How to pronounce 阿媽 in Cantonese (135 out of 164):

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阿媽你去咗邊呀
Mom, where have you been?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

阿媽 aa3 maa1
mum
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
邊 bin1
side
edge
margin
border
boundary M: 个gè [个]
simultaneously
verge
hem
limits
bounds
nearby
near to
a surname
which
where
what
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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