Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Fookien: Phrases & Vocabulary

from this Fookien thread and this facebook page

Fookien/Fukien is used by Filipino-Chinese


**Sorry if there are no tones or characters,
if you know what tones should be used, please comment. Thanks.


Good morning - Ho Cha Ki
Good afternoon - Ho Eh Po
Good Evening - Ho Am

I, Me - Goa 
You - Di
We, Us - Goon
He/She - Ee
Man - Lam me
Woman - Du we

Phrases:
Hello - Di ho (Ni hao in Mandarin)
How are you? -  Dee chewaloh ah.I am - Gua si....
What are you doing now? Di le chiong sia lo?
My name is... - Goa eh mia si....
I live in... - Goa khia ti....  
What's your name? - Di sia mi mia?
Where are you now? Di ti to lo ah?
I'll go home now - gua be theng khi lo
Have you eaten? - Chia be?
I've already eaten. - Chia lo
I'm hungry - Gua yao lang lo.
I want to sleep already - Goa beh kun lo
I'm full already - Goa pa lo

Yes, I agree - hoh, guah tong eeh
No, I do not agree - guah boh tong eeh

Congratulations - Kiong heeh
That's impossible! - Hao lak
I love you - Gwa ai di
Thank you - To sha / To sha di
I don't know - Gwa um tsai nia
Leave me alone / Get out - di khi chaw
Sorry - Tue pu chu 
No good / Not good - Bo sui 
No money - Bo chi
Smells bad - Tsao
Sit down - che che
Wait - Tan se / Tan che
Slow - Banban
Right? (Di ba?) - Kiam Si
See you tomorrow - Bih nah, tsa koh ki bin .
And you? dih leh?
Something extra.

Who is she? - Ee si sia nga?
S/he is my girlfriend/boyfriend- Ee si gua he du/lam pieng yu
Do you love her?-di u ay ee bo?
Very much, she is nice and pretty- Chin cha ay. Ee chin kway ku chin suiy
When will you get married?- Din ti si be kiet hun?
I wish you both would be happy always- Gua tsok guan din nieng nge yieng wan hing hko


Some Vocabularies
Crybaby - Ai Khao
Clothing - po
People - lang
Old - Lau
Pig - ti
No - pu
Talkative - Qiao Qiao (slang)
Cheap - Shok
Expensive - Yaqui
Teacher - Siensi
Fat - Ahpoy
Thin - Ahsan
Beautiful - Yasui
Ugly - Pai kwa
Poop - Pang sai
Eat - Cha

Shobe - Little sister
Shoti - Little Brother
Achi - Older sister
Anya - Brother
Ama - Grandmother (in mom's side)

Friend - Pieng yiu
Boyfriend - Lam Pieng Yiu
Girlfriend - Du pieng Yiu
Schooling - Tak Tse
House - Tsu Lai
Bathroom - che so
Kitchen- tu pang
Bedroom- khun pang

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  2. please add some basic phrases and sentences :) thanks

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  3. Hi do you know what is Great grandmother in fukien?

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  4. Hi do you know what is Great grandmother in fukien?

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    3. Tai-guama (maternal)
      Tai-ma (paternal)

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  5. Hi! Hoping that you'd add more simple sentences and paragraphs. Thanks and more power! :)

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  6. can anyone help me on how to read percentage in fukien?

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  7. @kim padills
    Great granma - gua ma (mother side)
    Great granma- tai ma (father side)

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  8. @kim padills
    Great granma - gua ma (mother side)
    Great granma- tai ma (father side)

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  9. Correction: for Mom's side na grandma it's Guama, not Amâ

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  10. very nice page. for those who love to speak fookien chinese li like me. please add some more about school vocabs., market, business, etc

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  11. this is awesome. i am an ABC and find filipino hokkien very different from most all other iterations of hokkien. looking forward to learning more from you. thank you so much! 🙌🏾❤️

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  12. whats the fookien for partner in jap tho its aibou

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  13. What is uncle in fukien? My mom's youngest brother.

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  14. Very helpful for one interested to learn Fookien...

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  15. What is great grandfather in fookien

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  16. Di e ham bun mia si sia mi translate into English please

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  17. Hi, can you translate the weather is nice today.

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  18. can you translate welcome! how may I help you?

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  19. Gwa ka na kao tseh tsi koh tiah di?
    Gwa ka na chiuh kwa deng di?
    Gwa ka na kao tseh tsi leh tan di?
    Tsuih kua deng di, Se tiah di

    Can you translate?

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    1. did you create these sentences or did you hear them from someone? maybe you're using it wrong or maybe i just need to make my chinese better bc i can translate half of them but it makes no sense to me lol

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  20. 1. I am not a girl.
    2. She is a student.
    3. We are good friends.
    4. You ( plural) are not enemies.
    5. You (singular) are an elder sister.
    6. They are not classmates.
    7. He is not a male teacher,
    8. We are not siblings.

    Please translate

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    1. 1. guwa um si du we
      2. Ee si hak-seng
      3. goon si ho seh eh piengyou
      5. di si atsi ah
      6. in um si tang-o
      7. Ee um si lam me eh sien-si
      8. Ee um si guwa eh atsi/ahia/shobe/shoti

      for #8 you can't really say we are not siblings, instead you say he/she is not my older sister/older brother/little sister/ little brother.
      also for #4 idk how to translate that hehe

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  21. what is your age? - Di kini koy he?

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  22. "gwa ai di" - i like you
    "gwa tia di" - i love you

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  23. awesome content! takes me back to my elem days in chung hua

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