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| - | **Che sī toh-á.** | + | **Che sī toh-á.**\\ |
| This is a table. | This is a table. | ||
| - | **He sī bîn-chhn̂g.** | + | **He sī bîn-chhn̂g.**\\ |
| That is a bed. | That is a bed. | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| - | **I m̄-sī Tân sian-siⁿ.** | + | **I m̄-sī Tân sian-siⁿ.**\\ |
| He isn't Mr. Tân(陳). | He isn't Mr. Tân(陳). | ||
| - | **Góa m̄-sī Ji̍t-pún-lâng.** | + | **Góa m̄-sī Ji̍t-pún-lâng.**\\ |
| I'm not Japanese. | I'm not Japanese. | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| ==== Ability and permission ==== | ==== Ability and permission ==== | ||
| - | ē-sái | + | Both **ē-sái** and **ē-tàng** mean **being able to**. |
| - | ē-tàng | + | |
| - | bē-sái | + | **ē-sái** expresses that circumstances allow for something, while **ē-tàng** |
| + | expresses that authorization exists to do something. Not all speakers do this distinction, | ||
| - | kám ē-sái | + | The negation of these expressions are **bē-sái** and **bē-tàng**. |
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| + | When politely requesting authorization, | ||
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| + | <WRAP indent> | ||
| + | **Chia kám ē-sái chia̍h-hun? | ||
| + | Can I smoke in here? | ||
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| + | **Ē-sái**\\ | ||
| + | Yes, you can. | ||
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| + | **Bē-sái**\\ | ||
| + | No, you can' | ||
| + | </ | ||
| ===== Vocabulary ===== | ===== Vocabulary ===== | ||
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| ===== Numbers ===== | ===== Numbers ===== | ||
| - | 1 chi̍t | + | ==== 1-10 ==== |
| - | 2 nn̄g | + | |
| - | 3 saⁿ | + | ^ Number ^ Taiwanese ^ |
| - | 4 sì | + | | 1 | chi̍t |
| - | 5 gō͘ | + | | 2 | nn̄g | |
| - | 6 la̍k | + | | 3 | saⁿ | |
| - | 7 chhit | + | | 4 | sì | |
| - | 8 poeh | + | | 5 | gō͘ | |
| - | 9 káu | + | | 6 | la̍k | |
| - | 10 cha̍p | + | | 7 | chhit | |
| + | | 8 | poeh | | ||
| + | | 9 | káu | | ||
| + | | 10 | cha̍p | ||
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| + | ==== 11-30 ==== | ||
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| + | ^ Number ^ Taiwanese ^ | ||
| + | | 11 | cha̍p-it | | ||
| + | | 12 | cha̍p-jī | | ||
| + | | 13 | cha̍p-saⁿ | | ||
| + | | 14 | cha̍p-sì | | ||
| + | | 15 | cha̍p-gō͘ | | ||
| + | | 16 | cha̍p-la̍k | | ||
| + | | 17 | cha̍p-chhit | | ||
| + | | 18 | cha̍p-poeh | | ||
| + | | 19 | cha̍p-káu | | ||
| + | | 20 | jī-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 21 | jī-cha̍p-it | | ||
| + | | 22 | jī-cha̍p-jī | | ||
| + | | 23 | jī-cha̍p-saⁿ | | ||
| + | | 24 | jī-cha̍p-sì | | ||
| + | | 25 | jī-cha̍p-gō͘ | | ||
| + | | 26 | jī-cha̍p-la̍k | | ||
| + | | 27 | jī-cha̍p-chhit | | ||
| + | | 28 | jī-cha̍p-poeh | | ||
| + | | 29 | jī-cha̍p-káu | | ||
| + | | 30 | saⁿ-cha̍p | | ||
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| + | Notes: notice 11 is **cha̍p-it** even though 1 is **chi̍t**, and 12 is **cha̍p-jī** even though 2 is nn̄g. | ||
| + | Notice, too, that that 20 is **jī-cha̍p** even though 2 is **nn̄g**. | ||
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| + | ==== Multiples of ten ==== | ||
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| + | ^ Number ^ Taiwanese ^ | ||
| + | | 20 | jī-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 30 | saⁿ-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 40 | sì-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 50 | gō͘-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 60 | la̍k-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 70 | chhit-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 80 | poeh-cha̍p | | ||
| + | | 90 | káu-cha̍p | | ||
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| + | Notes: notice that 20 is **jī-cha̍p** even though 2 is **nn̄g**. Otherwise, all multiples of ten are regular. | ||
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| + | ==== Multiples of one hundred ==== | ||
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| + | ^ Number ^ Taiwanese ^ | ||
| + | | 100 | chi̍t-pah | | ||
| + | | 200 | nn̄g-pah | | ||
| + | | 300 | saⁿ-pah | | ||
| + | | 400 | sì-pah | | ||
| + | | 500 | gō͘-pah | | ||
| + | | 600 | la̍k-pah | | ||
| + | | 700 | chhit-pah | | ||
| + | | 800 | poeh-pah | | ||
| + | | 900 | káu-pah | | ||
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| + | ==== Multiples of one thousand ==== | ||
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| + | ^ Number ^ Taiwanese ^ | ||
| + | | 1000 | chi̍t-chheng | | ||
| + | | 2000 | nn̄g-chheng | | ||
| + | | 3000 | saⁿ-chheng | | ||
| + | | 4000 | sì-chheng | | ||
| + | | 5000 | gō͘-chheng | | ||
| + | | 6000 | la̍k-chheng | | ||
| + | | 7000 | chhit-chheng | | ||
| + | | 8000 | poeh-chheng | | ||
| + | | 9000 | káu-chheng | | ||
| ===== Difficulties of learning Taiwanese ===== | ===== Difficulties of learning Taiwanese ===== | ||
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