Tuesday, 12 July 2022

What did A'Tiu say . . .

Let us listen to what A’Tiu has to say to Huang’Guah Sim:

Ua2 gai7 giang6ngi2 si6 a1di6 soin1 bhoi2 gai7 pou3ming7 soin1, lib8ngiab8 zai3 sêng5gê1

我個建議是阿弟先買個鋪面先立業再成家| 我个建议是阿弟先买个铺面先立业再成家

My suggestion is that younger brother first buy a shop front, establish his business than get married.

My English translation is an over simplification of the above sentence. Here is a word list which breaks down the above sentence.

giang6ngi2

建議|建议

proposal, suggestion, to propose, to suggest, to recommend

bhoi2

buy

pou3ming7

鋪面

shop front

lib8ngiab8

立業

Get a career, get a job, start up a business

zai3

Then

sêng5gê1

成家

get married, start a family

Lib8ngiab8 and sêng5gê1 come from the idiom sêng5gê1lib8ngiab8 成家立業 which means to get married and get a career.



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