Saturday, 12 March 2022

呾 dan3 to speak, to discuss

I have no idea why this Teochew expression keeps being in head this morning dan3 le2 tian

dan3 le2 tian1 呾汝聽呾汝

to explain things for you to hear

講給你聽|讲给你听


There is another expression which is uses the word dan3 and this is dan3 u6 dan3 bho5

dan3 u6 dan3 bho5  呾有呾無呾有呾无

to discuss trivia

講一些有的沒的|讲一些有的没的


And there is another expression dan3 u6 dan3 bho5 dantig4to5 呾有呾無踢跎呾有呾无踢跎 which means to discuss trivia for fun 

tig4to5 踢跎

to have fun

qi4tou2 企投


The people in Taiwan also say tig5to5 to have fun and they write tig4to5 as 𨑨

Talking about discussing trivia makes me think of another Teochew expression ge3pan3hin5:

ge3pan3hin鋸冇弦|锯冇弦

to chat about ordinary life, to have a chat

拉家常| 談人生|谈人生


Similar to ge3pan3hin5 there is a3pan

a3pan3 詏奅 A 詏冇

to chat, to have a casual conversation

xian2liao2 閒聊闲聊xian2tan2 閒談|闲谈

I think I have written enough for you to learn this weekend. 

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