How to pronounce 祖先 in Cantonese (29 out of 31):

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很久前 其實我們的祖先來到屏山找村時
When our ancestors came to Pingshan to find a village a long time ago

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

很 han2
very
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
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
祖先 zou2 sin1
ancestor
來到 loi4 dou3
have come to
找 zaau2
(verb) Search;
村 cyun1
village
uncouth
to scold
to berate
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname

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