Also

1234567890 · Post by **1234567890** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:07 pm

Is "pun" the correct Hokkien word for "also"? (isn't it Malay?)

Ephrium · Post by **Ephrium** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:06 pm

I have never heard of pun. The hokkien word for also is "gah"......like " wah gah lee" = me and you

hong · Post by **hong** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:42 pm

It is ma for also

1234567890 · Post by **1234567890** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:59 pm

so "gwa pun cay" should be "gwa ma cay".
and what is the characters for "ma" and "ga"?

hong · Post by **hong** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:00 pm

there is one book from taiwan by 林央敏 saying ma is a joint word of 每+也 mui+a =ma.
ka = and 合 not also.

1234567890 · Post by **1234567890** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:41 pm

I also can't think of correct translation of some conjunctions, "lagi", "mana", "atau", "cuma"/"cumanya".

hong · Post by **hong** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:49 pm

my answer is buy minnan grammar book from taiwan and china.
Or any minnan dict.

Ephrium · Post by **Ephrium** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:37 pm

hong is correct on "mah"

for the malay words u stated, i know only one..'atau' means or in english. in hokkien it will be "ark si". if i m not wrong, "lagi" means "very". then in hokkien it will b "jing jiah"

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:39 pm

thai tho ,suah=哪裡 mana
koh khah,ia khah=更 lagi
ah ku,ia koh=還 masih
kan na =cuma
From Prof.Chiu 普通話與閩南語
hong

1234567890 · Post by **1234567890** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:12 pm

thanks anyway.

lagi: 1.again 2.also 3.(Indonesian)<present marker>="sedang"
"cumanya" (only that) ~ but (some persons use this)