Lesson 3, Learn Taiwanese Step by Step, for Taiwanese Americans

Lesson 3

Learn Taiwanese Step by Step
for Taiwanese Americans

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Lesson 3

Tangsii ~ ?      Ti tangsii ~ ?
      Tangsii, lie ~ ?     Lie ti tangsii ~ ?
Citmar.        Sior tarn⁺leq.
      Kin'afjit.       Min'afzaix.      Zafkhie
               Expof        Eng'axm
Khix kaohoe      Zox lefpaix      Ciaqpng
       Tuy hiaf tngr⁺laai        Ciaqpar laq
Kuytiarm?          Ti hit'ee sikafn
    Cidtiarm-pvoax    Chittiarm-pvoax

When ~ ?     At what time ~ ?
     When do you ~ ?     At what time do you ~?
Now          Later for a while.
      Today.         Tomorrow.    The morning
            The afternoon      Tonight / At evening
Go to church        Make worship     Take a meal.
      Come home from there.      Finished meal
What o'clock?       At that time
    One o'clock and half     Seven o'clock and half

Note: Vowel phonetogram in red is the changed tone by liaison.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation:
tangsii [tangsi^i]    {when};       ti tangsii [t_itangsi^i] {at what time};
      ciitmar [c^itm^a+] {now}; sioftarn⁺leq [s^iot^an+l_eq] {later for a while};
kin'afjit [kin!^aj^it]   {today};       min'afzaix [min!^az_ai]   {tomorrow};
khix kaohoe [kⁱ⁺k^au+hoe] {go to church}; zox lefpaix [z^o+ l^ep_ai]{make worship};    tuy hiaf tngr⁺laai [tui h^ia t^ng+l_ai] {come back(home) from there};     zafkhie [z^akⁱ⁺] {morning};    zafkhie-sii [z^akⁱsi^i] {in the morning / around the morning}; expof [!_ep^o] {afternoon};    expof-sii [!_eposi^i]{in the afternoon}; e'axm [!e!_am] {afternoon};    e'axm-sii [!e!^am+si^i]{in the evening};     ciaqpng [c_iaqpng] {take a meal};
ciaqpar laq [c_iaqp^a+l_aq] {already finished the meal}

Text and Exercise of Lesson 3

Tangsii si   lie ee svijit?
                    Hef   si   kin'afjit.
   Kin'afjit si tangsii?
                Kin'afjit si   5-goeh 3-jit.
Kin'afjit   kiarm   si   Lefpaie'jit?
     Si, kin'afjit si Lefpae'jit.
                Min'afzaix si Pae'id.
Cid'lefpaix u kuy'jit?
     Cid'lefpaix u chitjit.    Hiah'ee si:
           Pae'id, Pae'ji, Pae'svaf, Pae'six,
              Pae'go, Pae'lak kab Lefpae'jit.
Citmar si kuytiarm?
     Citmar si   zafkhie-sii ee kawtiarm.
          Afnny ciuxsi sioxnggvor kawtiarm.
Lirn kiarm boeq khix kaohoe zox lefpaix?
     Boeq, goarn boeq khix zox lefpaix.
           Sioftarn⁺leq, goarn ciu boeq khix.
Goarn, tionggvor ti kaohoe ciaqpng.
      Ciaqpar-au ciaq boeq tngr⁺laai.

svijit [svijit] {birthday},
Hef si kin'afjit.[h^es_ikin!^aj^it] {It's today}, 5-goeh 3-jit = goxgoeh svajit
[g_og^oehsvaj^it] {3rd of May},
Kin'afjit, kiarm si Lefpae'jit? [kin!^aj^it
k^iams_il^ep^ai+j^it] {Is it Sunday, today?},
Min'afzaix si Pae'id. [min!^azai s_ip^ai+!_id]
{It is Monday, tomorrow.}, cid'lefpaix [c_idl^ep_ai]{one week}, u chitjit
[!_uc^itj^it]{has(possesses) seven days},
Hiah'ee si [h^iah!e^e s_i]{Those are}, Pae'ji, Pae'svaf, Pae'six, Pai'go, Paelak [p^ai+jip^ai+sv^ap^ai+s_ip^ai+go_idp^ai+l^ak]
{Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
        Friday, Saturday},
kab Lefpae'jit [k^ab l^ep^ai+j^it]{and
    Sunday},
Citmar si kuytiarm? [c^itm^a+s_ik^uit^iam+]
     {What time is it, now?},
zafkhie-sii ee kaotiarm [z^akⁱsi^i !e
     k^aut^iam+]{9-o'clock in the morning},

Afnny ciuxsi sioxnggvor kawtiarm
    [!^annⁱ c_ius_i s_ionggv^o+ k^aut^iam+]
        {That is 9 a.m.},
kiarm boeq khix kaohoe zox lefpaix?
    [k^iamb^oeqkⁱ⁺ k^au+hoe z^o+ l^ep_ai] {will
     (you) go to church for worship?},

Boeq, -- [b_oeq~]{Yes (we will do)}, tionggvor ti kaohoe ciaqpng [tionggv^o+ t_i k^au+hoe c_iaqpng] {(we) take lunch in the church at noon}, ciaqpng-au ciaq boeq tngr+laai [c_iaqp_ng!au c^iaq b^oeq t^ng+l_ai]{com back only after lunch}

Goiarn tuy kaohoe tngr⁺laai laq.
       Lirn kiarm ciaqpar laq?
U, goarn lorng caiqpar laq.
        Lirn ti tangsii ciah tiongtaux-png?
Goarn ti expof cidtiarm-pvoax
                                ciu ciaqpar laq.
.
Eng'axm, goarn boeq khix lirn-taw.
       Goarn boeq khix ka lie
                 kherngciog lie ee svijit.
.
Tosia!    Hoan'geeng lirn laai.
.
Goarn kuytiarm khix khaq-hor?
        Chviar lirn ti chittiarm-pvoax laai.
Hor, afnny goarn ciu ti hit'ee sikafn laai.

tuy kaohoe [tui k^au+hoe] {from church}, tngr⁺laai laq [t^ng+l_ai l_aq] {already ccame home}, ciaqpar laq [c_iaqp^a+ l_aq]{already finished meal}, ciah tiongtaux-png [c_iah tiongt^au+png] {take a lunch}, expof cidtiarm-pvoax [!_ep^oc_idt^iampv_oa]{1:30 afternoon}, ciu ~ [c_iu] {then ~/~ as a regular sequence}
boeq khix lirn-taw [b^oeqkⁱ⁺ lⁱⁿt^au] {will go to your home}, boeq khix ka lie ~ [b^oeqkⁱ⁺ k_a lⁱ⁺ ~]{will go and do ~ for you}, kherngciog lie ee svijit [k^eng+c^iog lⁱ⁺ !e svij^it]{celebrate your birthday}, hoan'geeng lirn laai [hoangeng l~~in+~~ la^ai]{welcome you come}, Kuytiarm khix khaq-hor? [k^uit^iam+k_ik^aq h^o+] {go at what o'clock will be better?}, afnny[!^annⁱ] {if so}

Learn Taiwanese Step by Step (Lesson 3) by Professor Liim Keahioong