How to pronounce 福爾摩沙 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

其實將台灣叫做「福爾摩沙,美麗之島」 係一個美麗嘅誤會嚟。
In fact, calling Taiwan "Folmosha, the Island of Beauty" is a beautiful mistake.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

其實 kei4 sat6
actually
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
叫做 giu3 zou6
called
福爾摩沙 fuk1 ji5 mo1 saa1
Formosa
美麗 mei5 lai6
beautiful
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
島 dou2
island
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
誤會 ng6 waai6
misunderstand
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis

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