The followings are the conversation between an aunty who only knows foochow and a girl who doesn't know foochow much.
Aunty: Nv2 eh4 ho3 meh2?
Girl: jing1 ho3.
Aunty: Nv2 zho3 nong3 mian2?
Girl: 'Menjemur' keropok. (in mandarin)
Aunty: oooh.
Girl: ya ya( in mandarin). xing3 nian2 ai1 gao3 lou3
Aunty: Haha. ngui1 moh2 kan3 ngieng4 nv2 'in' leh3 boi3 tong1
Girl: Ngui1 wu1 kuo2. ngui1 wu1 kan3 ngieng4 nv2. nv2 'is in choir'( in mandarin again)
Aunty: Ngui1 kuo2 xia3 buong1
Girl: ok ok. bye bye.
Ir's the hardest post that i have writen. cuz the aunty is my neighbour and the girl is me!!!! haha. first time speak foochow with ppl.
p/s: i believe my foochow teacher is laughing loudly now. thanks for putting tone for every words.
p/s: for those who know foochow but can't understand what i am writing, i can only say 'T.T' haha
MEI ING!!! TRANSLATION PLEASE! i can only guess the first 6 lines:
ReplyDeleteAuntie: how are you?
Mei Ing: Very good.
Auntie: what are you doing?
Mei Ing: Menjemur keropok (in mandarin).
Auntie: Ooh.
Mei Ing: New Year is coming.
then the rest i dunno ady. :P
haha... my dear, your foochow is very chinese-based eh.. almost same as me lar.. hahahahha... i so miss foochow now~
ReplyDelete@barbara. i am sure that ur foochow is much better than me. foochow is really hard la. haiz
ReplyDelete@shin shin!!! sorry for late reply. it's the tranlated version. haha
girl: new year is coming
aunty: i didn't see you in church
girl: i did go. i saw you in the choir
aunty: i go to eat now.