Khiok1 Chu3 (Doing Housework: Penang Hokkien Reading)

Khiok1 Chu3

Lu4 su3ka1 khiok1 chu3 boh2? Khah1 ce33 lang2 pun1 si33 boh3 su3ka1 co3 chu1lai33-eh3 kang1 eh2. Ta3pi1, na33si33 lu1 ka3ki3 tua3, pun1 si33 tiok3 co3. Uh33lang2 cin3 ho1mia33. Tua3 ka1 pae3bo4, mien3 tiok3 tong33 pnua1hang33. Ma3ma1 co3 ka1liau4. Uh33lang2 chnia3 In1ni2-eh3 kang3lang2. Ku33ca4-eh3 si2, lang3 chnia3 ah3 sam2, ta3pi1 tha1na1 ah3 sam2 ma1na4 uh33.

Wah4 boh3 chnia3 pnua1lang2 khiok3 wah4-eh3 chu3. Boh3 lui1 chnia3! Wah4 pun1 boh3 ai3 lang3 tua3 wah1-eh3 chu3. Ku33ca4-eh3 si2, wah1-eh3 ma3ma1 uh33 ti3 gok3-eh3 si2, wah1lang2 uh33 chnia3 cit1-leh1 In1ni2-eh3 kang3lang2 kor3 wah1-eh3 ma3ma1, ti1 wah1-eh3 si3tua33 ko1-eh3 chu3. Ma3ma1 koay1sin1 liau4, heh1-leh1 kang3lang2 pun1 tnui4 khee3 In1ni2 liau4.

Khiok1 chu3 thek1 cin3 ku4-eh3 tiam1sniah1. Kin3jit1 wah1 jiu3 thor3kha1. Jiu3 pang3keng1, jiu3 thniah1, jiu3 cau1kha1, jam1ban2 pun1 tiok3 jiu2. A1boey3 jiu2 tiok3 sau3 thau3seng1. Bin3cherng3 kha1, tok1teng1 kha1, sng3tu2-eh3 kha1 pun1 tiok3 sau3. Sau3 kah1 jiu2 pun1 tiok3 cit3 tiam1ceng1 liau4. Ma1cai3 wah1 jiu2 kae3si1. Wah4 bat1 jip1 uh33-leh3 lang2-eh3 chu3. Mm33bat1 jiu2 eh2. Thor3hoon4 cin3 kau33. Khnua3 siang33ka1 ie1lang2 pun1 boh3 cu1i3. Wah4 be33 ta1han3 loh4!

Doing Housework

Do you like to do housework? Most people don't like to do household chores. However, if you live on your own, you still have to do it. Some people are fortunate. They stay with parents, so they don't have to do anything. Mother does it all. Some people hire Indonesian maids. Last time, people hire ah sam, but nowadays it's not possible to find ah sam anywhere.

I don't hire anybody to do my housework. No money to do that! I also do not like people staying in my house. Last time, when my mother was alive, we hired an Indonesian maid to look after my mother, at my eldest brother's house. After my mother passed on, the maid returned to Indonesia.

Doing housework is very time consuming. Today I mop the floor. Mopped the bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, even the toilet. Before mopping I have to sweep it first. Swept under the bed, under the table, even under the fridge. Sweeping and moping consume an hour. Tomorrow I will wipe the furniture. I have been to some people's house. Never cleaned. Dust everywhere. Looks like they also do not notice it. Me, I can't stand it at all!

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