How to pronounce 西米 in Cantonese (15 out of 19):

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我冇諗住煮西米會咁耐嘅?
I never thought it would take so long to cook the seeds.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
諗住 lam2 zyu6
thinking (spoken)
zyu2
to cook
to boil
to give someone a hard time
西米 sai1 mai5
sago
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
咁耐 gam2 noi6
so long
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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