Donut Supercharged October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Great job by them! Dialects should never have been "banned". It was a stupid initiative by WHOEVER started it. Yeah, WHOEVER who ban it......... it was a very stupid move ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothiewabbit Supersonic October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 i think i need to improve on my hokkien where to sign up ah The report neber mentioned their contact numbers leh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berncsp76 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 fellow Hockchew bro! me too a Hockchew "noin".spoke it to my dad and ah ma / relatives often.. "nu eh you khong ji mana wa jin hor lao lo,jin na noin to meh you khong" Dialects? Hokkien had, has and will always be spoken by yours truly at my home with my mum, in camp (de facto working language inside there but fortunately they terminated my "membership" liao ), at my work place and at my favourite makan place - hawker centres. Excel in Hokkien phrases especially Also fluent in Cantonese thanks to the early HK serials like 變色龍，網中人，小李飛刀, etc & I can keng with folks when in HK mo mun tai. Understands Teochew and can ta with some older lau nang ke bo boon dwei. Hockchew r hopeless even though I am one because my late old man never taught me except the phrase "ka liu, ka liu which any Hockchew child will understand [laugh] Kek or Hakka, Hainanese or Fuqing (福清) hua tou ham pu lang buay hiao liao... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 fellow Hockchew bro! me too a Hockchew "noin".spoke it to my dad and ah ma / relatives often.. "nu eh you khong ji mana wa jin hor lao lo,jin na noin to meh you khong" meh you khong le. Like mentioned- hopeless. Our community not very big and probably our folks know each other. Not sure about your experience but when young one time my friends who were at my place suddenly wanted to leave. Puzzled I queried them why and they lowered their voices to say my late old man was quarreling with someone over the phone. Exprained to them that was how they, or rather us, Hockchews talked which was usually very loud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 fellow Hockchew bro! me too a Hockchew "noin".spoke it to my dad and ah ma / relatives often.. "nu eh you khong ji mana wa jin hor lao lo,jin na noin to meh you khong" i always go to this small restaurant along beach road for lunch, the owner is from Hockchew (PRC) always converse with her mum in Hockchew, i hardly can understand a word, maybe you can come here for lunch or dinner to pick up the PURE Hockchew from them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 i always go to this small restaurant along beach road for lunch, the owner is from Hockchew (PRC) always converse with her mum in Hockchew, i hardly can understand a word, maybe you can come here for lunch or dinner to pick up the PURE Hockchew from them Bro do you know my elder brother who also know nuts about Hockchew say about it? He said machiam someone speaking Tamil because the language is very difficult to both speak & understand unlike Hokkien, Teochew or Cantonese. Fuqing is another langauge quite close to Hockchew as I understand but again meh you khong... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Bro do you know my elder brother who also know nuts about Hockchew say about it? He said machiam someone speaking Tamil because the language is very difficult to both speak & understand unlike Hokkien, Teochew or Cantonese. Fuqing is another langauge quite close to Hockchew as I understand but again meh you khong... the dialect to me feel very 'hard' like rock (like kena hammered!), if you know what i mean, some dialect you can feel the soft, smooth and gentle of it, but Hockchew is really one of its kind, you can't speak without raising your voice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 the dialect to me feel very 'hard' like rock (like kena hammered!), if you know what i mean, some dialect you can feel the soft, smooth and gentle of it, but Hockchew is really one of its kind, you can't speak without raising your voice Imagine during wedding dinners or CNY visitings when the entire bunch are conversing in it with yours truly and my siblings sitting quietly in the midst ......you get the point. Anyway just to clarify hor: Hockchews are NOT the offsprings of Hokkiens & Teochews. I have got curious folks seriously asking me about that...jeez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Got good and bad points la.. Just look at the Malaysian Chinese in KL. Half of the older generations only knows how to speak Cantonese. Sometimes go up there to the older shops, very difficult to communicate. HK also, some shopkeepers and taxi drivers speak better English than Mandarin. But the point about not losing our culture and roots is important. I am Hainanese, but i don't even know basic Hainanese (my Hokkien vocab is alot more than Hainanese vocab, thanks to the 2 years wearing green). Wanted to learn from my dad, but he passed away last year. Now i don't know who to turn to liao. Ah kor! Jiak Bui? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowbiatch 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Got good and bad points la.. Just look at the Malaysian Chinese in KL. Half of the older generations only knows how to speak Cantonese. Sometimes go up there to the older shops, very difficult to communicate. HK also, some shopkeepers and taxi drivers speak better English than Mandarin. But the point about not losing our culture and roots is important. I am Hainanese, but i don't even know basic Hainanese (my Hokkien vocab is alot more than Hainanese vocab, thanks to the 2 years wearing green). Wanted to learn from my dad, but he passed away last year. Now i don't know who to turn to liao. du bo bud gong hai num wei!? pah kah swee! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 du bo bud gong hai num wei!? pah kah swee! yi bud gong Bahasa wan kia wei Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 (edited) du bo bud gong hai num wei!? pah kah swee! Pah Kah Swee! I know! Toh Mi Ti?? Edited October 24, 2013 by Fcw75 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowbiatch 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 yi bud gong Bahasa wan kia wei and i tot hanyu pinyin in Cantonese was a bit c h... hainanese just as tough! Pah Kah Swee! I know! Toh Mi Ti?? hahahahahhahahaha!!! u ah kor too? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 and i tot hanyu pinyin in Cantonese was a bit c h... hainanese just as tough! hahahahahhahahaha!!! u ah kor too? Yes! Unfortunately my understanding of the language same as Shull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Yes! Unfortunately my understanding of the language same as Shull. jin toi nang butt hia bo butt gong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowbiatch 6th Gear October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Yes! Unfortunately my understanding of the language same as Shull. i also know di di nia.. jin toi nang butt hia bo butt gong spelling nong bo butt.. how to spell bathe? xiang yack? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 Yeah, WHOEVER who ban it......... it was a very stupid move EXACTLY! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic October 24, 2013 Share October 24, 2013 jin toi nang butt hia bo butt gong No choice bro. From young, my dad never talk to us in Hainanese. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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