Hokkien Movies (and some other questions)

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:41 am

Hi

I was just wondering, in Taiwan (or anywhere else) have there been any movies done mainly in Hokkien/Taiwanese?

Also, sometimes in Hokkien I hear words like "si - (is)" and "siunn - think" pronounced with a "sh" sound making it sound a bit more like Mandarin. Is this an accent or a characteristic of a particular variant?

From the discussion on the other thread, I want to know how to read those tone marks written as two digit numbers (eg: 22, 55) and what the 6th tone (for variants that do have it) is pronounced.

Thanks
~Jilang

ong · Post by **ong** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:48 am

www.raccoonbend.com/languages/xiarom.html

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:13 pm

Thanks, ong. Looking at that, is the 2nd tone a rising tone?
What about the 6th tone's pronunciation?

ong · Post by **ong** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:18 pm

I don't think anyone can get confuse about the number.
I already said sixth tone can be rising ,falling ,high or lowel

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:26 pm

In the case of EngChhun what type of tone is 6th?

ong · Post by **ong** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:47 pm

only in one town in yongchun has 55 as 6th tone as I already said.Why each question has to be asked more than once for you?
Do I have to mention china call this 4 th tone but not 6 th in taiwan

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:16 am

So is there only one town in Yongchun that has 8 tones or just one that doesn't?

ong · Post by **ong** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:31 pm

Just that 一都，I can't agree with that young girl new aritlce on this.
4th tone become a strange thing to you simply because you were taught xiamen version is the standard.If you are huian,4th tone is a must.

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:18 am

Just that 一都，

I phrased my question poorly. So 一都 is the only town to have 8 tones?

4th tone become a strange thing to you simply because you were taught xiamen version is the standard.

I thought YongChun and XiaMen had exactly the same 4th tone, isn't this correct?

If you are huian,4th tone is a must.

So HuiAn 4th tone is definitely

5?

To clarify, do Huian and Yongchun have 8 or 7 tones?

ong · Post by **ong** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:54 am

I already said in china 4th is the same with taiwan 6 th,7th is the same with 4th in taiwan.
I said even ciangciu and another town in anxi also have 8 tones.