How to pronounce 阿媽 in Cantonese (122 out of 164):

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你阿媽都唔歡迎我 仲留喺度做乜嘢呀
Your mom is so unwelcoming!

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
阿媽 aa3 maa1
mum
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
歡迎 fun1 jing4
welcome
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
仲 zung6
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
留 lau4
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
做乜嘢 zou6 mat1 je5
what are you doing?
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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