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by Heruler
Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:45 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Christian terminology
Replies: 8
Views: 19171

Hi Sim, The grace said before meals you mentioned is a common one among the Holó Christians. Here is my transliteration: 感謝天父 Kám siā thinn pē 賞賜米糧 Siúnn sù bí niû Hō· 阮 (通) 吃 Hō· gún (thang) chiáh 靠主功勞, 心所願 Khò Chú kong-lô, sim só· guān . Line 1: 'Thank you Heavenly Father'. The pē is the vernacula...
by Heruler
Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Beowulf Topics-2: Fire Festivals in Shetland (UK) and Taiwan
Replies: 17
Views: 48824

If my recollection is correct, it was about 3 years ago. Thanks for your new pictures.

Heruler
by Heruler
Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:40 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Literary 文讀 and colloquial 白讀 readings in Minnan
Replies: 3
Views: 12770

Hi Mark, Unfortunately there are no hard rules to go by. It's mostly according to customary usage. For examples: 作 in literary reading is chok : chok-chiá 作者, chok-ka 作家, chok-phín 作品, but choh in vernacular reading: choh-chhân 作田, chèng-choh 種作. There is an excellent book published in Taiwan, 實用漢字台...
by Heruler
Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:55 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Hokkien Fish (REPOST)
Replies: 8
Views: 57009

Hi Sim,

Wow! Such thorough scholarship! I am totally impressed.

Heruler
by Heruler
Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:32 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Sui - beautiful
Replies: 11
Views: 25144

Hi ong,

I am very grateful for the useful information you so kindly provided.

Heruler
by Heruler
Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:19 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Sui - beautiful
Replies: 11
Views: 25144

Hi ong, Sorry to bother you again. You seem to possess both the abridged and bigger versions. Do you find the word 水灵 'beautiful' in the bigger version too? Also, would you kindly inform me of the authors (or compilers), publisher, and year of publication of the abridged version? And ISBN number, if...
by Heruler
Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:17 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Sui - beautiful
Replies: 11
Views: 25144

Hi ong, Thank you for the information on the dangdang Web site and also for the bigger version of the dictionary. My questions are, Is the abridged version an extract from the bigger version? Are the authors the same (马思周, 姜光辉) for both versions? I went to the Web site to search for the abridged ver...
by Heruler
Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:03 pm
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Sui - beautiful
Replies: 11
Views: 25144

Hi ong,

I am interested in purchasing the dictionary you referred to, 简明东北方言词典. How and where can I buy one without going to China?

Thank you in advance for any information you can provide.

Heruler
by Heruler
Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:45 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Ko-lê-chhài (cabbage)
Replies: 17
Views: 41992

Hi niuc, Remember, 甘藍 is the Chinese name for cabbage, whereas ko-lê is the traditional vernacular name used by the Holó people. It was during the colonial era that the Japanese government in Taiwan adopted the kanji 高麗菜 for cabbage. Later, through the international trades, the name got spread to ot...
by Heruler
Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:53 am
Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
Topic: Beowulf Topics-2: Fire Festivals in Shetland (UK) and Taiwan
Replies: 17
Views: 48824

Hi all, Here are some pictures taken at a recent fire festival (Burning king's ship 燒王船) in Tangkang 東港, Taiwan. Because of my bandwidth limit in uploading the pictures, I have to select just these few pictures out of many. Hope you can vicariously join the crowd and have a good time. First is the p...