Fruit Juice (Koay1ci1ciap3)
Go BackThe following is a conversation lesson in Penang Hokkien, originallly produced by the Penang Hokkien Podcast in the POJ romanisation, and transliterated here in the Taiji Romanisation. Penang Travel Tips acknowledges Penang Hokkien Podcast as the original creator of the material.
A: Gau3 ca4! Lu1 ca1khi4 ciak3 ha1mik1?
B: Gau3 ca4, wah1 lim3 koay1ci1ciap3.
A: Oh2, lu1-eh3 koay1ci1ciap3 lai3bin33 uh3 ha1mik1?
B: Lai3bin33 uh3 kin3cio1, ong3lai2 kah1 kin3chye3.
A: Lu4 su3ka1 ciak3 si3kua1 boh2?
B: Wah4 cin3 su3ka1 ciak3 si3kua1.
A: Si3kua1-eh3 bak3 si33 ha1mik1 sek3 eh2?
B: Ang3 sek3.
A: Lu1 uh3 ciak1 koay3 ooi3 sek3 eh3 si3kua1 boh2?
B: Uh3, ta1pi1 wah4 khah1 su3ka1 ciak1 ang3sek3-eh2.
A: Ang3 sek3 eh2 khah1 tnee1, a33si33 ooi3 sek3 eh2 khah1 tnee1?
B: Wah1 kam1kah3 ang3 sek3 eh2 khah1 tnee1.
A: Si3kua3 bak3 lai3bin33 uh3 ha1mik1?
B: Lai3bin33 uh3 bi1ji2.
A: Bi1ji2 e33 ciak1 boh2?
B: Bi1ji2 e33 ciak1, ta1pi1 wah4 boh3 ciak1.
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Vocabulary
Words not listed can be found in the Penang Hokkien Online Dictionary.- ang2 [aŋ]: (adjective) red
- ang3 sek3 [aŋ-sek]: (noun) red colour
- bak3 [baʔ]: (noun) meat, flesh
- bi1ji2 [bi-dzi]: (noun) seed
- ca1khi4 [tsa-khi]: (noun) morning
- ciak1 [tsiak]: (verb) to eat
- ciak1 koay3 [tsiak-koe]: (verb) eaten before
- gau3 ca4 [gau-tsa]: (greeting) good morning (literally, "how early of you!")
- ha1mik1 [ha-mik]: (pronoun) what
- kam1kah3 [kam-kaʔ]: (verb) to feel
- khah1 [khaʔ]: (adverb) more
- kin3chye3 [kin-tshai]: (noun) cilantro, Chinese parsley
- kin3cio1 [kin-tsio]: (noun) banana
- koay1ci4 [koe-tsi]: (noun) fruit
- koay1ci1ciap3 [koe-tsi-tsiap]: (noun) fruit juice
- lai3bin33 [lai-bin]: (preposition) inside
- ong3lai2 [ɔŋ-lai]: (noun) pineapple
- ooi2 [uĩ]: (adjective) yellow
- ooi3 sek3 [uĩ-sek]: (noun) yellow
- si3kua1 [si-kua]: (noun) watermelon
- su3ka3 [su-ka]: (verb) to like (Malay loanword)
- ta3pi1 [ta-pi]: (conjunction) but (Malay loanword)
- tnee1 [tĩ]: (adjective) sweet
Notes
The pronouns wah4 and lu4 are written as wah1 and lu1 in the sandhi form, and wah4 and lu4 in the citation and emphatic forms. Similarly, some verbs, such as ciak1 can be presented in the citation form (ciak1), sandhi form (ciak3) and emphatic form (ciak1).
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