Monday, 3 October 2022

Relatively more complete

 You can hear this lady speak in half Mandarin half Teochew !

Ung2 zi2go3 gai7 dêg8sêg4 ziu6si6 "yun4wei4" bi2ga3 zog4.

阮衹塊個特色就是韻味比較足|阮只块个特色足就是韵味比较足

Here, our distinguishing feature is precisely the implicit appeal is relatively more complete.

ung2

we, our

In Swatow, people say uang2 and this “we” does not include the listener. If you want to include the listener, then you have to say nang2 俺。

zi2go3

衹塊|只块

here

dêg8sêg4

特色

distinguishing feature

ziu6si6

就是

is precisely

ung7bhi7

韻味|韵味

implicit appeal

She said ung7bhi7 in Mandarin i.e. yun4wei4

bi2ga3

比較|比较

relatively

bi2ga3 is a Mandarin word said in Teochew Uê and our Teochew word is either “iao1 ” or “ru2gêng1 愈更

zog4

complete

Thank goodness she did not say 完全 uang5cuang5 instead of zog4!

The reason why I have added our Teochew words above is because if we were to continue this way in speaking in half Mandarin type of Teochew, we would soon not hear people speak our mother tongue anymore. 

I hope all of us will step up and speak in proper Teochew rather than this half and half Teochew / Mandarin. 



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