How to pronounce 獨立 in Cantonese (40 out of 167):

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他們在獨立以前已經來了？
Were they there before independence?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他們 taa1 mun4
they
在 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
獨立 duk6 laap6
independent
以前 yi5 cin4
before
已經 ji5 ging1
already
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
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
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