Hokkien grammar

Discussions on the Hokkien (Minnan) language.
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In xiamen and northern ciangciu we can't use A+過+B but it is possible in certain southern ciangciu sect like Tongshan .In Prof Ong 's book cuanciu people can use only this formation A+強過 +B (強=kiunn5 )
(I misread an article last year by saying cuanciu city and huian also use 過 like cantonese and teochew)
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There are two other ways to say because in minnan.
ah lo1 or just lo1. Use it at the beginning of a sentence.
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http://www.365.com.my/download.php?file ... 5a9a76e705
See the second article on 讲 which we used to say 想讲 =siunn kong.
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I am not sure are there any font problem to read above articles.Just download some IPA font from www.eastling.org will solve the problem.This article was mentioned by henning.
http://cwn.ling.sinica.edu.tw/paper/chu ... wanese.pdf
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we can say phah khi 拍起 for start 开始=tui cia phah khi
It seems that suann pa 山巴 is from teochew .I can find it even in 1840 teochew lesson
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http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/publish/L ... 05-Liu.pdf
an article published two tears ago just online this month.
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