Carrying a load

Sometimes we have to learn Teochew, character by character and we will focus on learning 擔 today, which takes tones 1 or 3. All Mandarin dan1 will become Teochew daⁿ1 and all Mandarin tone 4 dan4 becomes Teochew daⁿ3. All verb will be daⁿ1 and all nouns will be daⁿ3 in Teochew. 

When daⁿ3 in not at the end of a phrase, then its tone will change to tone 5. Tone 1 does not change its tone regardless where the character is placed in a phrase. 

dan1 擔｜担 [verb]	to carry a pole with its load on one’s shoulder	dan1 擔｜担
dan1sim1 擔心｜担心 [verb]	anxious, worried	dan1xin1 擔心｜担心
huang5lo2 煩惱｜烦恼	anxious, worried	dan1xin1 擔心｜担心
dan3 擔｜担 [MW]	Measure Word for loads carried on a shoulder pole	dan3 擔｜担
dan3 擔｜担 [Noun]	carrying pole and its load	dan4zi5 擔子｜担子
dan1 dan3(5) dan3 擔擔擔｜担担担	to carry a pole on one’s shoulder	挑一擔擔子｜挑一担担子

At 0:42 you can hear Professor Lim saying daⁿ1 daⁿ3(5) daⁿ3

dan3 擔｜担	1 picul = 100 catties [catty = geng1 斤]	dan3 擔｜担
dan3 擔｜担	50 kg in China	dan3 擔｜担
dan3 擔｜担	60 kg in Taiwan	dan3 擔｜担
dan3 擔｜担	60.478982 kg in HK	dan3 擔｜担