Discussions on the Hokkien (Minnan) language.
jilang
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by jilang » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:21 am
Hi
Mandarin seems to have a few ways of saying thank you and related words so I was wondering if Hokkien had more than one. Mandarin has "xie xie", "duo xie", "gan xie" and probably more.
I know "Kum sia" but are there any other ones?
Thanks
ong
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by ong » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:47 am
费神 ,感恩
jilang
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by jilang » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:39 pm
Are those used in Hokkien? What are they're meanings?
ong
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by ong » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:57 pm
hui sin,lo lat,kam un
jilang
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by jilang » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:28 am
What are they're meanings?
ong
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by ong » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:03 am
all the same for what you have asked for
jilang
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by jilang » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:09 am
I think my question was too vague. I meant to ask whether they are used in different situations like how Mandarin "duo xie" is when someone gives something to you and "xie xie" is more general.
Thanks
ong
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by ong » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:00 pm
kam un for big thanks.
hui sin for minor things
lo lat I find that people mostly use to some stranger.
jilang
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by jilang » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:37 pm
Thanks for that!