How to pronounce 母語 in Cantonese (18 out of 83):

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有人說香港人以廣東話為母語
It's said that Hong Kongers speak Guangdong as their mother tongue.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
以 jyu5
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2
Cantonese
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
母語 mo5 jyu5
mother tongue

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