Friday, 15 April 2022

Basic Teochew XV

Teochew Store has uploaded a video on Basic Teochew XV.

One of the most common mistakes non-Teochew people make is in the use of one as in zêg8 and they just do a direct Mandarin translation. For zêg8 we either omit or do a substitution.

In this list, I have written the correct Teochew words to use.

gai2 nang5kêh4 個人客

A guest

sang1 oi5 雙鞋

A pair of shoes

nian2 puê6 領被

a duvet

nian2 tang2 領毯

a blanket

ziah4 cia1 隻車

a car

ziah4 ghu5 隻牛

a cow, an ox

ziah4 de1 隻豬

a pig

tian1 kung3 gian2 聽困仔

listen for a little while

pah4 zêg8 ce3 拍一次

hit once

pah4 zêg8 bai2 拍一擺

hit once

 pah4 zêg8 ê6 拍一下 could be misunderstood to be hit for a little while

It is time for learners of Teochew to listen to this video and learn how to say ONE and first in Teochew.

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