Hokkien Study Group

[księżycowy]

Ok, let's get into the exercises! (Well, they aren't called exercises in the book, rather kù "sentences")

V. How much does this cost?

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1. That is two dollars.
2. That is eight dollars.
3. That is three dollars.
4. That is twelve dollars.
5. That is twenty-two dollars.
6. That is five dollars.
7. That is eighteen dollars.
8. That is eighty dollars.
9. That is forty one dollars.
10. That is ninety five dollars
11. That is twenty eight dollars.
12. That is forty four dollars.

VI.

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1. Good morning, teacher.
2. I am a student.
3. You are a teacher.
4. He has money.*
5. I want/need money.
6. That is money.
7. I am a teacher.
8. She is a student.*
9. Goodbye, teacher.
10. Thank you, teacher.
11. He is a teacher.*
12. Thank you, goodbye.

*Since i can mean both he and she, I'm alternating between the two where appropriate.

VII. Translate From English to Taiwanese

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1. Lí ū lōa-chē chîⁿ?
2. I sī Lāu-su.
3. Góa sī ha̍k-seng.
4. Che sī chîⁿ.
5. Góa ū siap-sì kho͘.
6. Che ài káu-cha̍p-la̍k kho͘.
7. Che ài pe̍h-káu kho͘.
8. Lāu-su, to-siā.

[vijayjohn]

I just entered the amounts for exercise V because all the sentences begin the same way. I made a few mistakes.

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Exercise V

1. $1 $2 (I got confused because of Thai!)
2. $8
3. $3
4. $12
5. $22
6. $5
7. $18
8. $80
9. $41
10. $95
11. $28
12. $44

Exercise VI

1. Good morning, teacher.
2. I'm a student.
3. You're a teacher.
4. He has money.
5. I want money.
6. That's money.
7. I'm a teacher
8. He's a student.
9. Goodbye, teacher.
10. Thank you, teacher.
11. He's a teacher.
12. Thank you, goodbye.

Exercise VII

1. Lí ū lōa-chē chî*?
2. Ī sī Lāu-su.
3. Góa sī ha̍k-seng.
4. Chēe sī chî*.
5. Góa ū sì-cha̍p-sì/siap-sì kho͘ .
6. Chēe ài káu-cha̍p-la̍k kho͘.
7. Chēe ài peh-káu kho͘.
8. Lãu-su, tōo-sīa.

[księżycowy]

8. Lãu-su

What's that? Portuguese?

[księżycowy]

Shall we move on to Lesson 2? I can keep studying the numbers as we move ahead.

[vijayjohn]

Sure!

8. Lãu-su

What's that? Portuguese?

Lol I can never tell the difference between that and <ā> on UniLang.

Here are my answers for the Lesson 2 exercise on p. 46:

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1. Lín ū chî* bô͘?
1) Ū, góan ū chî*.
2) Bô, góan bô chî*.
2. Che sī chheh, sī bô͘?
1) Sī, che sī chheh.
2) M̄ sī, che m̄ sī chheh.
3. Chhía* kõoh lâi chē.
Hó!
4. Lí ài chia̍h(-pn̄g) bô͘?
1) Ài, góa ài chia̍h(-pn̄g).
2) Bô ài, góa bô ài chia̍h-(-pn̄g).
5. Lí ài chia̍h pn̄g bô͘?
1) Ài, góa ài chia̍h-pn̄g.
2) Bô ài, góa bô ài chia̍h-pn̄g. (Trick questions! I knew it!)
6. CGóa chhía* lí chia̍h kóe-chí.
Góa bô ài chia̍h, to-sīa. (Not sure whether this is correct or not. They say this in the opposite order: To-sīa, góa bô ài chia̍h.
7. I bô chî*; góa ū gō͘ -cha̍p-peh kho͘; lí ū lõa-chē chî*? Maybe chî* is optional here? They don't include it in their answer.
Góa ū káu-cha̍p-chhit kho͘.
8. In sī ha̍k-seng, sī bô͘?
1) Sī, in sī ha̍k-seng.
2) M̄-sī, in m̄-sī ha̍k-seng.