< I > wa, - what
is gua?
< now
> tsit tsun
< this kind
> tsit kh'uan,
- tsit kh'i" refer
to matter
<transfer
buse> pũãN tsh'ia, - ũãN
tsh'ia - change bus
< dirty
>, la sam, hiong
- refer to things, - lah sap
- more to slang n matter
< boil hot
water> hĩãN sio tsui
< make / do
> tso, - tsh'ong
- dun understand
< take
> gia,
- kh'eh - carry, th'eh - dun
understand
Hi Icerage, thanks for the kind reply.
1. Mine is usually "wa" too, this is the
Singaporean form resultant of mutual interaction with Teochew,
I use the native Hokkien "gua" when I speak
to non-Singaporean Hokkiens eg. Philippine Hokkien,
Indonesian Hokkien or Malaysian Hokkien or China Hokkien people
or when the speaker also uses "gua"
to me
2. I tend to use "tsit ku" with a meaning
more to < right now >. Eg. I answering someone < now
I'm not free > "tsit ku bo eng" or
when I say < right now not yet > " tsit ku
koh a be ", whereas "tsit
tsun" with a meaning more to plain < now >
3. Mine is "tsit kh'i" with a meaning more
towards negative. Eg. < this kind of people best don't
mix with them too much > "tsit kh'i lang mang tsiam-poh
kah tsue siong ho" or < this kind of matter
cannot be avoided > "tsit kh'i tai-tsi bo-pien siam
tiau"
4. You're right, transfer buses is originally "pũãN
tsh'ia" <盤車> but nowadays a lot of people
influenced by Mandarin usage becomes "ũãN
tsh'ia" <換車> to refer to "transfer buses"
mixing with "change a new car"
5. As per your usage. Two more rarely heard forms are
"er tser / a tsa / a tsam" & "lau
siong"
6. As per your usage. "tsu sio tsui"
or "tsu kun tsui" are Mandarin influenced
7. "tsh'ong" is usually written as
<創>, most commonly heard in the phrase <創治>
"tsh'ong ti" < disturb / kacau / make fun >.
As per Clivebenss usage
8. "th'eh" is < take / bring along >
for me, eg. < bring here let me see > "kah
i th'eh lai hor wa kh'ũãN"
Originally posted by Clivebenss:
children - gin na ph'i
childish voice - tsh'au lin
tai
stutter - tua chi kow
honest - lau sit
play - tsh'it th'o
lecher - tsh'i ko peh
levels of a building - tsan; eng -
levels (others)
dust - th'or
hun, dirt - th'or
sua, dirty for a long time - eng
ia, eng th'eng -
not used
fire - he, lamp
- teng
Hi Clivebenss, thanks for the kind reply.
1. I use both.
2. Yup, I gave the wrong English equivalent for
"tsh'au lin tai", this is the form I usually
use too
3. As per your usage
4. I use "th'it tho" usually instead
5. As per your usage
6. I use "tsan" when referring to
Mandarin-translated terms eg. < double decker bus >
<雙層巴士> "sang tsan bat". When referring
to < levels of a building >, I almost use them
interchangeably eg. < three floors >
"sãN
tsan" / "sãN
eng"
7. I use "eng ia" & "th'or
hun" interchangeably usually but not others
8. Interesting. I only use "he" to refer to
all kinds of lights (and fire of course). Example <
traffic light > "tsh'ĩN
ang he" , < switch off the light > "he
kah i kim sak" , < one carlight >
"tsit ph'a he" , < switch on the light
> "kh'ui he" , < streetlights >
"lor he" etc. I am surprised you do
use "teng" sometimes, of course I use
"teng" in fixed phrases such as "ang teng
be th'au"
