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Sycamore	Oct 14 2017, 06:46 PM Return to original view \| Post #1
Casual Junior Member 334 posts Joined: Jun 2015 From: underneath the grove of sycamore	QUOTE(MadhavanR @ Oct 14 2017, 05:44 PM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « As per topic, i want to learn hokkien, and help others who are interested here with some simple hokkien phrases... no bad words or ill kick you... here are some example words, please come teach : 1. Hello = Ooi 2. See you later = ai zao liao 3. Thank you. = gam sia 4. Im glad to hear that. = U iya bo ~ 5. How Are you ? = ji pai lu ho bo 6. Have you eaten ? = jia ba bui 7. Eat well = Chia kah pa 8. Eat until fat = Chia kah kana tu 9. i invite you drink tea, ok or not ? = wa eh sai chia lu lim teh boh ? add more as we learn... your friendly neighbourhood, pa sang kia... Pa sang kia, how do pa sang lang pronounce word below? 門、酸楊（先生）豬、魚鞋去、氣
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Sycamore	Oct 14 2017, 08:08 PM Return to original view \| Post #2
Casual Junior Member 334 posts Joined: Jun 2015 From: underneath the grove of sycamore	QUOTE(Contestant @ Oct 14 2017, 06:54 PM) Merng, xerng Eeou Ter, her Oi Ke, ki That's the closest pronunciation I can manage. Oh, that's very interesting. I'll share with you how my mother pronounce these word: 門 mui, 酸 sng (or xerng like you wrote) 楊 eo (or eeou), 羊 eo 豬 ti, 魚 hi 鞋 ei 去 khi (or ki), 氣 khi (or ki) There are a few other word to test your dialect variance, like 飯、火、生、雞、瓜、光、間、月
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Sycamore	Oct 14 2017, 09:08 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
Casual Junior Member 334 posts Joined: Jun 2015 From: underneath the grove of sycamore	QUOTE(Contestant @ Oct 14 2017, 08:19 PM) Your mum is Penang Hokkien? The other words: Perng, her, xi, kuei, kuei, kerng, keng, ger I speculate your mum will say Pui, huei, se-eh, keh, keh, kerng, keng, gui My mum not penang lang but she speaks 漳州閩南, and we always say penang hokkien is a variance of 漳州閩南. Last time I went to penang and order some food from hawker. The aunty asked me if I want some "hu", I was like wtf is "hu" but still I acted calm and said "okay la can can". Later when she served the food, I looked into the bowl and realized penang hu = hi = hw (or "her" like you wrote). 魚 la.
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Sycamore	Oct 14 2017, 09:21 PM Return to original view \| Post #4
Casual Junior Member 334 posts Joined: Jun 2015 From: underneath the grove of sycamore	QUOTE(internaldisputes @ Oct 14 2017, 09:08 PM) hokkien got tones like mandarin ah? if it does, it will be helpful to put the tone marks in the vowels. 7/8 tones. Not easy to mark that liao.
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