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by ponnai
Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: How to "change" in Penang Hokkien
Replies: 16
Views: 28183

Re: How to "change" in Penang Hokkien

If expressing some sort of surprise, or stressing the unusual/dramatic nature of the change, one can use the modal particle "sua1" (sandhied tone): "i e tau-mO sua pien pEh khi". Does anyone know the hanzi for this "sua"?
by ponnai
Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:32 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Sentence patterns for Penang Hokkien Grammar
Replies: 29
Views: 42630

Re: Sentence patterns for Penang Hokkien Grammar

Yours is acceptable in my variant (i e-sai cau kha kin ker gua). Yet 'e-sai' is more about permission, so we can just say 'e' (drop 'sai'). To be more "natural", I would say: i e cau pi gua kha kin.
by ponnai
Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:32 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: "ruffian"
Replies: 15
Views: 21671

Re: "ruffian"

There is of course also 'sam3-seng1' (sam written with sandhi-tone), which has been borrowed into Malay. Again, here, I wouldn't be very confident to say what the precise difference between 'sam3-seng1' and the other three are.