Chinese languages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df4ycZo ... N&index=12

"Lui" used in China at 1:53!

Some biographic material on Bhante Suvanno: Bhante Suvanno (1920-2007) was from near to Nibong Tebal. According to his biography his grandfather came from Fujian in the early 1900's, and he studied at the Anglo-Chinese school at Nibong Tebal, then at age 12 in the school at Bukit Mertajam, and then ...

Many thanks Abun for the long and detailed review! I am very interested to hear about this book, I do not however, own an e-book reader. Andrew, I'd be very interested to hear about the author's observations on Malaysian Hokkien. I really try to avoid reading, hearing or speaking too much Taiwanese ...

In Malaysia and Vietnam you can meet people who still speak this. I have found a fairly proficient speaker whose tones seem to be quite close to what de Souza describes, and I'm going to do some recordings next week.

Okay... now back to the subject at hand, after being interrupted by Eliza Doolittle I found out the reference for Kelantan Peranakan Hokkien. It's by Teo Kok Seong, called. Peranakan Chinese of Kelantan: A Study of the Culture, Language & Communication of an Assimilated Group in Malaysia . He al...

Okay... point taken on the sound files, but I am going to keep going on to expose Timothy Tye because I think it's important for people to know shoddy teaching materials and steer clear from them. First. the fact is that Timothy Tye (or is his name Eliza Doolittle now? Seems to suit) cannot speak Ho...

Not particularly logical. Isn't it impossible for you to make mistakes if you are the ultimate authority in what it right and wrong? I mean, you can break your own rules and then just call it an exception. What are the rules for spelling a certain sound a certain way? The reason why I ask this is be...

That is called "typo"… not a spelling mistake. (just made another one and had to edit

Also "sí-lâng ê" means "damned" in this case, nothing to do with dead person or calling names lah.

Chûi-chûi kóng ài lú sí? Che sī lú ka-kī sio·ⁿ chhut niā.

Lâng m̄-sī hiâm lú ài kiù Hok-kiàn, lâng sī bô suka lú tāi-iát niā.

Here is another huge selection of dharma talks in Penang Hokkien, this time by the late Bhante Suvanno. http://myhappymall.com/5th_Floor/Shop_5-001/Shop_5-001.htm The recordings are not quite as clear as those of Bhante Dhammavudho Thero, but my first impression is that Bhante Suvanno speaks in more...