hokkien in singapore

last SG · 2009-04-20T09:11:49+00:00

Mostly by Eng Choon to used that word kang. Not sure.No no, Eng choon don't speak that. Mum's root is in eng choon, eng choon people don't speak that. ...

Bangulzai SG

How do I know it is your 19th post? lei chay!

link for you:

http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/356602#post_9023829

:-)

Chew Bakar SG

The Vietnamese friend told me that and he show me these two plagues. I get what he mean.

Bangulzai SG

still dun get it

wat does "望海台" and "望江台" have got to do with Vietnam and Hainan?

Fantagf SG

link for you:

http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/356602#post_9023829

:-)

Thanks

Bangulzai SG

Thanks

next time u hear hainanese and hokkien, try to spend a little effort hearing their similarity

Chew Bakar SG

still dun get it

wat does "望海台" and "望江台" have got to do with Vietnam and Hainan?

望江 (bong kang) in Hainanese is stupid; waiting for the enemy to whack you from the north. 望海 is the escape route through the sea. These pics were taken in Vietnam when my Vietnamese friend from Danang explained.

Fantagf SG

next time u hear hainanese and hokkien, try to spend a little effort hearing their similarity

I know jiak png in Hainanese is jiak pui.

Bangulzai SG

I know jiak png in Hainanese is jiak pui.

hehe that's similarity

if you happen to hear another type of Hokkien (漳州 variety), it is also "jiak pui" with the "pui" nasalized. it is even closer to Hainanese

Bangulzai SG

your this Vietnamese friend know what is the meaning of "Bong Kang"? i can say so clever of her

Chew Bakar SG

hehe that's similarity

if you happen to hear another type of Hokkien (漳州 variety), it is also "jiak pui" with the "pui" nasalized. it is even closer to Hainanese

In fact Chiao An pronuciation also very close to Hainanese.

Fantagf SG

hehe that's similarity

if you happen to hear another type of Hokkien (漳州 variety), it is also "jiak pui" with the "pui" nasalized. it is even closer to Hainanese

putting hainanese aside, hokkien alone has different types. 1 day can be called jeat zit or jeat kang.

Bangulzai SG

In fact Chiao An pronuciation also very close to Hainanese.

that's right. 诏安 variety is 漳州 variety

Bangulzai SG

putting hainanese aside, hokkien alone has different types. 1 day can be called jeat zit or jeat kang.

yes yes. "jeat zit (蜀日)" and "jeat kang (蜀工)" is used interchangeably in all varieties of hokkien

Chew Bakar SG

your this Vietnamese friend know what is the meaning of "Bong Kang"? i can say so clever of her

Just coincidence when I was visiting him in Danang and we went to this Marble Mountain and he explained that the original of the Vietnamese around Central Vietnam were the original inhabitants of Hainan; when the Chinese invaded they fled by sea there.That why they call themselves Annam. (sorry no Chinese text).

Not sure how true it is but sure give me a good laugh.

Bangulzai SG

Not sure how true it is but sure give me a good laugh.

thanks. enlightening. i will be encouraged to check it out when time comes

Chew Bakar SG

thanks. enlightening. i will be encouraged to check it out when time comes

In fact some Vietnamese phrases are rather close to Hokkien if you listen carefully.

Bangulzai SG

In fact some Vietnamese phrases are rather close to Hokkien if you listen carefully.

Vietnamese phrases (only the Sino-Viet vocab) can be close to Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka or any other dialects

from my Vietnamese dictionary:

(Viet) sinh hoat = life = (Hok) sing huat

(Viet) phong tuc = customs = (Can) fung tsuk

(Viet) khau vi = taste = (Hak) kheu vi

(Viet) chi huy = command = (Man) zhi hui

SimL SG

Hello everyone,

I'm a Hokkien enthusiast and I'm new here. I found this forum topic while doing my monthly Google of "Hokkien -mee -noodles etc". I'm so happy to see that there is an interest in Hokkien in a segment of the Singaporean population. As you all probably know, up to the 70's, Hokkien was the lingua franca among Chinese in Singapore, and I've always been so sad that it no longer plays that role there today. It still seems to be alive and well in Penang, but the form spoken there is of course slightly different.

Bangulzai, you seem to be very knowledgeable about Hokkien, and willing to devote energy to helping others learn about it. Great!

Regards,

SimL

Teoand SG

I am very well verse in Hainanese. I can teach Hainanese from beginner to advance level. Beginner is for normal conversation. The advance level is for translation from Mandarin to old folks.

Bangulzai SG

I am very well verse in Hainanese. I can teach Hainanese from beginner to advance level. Beginner is for normal conversation. The advance level is for translation from Mandarin to old folks.

welcome Teoand

let's discuss some Hainanese here in the future !

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