I would like to learn Hokkien

Eng Wai · Post by **Eng Wai** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:59 pm

I would like to learn more about Hokkien. I know I am pretty lazy and will get many sticks for this. But I wonder if you could make life easier for me and teach me something through this forum. In the future, others could refer to this thread to learn Hokkien as well.

Tone
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First, I would like t learn the tone. I know there are 7 tones in Hokkien, and Penang Hokkien having 6 only. Could someone kindly tell me a common word for each tone?

Thanks

Eng Wai

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:28 am

engwai,
nothing can be done by anyone for you .So many web sites from taiwan with the recording of the sound but you ended up asking where the hell should I go to learn the tones.
here is a page for ciangchiu
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1610
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1561

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:43 am

This page is too great for ciangchiu language but the web site is too slow like other china web sites
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1620
we should print them out for study

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:49 am

just two more articles about ciangchiu
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1577
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1569

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:02 am

http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1611
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1612

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:10 am

From the above article ciangchiu people called daughter as tsau-a are because of syllable contraction of tsa bo =tsau with a added at the end.
also mai (don't want) is m+ai
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1622

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:19 am

http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1621
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1613
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1614
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1615
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1616
all a must

Aurelio · Post by **Aurelio** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:00 am

That's easy enough ...

(1) tiong1 中, yi1 伊=他
(2) gua2 我, lu2 汝=你, hou2 好
(3) khi3 去， ai3 爱 = 要
(4) kok4 国， beh4 = 要

(5) bou5 无， lai5 来 lang5 人
(6) = 2nd tone
(7) u7 有 si7 是 m7 = 不
(8.) chiah8 食 - the most important of all

This should get you going. It's more fun to learn if one can ask questions ...

Regards,
Aurelio

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:51 am

My only complain about above web site is there should some sound recording for rare vowel which only appeared in chiangchiu like those zhaoan,changthai and zhangpu.Without a recording or a trip over there ,we won't have any idea what is the actual sound .Taiwanese minnan don't have these vowels or the big E in all chiangchiu sects.

hong · Post by **hong** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:40 am

http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1619
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1618
http://hszz.zhangzhou.gov.cn/ShowArticl ... cleID=1617