Tone Practice between round and aunty

This post is for those who want to practice their tones. I have done the tone sandhi for you and these tones are in parenthesis.

Ming7 in5(7)in5 gai7 Ng5 I5(7)I5

面圓圓個黃姨姨｜面圆圆个黄姨姨

Rounded face Aunty Ng

Ng5 I5(7)I5 mian5(7)gio3 Ng5 In5(7)In5

黃姨姨名叫黃圓圓｜黄姨姨名叫黄圆圆

Aunty Ng’s name is Ng Round Round

Ng5 I5(7)I5 gai7 hêng5 in5(7)in5

黃姨姨個形圓圓｜黄姨姨个形圆圆

Aunty Ng’s body shape is round round

I5(7)I5 sên3 Ng5 mian5 In5(7)In5

姨姨姓黃名圓圓｜姨姨姓黄名圆圆

Aunty’s surname is Ng whose name is Round Round

In5(7)In5 ziu6(2)si6 Ng5 I5(7)I5

圓圓就是黃姨姨｜圆圆就是黄姨姨

Round Round is Aunty Ng

Ng5 I5(7)I5 si6 Ng5 In5(7)In5

黃姨姨是黃圓圓｜黄姨姨是黄圆圆

Aunty Ng is Ng Roung Round

Ng5 In5(7)In5 I5(7)I5

黃圓圓姨姨｜黄圆圆姨姨

i5(7)i5 si6 i5(7)i5

Aunty Ng Round Round

姨姨是姨姨

Aunty is aunty

in5(7)in5 si6 in5(7)in5

圓圓是圓圓｜圆圆是圆圆

Round round is round round

i5(7)i5 mo2 gio3 zo3 in5(7)in5

姨姨孬叫做圓圓｜姨姨孬叫做圆圆

Must not call aunty round round

in5(7)in5 mo2 tag8 zo3 i5(7)i5

圓圓孬讀做姨姨｜圆圆孬读做姨姨

Round round must not be read as aunty

 In the picture they use mog8 莫 which has the same meaning as our Teochew mo2 孬 and I prefer to use our own characters mo2.

Word List

ming7	面	face
in5 [nasal]	圓	round
i5	姨	Aunt – mother’s sister
Ng5	黃	family name Ng
mian5gio3	名叫	is called
hêng5	形	shape
sên3	姓	family name, surname
mo2 gio3 zo3	孬叫做	must not be called as
mo2 tag8 zo3	孬讀做	must not be read as

 Just one note: We Teochew do not tone sandhi all the characters except for those marked above. This is why people say Teochew people speak like as if they are singing.