Hokkien in a dot

last SG · 2014-04-12T22:27:34+00:00

Milo, your hokkien buay sai lo.............Should be Zar si zar ho! How come yours got zai....?Milo is hereby to attend a one month intensive revision class....

Clivebenss SG

bo lang. ai koon.

Mr Milo SG

how to say 嫁给我？

thanks

minx SG

how to say 嫁给我？

thanks

Torry, i no want marry you . . . . . Hee hee hee hee hee .......

minx SG

Chin zuah, lor hor, chood jit, lor hor, chood jit . . . . . . . . . .

minx SG

Mair ni gao ni ...... hee bang ho gway yiu ni. Teng eh yiu ni chin jialat, zit eh yiu ni ma si jialat. Teng eh yiu ni chin zway lang si mati . . . . . Ko wu SARS. Yiu ni bo ho.

Malenchelonandrew SG

being polite is not as bad as being good

BanguIzai SG

Chin zuah, lor hor, chood jit, lor hor, chood jit . . . . . . . . . .

Mair ni gao ni ...... hee bang ho gway yiu ni. Teng eh yiu ni chin jialat, zit eh yiu ni ma si jialat. Teng eh yiu ni chin zway lang si mati . . . . . Ko wu SARS. Yiu ni bo ho.

Translation:

So hot, rain, appear sun, rain, appear sun . . . . . . . .

Next year monkey year ..... hope better than goat year. The last last goat year very terok, this just passed goat year also terok. The last last goat year many people die (mati) ..... Still got SARS. Goat year no good.

At least I can understand all your transliteration. I very pandai hor??

BanguIzai SG

bo lang. ai koon.

Clivebenns Si-tua-lang,

I wanna ask u, how do u usually say "levels/storey"? As in, "that new building is gonna have 33 storeys"? Do you only use "chan" (rising tone), or have you/do you heard "eng" (rising tone) before?

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

Why not Lau?

chap lau? (十楼）

minx SG

Translation:

So hot, rain, appear sun, rain, appear sun . . . . . . . .

At least I can understand all your transliteration. I very pandai hor??

A big applause to Bangu for all the correct translation.

Bangu, you have not come here for very long, where did you MIA to? Mr Clive and I miss your presence here.

BanguIzai SG

A big applause to Bangu for all the correct translation.

Bangu, you have not come here for very long, where did you MIA to? Mr Clive and I miss your presence here.

yea i miss all of u too ur hokkien is still as powerful hope u continue speaking it

Clivebenss SG

yea i miss all of u too ur hokkien is still as powerful hope u continue speaking it

Miss you too. Where have you been?

Clivebenss SG

Clivebenns Si-tua-lang,

I wanna ask u, how do u usually say "levels/storey"? As in, "that new building is gonna have 33 storeys"? Do you only use "chan" (rising tone), or have you/do you heard "eng" (rising tone) before?

I use mostly chan for building, and teng sometimes. Teng is also used as layer.

Whereas lau is more of literal Mandarin translation.

BanguIzai SG

I use mostly chan for building, and teng sometimes. Teng is also used as layer.

Whereas lau is more of literal Mandarin translation.

Oh! I have found out "ENG" (rising tone) to be imported from Teochew during this period. I have been using and hearing it since I was a kid even from the mouths of Hokkien elders around me which led me to think of it as a Hokkien term.

Anyway, my "ENG" sounds the same as the Hokkien word for "free and nothing to do", "eng-eng chheng-chheng", "chiah-pa sniu eng" (finish eating too free).

Both "TENG" (rising tone) and "CHAN" (rising tone) are the ones I use synonymously with "ENG" (rising tone), with "CHAN" = "ENG" being used in all respect.

For "TENG", I only use it more for "layer".

For "LAU" (rising tone), that is used mostly referring to floors. 1st floor, 2nd floor etc.

Miss you too. Where have you been?

Not hanging around the internet for a long while due to work commitments and watching TV most of the rest time instead

Clivebenss SG

Don't watch tv only gathering dust. I rather get out to get some fresh air or read internet news.

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

Watch tv? where got time -____-

I need to eat

That said, why isnt "lau" use for level/storey? aka chup lau "十楼“

minx SG

http://theindependent.sg/speak-mandarin-campaign-seems-all-but-dead-dialects-are-making-a-comeback/

January 20, 2016

The Promote Mandarin Council was recently infused with new blood, but if the website of the Council’s Singapore’s ‘Speak Mandarin Campaign’ is any indication, the Campaign to improve Mandarin proficiency among the Chinese speaking population is all but dead.

And now, the collaboration between People’s Association (the grassroots organisation with symbiotic relationship with the ruling party) and two statutory boards (National Youth Council and National Heritage Board), to bring dialects to the heartlands, seem to indicate that the Government is moving away from the thinking that ‘it’s stupid to advocate the learning of dialects‘.

The three Government-related agencies are partnering with social enterprise My Father Tongue to kick-start another language campaign – a social campaign to revitalise the use of dialects among youths here in Singapore.

The social enterprise said on its website that dialects are important because it “form an integral part of the nation’s fabric and they help connect us with the pioneer generation and their roots, our own roots and culture as well as people from around the world who speak the same dialect”.

And that the idea for the campaign came about when they realised that many Singaporeans among the younger generation are unable to speak dialects.

So, what are you waiting for? Why not pick up a dialect?

Clivebenss SG

http://theindependent.sg/speak-mandarin-campaign-seems-all-but-dead-dialects-are-making-a-comeback/

January 20, 2016

And that the idea for the campaign came about when they realised that many Singaporeans among the younger generation are unable to speak dialects.

So, what are you waiting for? Why not pick up a dialect?

So wayang, dun think they can revive the dialects or even any language. Almost all now looking at selfies.

minx SG

So wayang, dun think they can revive the dialects or even any language. Almost all now looking at selfies.

Think the only sincere things they do are taking our money/profiteering in every way, attack citizens and opps, carry out their self serving agenda.

Latest project of lhl and gang is attacking WP. Reflects arrogance, stupidity and bigotry of theirs.

BanguIzai SG

Watch tv? where got time -____-

I need to eat

That said, why isnt "lau" use for level/storey? aka chup lau "十楼“

"lau" (rising tone) - I use it for *LEVELS*. Of course, I can ask someone how many "lau" is your block of flat/apartment/condo/bungalow that you are staying, but usually in this kind of scenario "chan" or "eng" should take its place. Or else, someone asking you staying "kui lau" sounds like asking *which level" -- therefore ideally to use "lau" you must add "chan +" or "eng +" in front of "+ lau", i.e. the flat/apartment/condo/bungalow you are staying, how many storeys/levels altogether? --> "kui chan lau" or "kui eng lau". Even the answerer who is replying "10 lau" would be rightfully incorrect because that only answers a specific *level* that he/she is staying, so ideally the correct reply should be my flat/apartment/condo/bungalow has a total of *10 levels* --> "10 chan" or "10 eng" or if you still want "lau" to appear, then you say "10 chan lau" or "10 eng lau".

"chan" (rising tone) - Refer to explanation for "lau" as above

"eng" (rising tone) - Refer to explanation for "lau" as above, "eng" itself a Teochew loan

"teng" (rising tone) - Mostly refer to *LAYERS* not associated with buildings, such as *KUEH*

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