan4
Holland
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
拉脫維亞 laai1 taat1 wai4 aa3
Latvia
當作 dong1 zok3
regard as
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
的 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
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence

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