一 one / first 趣味個潮汕話:: 上厄學個字

How do we say one in our language?

There are five ways:

zêg8 - zêg8-gai5 一個 - one

First: doin6ig8mian5 第一名

Where do you live? I live in flat one: ig8mung5 一門 = flat one 

Now when giving telephone numbers we say one as iao1 么

119 - iao1 iao1 gao2 

Now when buying things: one dollar or one Yuan we say as gai5-ngeng5 個銀

one hundred dollars or one hundred Yuan as bêh4-ngeng5 百銀

and finally: the first building or first block we say tao5goin1 頭間 which represent 第一間 in Chinese

You can watch the above explained in this video

Just one note: he said 最難學的字 as zuê oh4 oh8 gai dzi:

We should normally say siang6 oh4 oh8 gai5 dzi6 上厄學個字 - and not zuê as the presenter said: that is if you want to really speak our DioSua Uê accurately

zuê 最 is a Mandarin word. If you do not believe me, then look up your Diosua Uê dictionary and you will find this to be true.  

回唐山 – Return to China

I have been studying these lyrics of the song Huê Deng’sua 回唐山 and learnt much from this experience.  You can listen to this song on YouTube.  

I typed the lyrics from a song sheet which comes with the CD.  However, there were three mistakes in the song sheet.

1. on the sixth line the singer sings ma'hung and in the song sheet it writes pu'hung 浮云 I have taken a guess to what this ma'hung is.  I am sure the hung in this ma'hung is this hung 魂 However, I have difficulties with this ma character and I think he shorten the mang to ma as in 梦.
2. Then there is the case of uang'hung on 7th line and the lyrics in the song sheet writes as 缘份 However, this uang'hung is a standard Chinese word and it should be written as 缘分
3. on the 10th line, the singer sings "sung'huang sung'zui" but the song lyrics just write 顺风水 and I have amended it accordingly to 顺风顺水

There is much formal Diosua Uê in this song and it will help you improve your Chinese as well as your Diosua Uê.

Here are the lyrics: first in full form Chinese characters

艐在海邊彎彎紅頭船

輕輕揚起回憶浮雲

當年命運把船燈點亮

飄泊過午夜時分

艐在海邊悠悠紅頭船

深深撩起重疊夢魂

當年緣分托潮聲許願

經歷過天涯黄昏

畫在船頭許雙目神

看看順風顺水好行船

一路飄洋過番回唐山

好山好水好家門

Then in simplified characters

艐在海边弯弯红头船

轻轻扬起回忆浮云

当年命运把船灯点亮

飘泊过午夜时分

艐在海边悠悠红头船

深深撩起重叠梦魂

当年缘分托潮声许愿

经历过天涯黃昏

画在船头许双目神

看看顺风顺水好行船

一路飘洋过番回唐山

好山好水好家门

Then the PêngIm

kua do hai’biⁿ uang’uang ang’tao’zung

king’king iang’ki huê’êg pu’hung 

deng’niⁿ miaⁿ’ung ba zung dêng diam liang

piao’boh guê ngou’mêⁿ si’hung

kua do hai’biⁿ hiuⁿ’hiuⁿ ang’tao’zung

cim’cim liao’ki dêng5tah8 mang’hung [ma’hung]

deng’niⁿ uang’hung toh Dio’siaⁿ he’nguang  [he’nua]

gêng’lêh guê tiang’ngia ng’hung

Uê do6 zung’tao he sang’mag sing

toiⁿ’toiⁿ sung’huang sung’zui ho giaⁿ zung

zêg’lou piao’ioⁿ guê huang huê deng’sua

ho sua ho zui ho gê’mung