Someone has asked me to cover Teochew grammar. It is a very complicated topic but I can take a first step.
I have just added an entry into my study notes and please see the entry below.
You will notice we do not start the sentence with zia2gai7 者個 [the Mandarin equivalent is 這個] but we start with a Measure Word which we call liang6se5 量詞 and for a bowl [uan2] it would be gai but when gai begins in a sentence it is always said as tone 2.
To say the bowl is too large - we say "gai2 uan2 guê3 hain1"
hain1 is a homophone with hain1 兄 as in brother
You will find this entry in Zhang Xiao Shan second edition dictionary on page 274.
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hain1 奒 潮 |
vernacular description of
things which are big |
口語中形容東西大｜ 口语中形容东西大 |
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gai2 uan2
guê3 hain1 個碗怪奒｜个碗怪奒 |
The bowl is too large. |
這個碗太大｜这个碗太大 |
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