How to pronounce 自言自語 in Cantonese (5 out of 9):

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我以前成日自言自語去練習我B1考試，個時係德國六個月咋。
I used to be self-taught to practice my B1 exam, and it was six months in Germany.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
以前 yi5 cin4
before
成日 seng4 yat6
(adverb) always
自言自語 zi6 jin4 zi6 jyu5
talk to oneself
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
練習 lin6 zaap6
practice
考試 haau2 si5
(noun) test
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
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
德國 dak1 gwok3
Germany
六 luk6
six
個月 go3 yut6
month
咋 zaa4
final particle meaning 'merely
only' when used in a rhetorical question

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