Your dialect

[Jman888]

I dunno how this worka but we can have Korean on TV.

 

 

Korea is a language not dialect, we can have anyhowsayo but not lei hou mah, or Bakayarou but not knnbccb

[Joseph22]

Korea is a language not dialect, we can have anyhowsayo but not lei hou mah, or Bakayarou but not knnbccb

if Qing Shi wang had conqured Korean together with the rest of the china. they will be known as dialect liao.

[The_Bear]

Korea is a language not dialect, we can have anyhowsayo but not lei hou mah, or Bakayarou but not knnbccb

 

I think the ban is archaic and should be lifted. What about cable TV? You can get hokkien programme on Starhub too. Like that means what? If you can afford it, then our national policy is incosequential? If you have money, you should know better than to speak to your decendants in dialect?

[Maxus-MIFA9]

Should allow dialect in Singapore .....

 

Brought my kids to Taiwan and they don't understand Hokkien.

 

Brought them to HK and they also don't understand Cantonese.

 

Brought them to MY, they don't understand simple Bahasar Malay.

 

Brought them to China, Hainan Island and they too, don't understand Hainanese ....

 

Not like my time in the 60's, learnt & speak, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Malay, Hainanese and a bit of Hindi ....

Edited August 12, 2013 by Picnic06

[Rncw]

yeserday i just teach my son:

 

orh yee orh, tarzan boh cheng kor

 

he laugh until mad

donno whether today he got go to school teach other people or not

 

teach him also...

 

hokkien:

bui eh bui liu liu...jeh beh ki hok jiu

 

si bak gao, gan jiok tau

 

teochew:

di gor liang, di gor zhor

hou lai hou lai, au hng geng jior gah laok sa si gai. ah niang keok lai duk ji bai

 

cantonese (alot! sorry canto i only know like that....read in canto)

1.中间分界，升职最快

2.唔係你死，就係我翻唔到屋企

3.唔系猛龙唔过江，唔系猪扒唔化妆

4.拖拖拉拉实食斋，扭扭另另正乸型

5.男人唔去滚，除非身无银

6.男人唔咸湿，鸡窦都执粒

7.十蚊三支，饮到白痴

8.情侣好与坏，在乎沟通与关怀

9.不在乎有波有攞，只在乎无睇妇科

10.10蚊有3件，越着越大件

11.D女好鬼索，条仔超级恶

12.发贴摞精华，红过刘德华

13.早买早享受，迟买多折扣

14.喺你鄙视我噶同时，我何尝唔係想一巴刮死你

15.落雨喇，翻屋企收衫

16.女人唔滚，男人唔紧

17.你有你拼搏，我有我挥霍

18.纵使日后不能谈情，何妨与佢一起露营

19.你对佢甜甜蜜蜜，佢当你无厘头七

20.痴痴呆呆坐埋一台,昂昂居居围埋一堆

21.我有一份工，果份叫阴功

22.兄弟如手足，老婆齐齐郁

24.你对佢如珠如宝，佢当你係咸水草

25.唔係衰多口，点会咁出丑

26.招招积积自大狂，比人省到心都寒

27.婚姻是爱情的坟墓，但冇婚姻的爱情就死无葬身之地

28.世上无难事，只要隔硬黎

29.人係无咁容易死噶，但死起上嚟真係好容易

30.10个男人9个滚，第10个喺度谂紧

31.唔赌唔知时运高，唔滚唔知身体好

32.钱唔係问题，问题係冇钱

34.唔好摞你个猪头嚟挑战我旧砖头

35.为兄弟可以两胁插刀，为女可以插兄弟两刀

36.我唔係随便嘅人，我随便起来唔係人

37.搏一搏，单车变摩托，搏多搏， 摩托变饭壳

38.我唔可以俾到你幸福，但绝对可以俾到你舒服

39.赢就赢粒糖，输就输间厂

40.如果太多二奶嚟，老婆就无订企；等到老婆返翻嚟，二奶又5争气

41.男人一有钱就变坏，女人一变坏就有钱

43.唔洗急，最紧要快

45.係就快，唔好等下个礼拜

47.眼大无神,鼻大吸尘,口大正衰神

48.一串光阴一串金, 再串俾人打镬金

49.得意洋洋, 撼头埋墙

50.有咩依郁，摞住碌竹

52.我唔会眼白白睇住你跌落火坑噶，我会合埋对眼

53.又怕死，又要做土匪

Edited August 12, 2013 by Rncw

[Maxus-MIFA9]

teochew:

di gor liang, di gor zhor

 

ti tiang wu lui, nang lai ki por ......

[Rncw]

ti tiang wu lui, nang lai ki por ......

