LEARN HOW TO SPEAK HOKKIEN

Fookien Lessons

NUMBERS:
1 - it
2 - dee/nung
3 - sa
4 - si
5 - go
6 - lak
7 - tsit
8 - pwe
9 - kaw
10 - tsup
100 - pa
1000 - ching

examples:
11 - tsup it
20 - dee tsup
78 - tsit tsup pwe
300 - sa pa

What's your name? - Di sia mi mia?
I love you - gwa ai di
Thank you - to sha/to sha di
Siensi - Teacher
Ahpoy - Fat
bo chi - no money (in mandarin: meyo chen)
yasui - beautiful
pai kwa - ugly
gwa um tsai nia - i don't know
pang sai - poop (lol!)
cha - eat

FAMILY TIES:
Shobe - Little sister
Shoti - Little Brother
Achi - Older sister
Anya - Brother
Ama - Grandmother (in mom's side)

Goa beh kun Lo - I want to sleep already...
Goa pa lo - I'm full already
Ho Cha Ki - Good morning
Ho Eh po - Good afternoon
Ho Am - Good Evening
Tue pu chu - Sorry

Goa - I, me
Di - you
Goon - We, us
he/she - ee
man/male - Lam me
woman/female- Du we

lang - people
lau - old
ti - pig
huana - people who are not chinese (not sure)
pu - no
howe/Lan-Nang-Oeh - gf/bf
qiao qiao - talkative (this is fookien
slang)
shok - cheap (the food is cheap)
yaqui - expensive
bo sui - no good/not good


Pieng yiu - Friend

Lam Pieng yiu - Boyfriend

Du pieng yiu - Girlfriend

Tak Tse - schooling

tsu Lai - House

tsao - smells bad

che che - sit down

Months: (geh)

it geh - January

di geh - February

sa geh - March

si geh - april

go geh - May

lak geh - June

chit geh - July

pue geh- August

kaw geh - September

Chap geh - October

Chap it geh - November

Chap di geh - December

Some words:
ban ban - slow
tan se - wait
po - clothing

Where are you now?
Di ti to lo ah?

Oh god/oh my god
Gua eh lao tii
(note: my dad always say "wa pe yah" which also means oh my god)

right? (diba in tagalog)
kiam si

khao
cry

ai khao
cry baby (iyakin in tagalog)
*mom calls my dad that. lol!*

gua be theng khi lo
i'll go home now
(it's like chao lo in mandarin which means i'll go now)

ah san
thin
(that girl is "ah san" [thin])

Yan lang po muna