Thursday, 24 February 2022

Grammar 2

Someone has asked me to discuss about Teochew grammar. It is a very big topic and this is my second post on this topic. 

Zi2u6 ho2 gang1hu1 zian3 u6biang3 zo3  cug4 ho2 min7

只有好功夫正有變做出好麵

只有好功夫正有变做出好面

  

It is only if there is good skill then it is possible to make good noodles.

只有好功夫才能做出好麵條

只有好功夫才能做出好面条

Zi2u6 and zian3 have to be used together as shown above - zi2u6 . . . zian3 . . .

it is only . . . then 

The zian3 equivalent in Mandarin is 

How can you learn this? It is only by listening to spoken Teochew and making note of what has been said that one can learn how to use such combination or memorising such sentence construction.



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