How to pronounce 是故 in Cantonese (3 out of 6):

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他們並不是故意去做破壞，他們只是想要以前政府給他們的承諾
They didn't mean to do any damage, they just wanted the government to promise them.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他們 taa1 mun4
they
並不 bing6 bat1
not
是故 si6 gu3
therefore
意 ji3
idea
meaning
thought
to think
wish
desire
intention
to expect
to anticipate
opinion
will
purpose
attention
Italy
去 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
做 zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
破壞 po3 waai6
damage
只是 zi2 si6
just
想要 soeng2 jiu3
want
以前 yi5 cin4
before
政府 zing3 fu2
government
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
他們的 taa1 mun4 dik1
their
承諾 sing4 nok6
to commit
promise
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