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- Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:05 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Taiwanese movie Din Tau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12237
Re: Taiwanese movie Din Tau
I didn't even think of that. Good analysis. I just thought the actor for the main character just couldn't speak minnanhua properly. I know what ehiau but what is thiann taigi? I can only listen to Medan/Penang style hokkien well but can't really speak. My family unbelievably chose not to speak any C...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:55 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Help on researching my roots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12664
Re: Help on researching my roots
Hi amhoanna,
Thanks for the reply. I haven't made the trip yet as I still don't know which is my ancestral village. I was hoping to get a copy of family's jiapu but my father's family are very westernised and apparently have already lost it. Very sad.
Thanks for the reply. I haven't made the trip yet as I still don't know which is my ancestral village. I was hoping to get a copy of family's jiapu but my father's family are very westernised and apparently have already lost it. Very sad.
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:08 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Taiwanese movie Din Tau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12237
Taiwanese movie Din Tau
Long time lurker here. Haven't seen this posted before. If it has my apologies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPJQzVSveE&feature=player_embedded I knew Taiwanese would be hard for me to understand (Medan lang here) but I am still disappointed I can only get maybe 1-2 words out of every ten. Gr...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:16 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Longxi / Zhangzhou
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18608
Re: Longxi / Zhangzhou
I can listen to Medan Hokkien but I really had no idea what was going on save a few words here and there in the youtube link I posted. Andrew's link sounded more like Medan/ Penang Hokkien but I still can only get afew words here and there unfortunately. Btw I am interested in Longxi as well as this...
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:33 pm
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Longxi / Zhangzhou
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18608
Re: Longxi / Zhangzhou
According to this youtube video, the village Shima is a village in Longhai county. The uploader puts in brackets besides Shima (Longxi). Does this mean Shima is the modern name for Longxi?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvLiPW3Ec1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvLiPW3Ec1U
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:20 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Variants!
- Replies: 67
- Views: 105022
Re: Variants!
In Medan Hokkien we say "cang cui" to take a bath or shower. In regards to Penang people being stingy, apparently Medan Hokkien people are known to be stingy as well. My uni friends from Jakarta said this is a popular stereotype of Medan people. I didn't know until I went to uni about this...
- Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:50 pm
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Msia/Singapore Hokkien borrowed words
- Replies: 53
- Views: 70917
Re: Msia/Singapore Hokkien borrowed words
I guess trade links between the two places would have been greater in colonial times. I think so too. From my family history research, I found out that my Penang Baba relatives had Malaccan Baba relatives, who in turn had (presumably) Peranakan relatives in Medan. My dad only vaguely knew the Malac...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:49 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Msia/Singapore Hokkien borrowed words
- Replies: 53
- Views: 70917
Re: Msia/Singapore Hokkien borrowed words
Hi xng, Similarly, "lift" in British English and "elevator" in American English. For that matter, why make a distinction between Hokkien and non-Hokkien words? They seem to say "cit-ma" in Taiwan, and we say "tong-kim" or "tha-na". Lift and elevator...
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:58 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Penang Hokkien vs Medan Hokkien
- Replies: 22
- Views: 55646
Penang Hokkien vs Medan Hokkien
Hi all, Long time on and off lurker here. I was born in Medan but moved to Australia when I was little. I am trying to get in touch with my Chinese roots in the last few years now by learning both mandarin and hokkien. I can listen to hokkien quite well but am hopeless at trying to speak it. My ques...
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:57 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Help on researching my roots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12664
Help on researching my roots
Hi all, New to the forum. I am going at the end of the holidays to HK to visit my wife's family and I was hoping to spend afew days going to Fujian to visit my ancestral village, if it still exists. I'm 9th generation Chinese from Indonesia. My dad is from a group of Chinese in an area called Tanger...