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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 2
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Sunday, January 30, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 2. In the first lesson. The Basic Course gave us the 174 potential rhymes of Taishanese, derived from five tones, five vowels, seven diphthongs and six final consonants. It’s worth listening to the lesson one audio. To get a hang of the tones. And organized by phonetic features. Compare with Standard Cantonese. I intend to transcribe these consonants using a system similar to Hanyu pinyin. Transcription schemes for Mandarin and Cantonese, respectively. Is ma...
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 5 Vocabulary
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Sunday, February 13, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 5 Vocabulary. Below is the vocabulary list for lesson five of the Basic Course. This lesson expands on lesson four. Focusing on basic questions and classroom objects. I’ve transcribed it as close as I was able to, notes below. 好 · hō ·. Good, fine, allright, OK, right, very. 喇嗎 · lā-ma ·. Final particle for yes/no questions). 呢 · nē ·. Final particle for “how about” questions). 唔 · m̈ ·. Not, cannot, (negative prefix). 你 · ni (nei) ·. 報紙 · bo-jī ·. 聽早 belie...
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Four Counties 四邑: Here’s to a New Year of Taishanese!
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Saturday, December 31, 2011. Here’s to a New Year of Taishanese! Or as you might say in Taishanese:. Lhen Nïn Fai Lòk. The bulk of last year’s blogging covered the Taishanese Basic Course. With the addition of my own commentary. This blog also helped me accomplish some personal goals, among them being proficiency in the Cangjie input method. My first YouTube video. Thank you so much. 8211; Tones and vowels. 8211; More complex syllables. Lesson 4 ( vocabulary. Lesson 5 ( vocabulary. Lesson 6 ( vocabulary.
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 13 Vocabulary
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Monday, May 9, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 13 Vocabulary. This lesson is all about positive experience. You can think of the list below as pairs of verbs and nouns that describe certain very common experiences like. Going for a walk. 唔好 · m̈-hō ·. Don’t, had better not, not good. 請 · tīang (tīng) ·. Please, to invite, to request. 飲 · ngīm ·. 茶 · chä ·. 齣（出） · chūt ·. Classifier), out, to exit, to put out. 戲 · hi ·. Show, movie, to make fun of. 睇 · hāi ·. To see, visit. 音樂 · yim-ngòk ·. To listen, obey.
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 16 Vocabulary
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Sunday, July 3, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 16 Vocabulary. The last few weeks, I’ve been overwhelmed with work. I’ve only just been able to pull together most of the vocabulary for lesson sixteen. 咯 · lòk ·. 出世 · chūt sại (chūt sai) ·. 當兵 · ong bing [ong ven] ·. To be in military service. 讀書 · ùk si ·. To study, learn, read. 做事 · du lhù ·. 結緍 · git fun (kau-yin*) ·. 教書 · gau si ·. 上堂 · siang höng ·. To go to class; class in session. 以前 · ị tïng ·. Formerly, previously, before. 今年 · gim-nïng ·.
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 14 Vocabulary
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Sunday, June 5, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 14 Vocabulary. This lesson’s dialogue focuses on asking questions about where people are. You’ll get a lot of practice with the various uses of the word. Which I’ve been transcribing as 該. The vocabulary list is below; romanization in brackets indicates the pronunciation in the Kaiping dictionary. 小姐 · lhīau-dē [lhīu-dīe] ·. Miss, young lady. 朋友 · päng-yịu [päng-yịu, häng-yịu] ·. 女朋友 · nūi-päng-yịu ·. 陳 · Chïn ·. 母親 · mụ-tin [mụ-ten] ·. 仔 · dōi ·. Http:/ taishan...
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 9 Vocabulary
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 9 Vocabulary. Tell us what you’re up to—or at least this lesson will give you the chance to do so in Toishan (Taishanese). Here’s the lesson nine vocabulary. 俾 · bī (bēi) (ī) ·. To give, indirect object agent. 送 · lhung ·. 寄 · gi ·. 打電話 · ā ìng-wà* ·. To make a telephone call. 打電報 · ā ìng-bo ·. To send a telegram. 錢（銀）· tïng* (ngän*) ·. 信 · lhin* ·. 寫信 · lhē lhin* ·. To write a letter. 野（田野）· yẹ* (hïng-nẹ*) (ye) ·. Thing, object, affair. To have leisure time.
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 10 Vocabulary
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Friday, March 18, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 10 Vocabulary. Are you an excited student? Even if you’re not, this lesson should teach you how to say so. Here’s the lesson ten vocabulary. 對唔住 · ui-m̈-jì ·. Sorry, I’m sorry, pardon me. 唔緊要 · m-gīn-yiau ·. It doesn’t matter, not at all, that’s allright. 夫人 · fu-ngïn* ·. Mrs, madam, wife. 黄 · Wöng ·. 李 · Lī ·. 女人 · nūi-ngïn* ·. Woman, female, wife. 男人 · näm-ngïn* ·. Man, male, husband. 亦 · yìak ·. Also, too, moreover, in addition to. 靚 · liang ·.
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Four Counties 四邑: Basic Course: Lesson 4 Video!
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Thursday, September 29, 2011. Basic Course: Lesson 4 Video! I’ve decided to use this Taishanese project as an opportunity to practice video editing on the free trial version. Of Final Cut Pro X. For my first video, I slapped together lesson four text and audio with a few illustratory photos:. This lesson is the first one with vocabulary and dialogue; lessons one. All had to do with pronunciation. The lesson four vocabulary. September 29, 2011 at 11:47 PM. But isnt the character for notebook 簿? Im convinc...
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Four Counties 四邑: Cantonese (Toishan) Basic Course
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Cantonese (Toishan) Basic Course. Scanning across the internet, I’ve been really impressed by individuals who have posted Taishanese learning materials online. I remember very vividly how there were no such resources available even back in 2000. (It’s easy to forget that even Chinese language compatibility was quite limited back then! One resource that I did run across—thanks to a long-ago post in an online forum—was the. Chinese-Cantonese (Toishan) Basic Course. By 2005, ERIC.
