How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (82 out of 147):

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同个诶两位老人家自己咁去坐车啊
and two elderly people. They are going to ride in the car by themselves. They are in

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

同 tung4
and
个 go3
measure word
诶 ngai1
eh
两 loeng5
two
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1
(noun) General term to call a senior
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
车 ce1
car
啊 haa4
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation

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