How to pronounce 要咁 in Cantonese (8 out of 32):

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我唔知點解見到鹽要咁興奮，不過呀呢舊呢係純鹽黎架~

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
見到 gin3 dou2
see
鹽 jim4
salt M: 粒lì [粒]
to treat with salt
要咁 yiu3 gam2
need to be like that
興奮 hing1 fan5
Excited
不過 bat1 gwo3
however
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
呢 ni1
this
舊 gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier
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
純 tyun4
used as a quanitifier
黎 lai4
black
a surname
numerous
many
dark
an aboriginal tribe
架 gaa3
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel

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