 

i dun like to por ley....but this is really useful esp during army time.....

[Chrispie]

sad to say, in the end most singaporeans are neither here nor there.

 

We can speak Eng.. but not really that good.

 

mandarin .. worse.. how many of us can hold a proper conversation in mandarin without needing to add in some english?

[Rncw]

sad to say, in the end most singaporeans are neither here nor there.

 

We can speak Eng.. but not really that good.

 

mandarin .. worse.. how many of us can hold a proper conversation in mandarin without needing to add in some english?

 

i can speak putong hua (mandarin) without adding other langauges...pure putong hua

[Jman888]

it could be worst [rolleyes]

 

sad to say, in the end most singaporeans are neither here nor there.

 

We can speak Eng.. but not really that good.

 

mandarin .. worse.. how many of us can hold a proper conversation in mandarin without needing to add in some english?

 

[Kangadrool]

sad to say, in the end most singaporeans are neither here nor there.

 

We can speak Eng.. but not really that good.

 

mandarin .. worse.. how many of us can hold a proper conversation in mandarin without needing to add in some english?

 

It's a matter of whether one wants to speak proper or rojak. It takes some effort initially. After that, it is so natural. Unfortunately, most choose not to and prefer Singlish. I guess it's more efficient way of communicating within Singaporeans.

[Lala81]

sad to say, in the end most singaporeans are neither here nor there.

 

We can speak Eng.. but not really that good.

 

mandarin .. worse.. how many of us can hold a proper conversation in mandarin without needing to add in some english?

 

u look across the causeway.

Their english standard there and here is how different.

 

Of course, don't compare the elite. Their elite has excellent english.

 

At least we get by...

 

 

[Scion]

i think LKY himself can speak English, Malay, Mandarin and Hokkein fluently

 

not sure he knows other dialects although he's a Hakka himself

 

think LHL can speak Russian too, other than English, Mandarin and Malay

 

which is why i dun understand why they want majority of Singaporeans to know only 2 languages (English + mother tongue)

 

maybe they think they are the smart ones, so they can master 4 languages easily, while the rest of ordinary folks cannot?

 

i still think we should learn 3-4 as well, as in English + mother tongue + Malay (Singaporean Chinese learn Mandarin + own dialect)

[Mightymito]

My dialect group also quite rare to hear people speaking...Hock Chew....think only about 2-3% in SG knows how to speak and mostly they are older folks and many have passed on already...

 

Speak it to my late dad, ah ma, uncles and relatives (from my dad's side)...my mom's side are mostly Cantonese as some of them are still Msians.

 

Now only hear it outside when those foreigners (usually from PRC, sarawak or Batu Pahat) and will chit chat abit with them. Will definitely teach my kids how to speak when I have them too...

 

Those people will tell who that when they are grouped according to surname like in school all the Ting Ting Tong Tong will be grouped together

[Scion]

my father, though he doesn't know English, can speak Mandarin + Hakka, + Hokkien + Teochew + Cantonese fluently

 

and a bit of Malay

 

I'm ashamed to confess I only understand two dialects in Hokkien & Teochew.... I don't even know Hakka, which is my father's dialect... tried to pick it up last time but simply can't do it

[Jman888]

which is why i dun understand why they want majority of Singaporeans to know only 2 languages (English + mother tongue)

 

i dun think they stop you from learning 3rd language, i believe many can choose to learn foreign language in JC or Poly.

[Jman888]

agree, most malaysian are usually good in one language, hard to master both, and malay only for conversation not in depth.

 

 

u look across the causeway.

Their english standard there and here is how different.

 

Of course, don't compare the elite. Their elite has excellent english.

 

At least we get by...

 

[Coolad]

My dialect group also quite rare to hear people speaking...Hock Chew....think only about 2-3% in SG knows how to speak and mostly they are older folks and many have passed on already...

 

Speak it to my late dad, ah ma, uncles and relatives (from my dad's side)...my mom's side are mostly Cantonese as some of them are still Msians.

 

Now only hear it outside when those foreigners (usually from PRC, sarawak or Batu Pahat) and will chit chat abit with them. Will definitely teach my kids how to speak when I have them too...

 

I think Fuzhou is the dialect you are saying... Hock Chew (is Hokkien prenounciation of Fuzhou).

 

My mom's family is Hock chew, my dad is Hokkien.

 

Most Hock Chews are coffee shops owners in Singapore/Malaysia...

 

I still remember my 1st day in Kingergarten was a shock... coz i only speak hock chew then... teacher came to my hm and spoke to my parents that this cannot go on...coz no one understands wat i was saying...

 

And I luv cantonese songs...