Basic Taiwanese Expressions to Remember [26~30], with Phonetogram

Further Taiwanese Expressions
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26. Further Taiwanese Expression -- Kiarm oextaxng? (Can you help ? )

MLT-TMSS / English	Phonetogram (redis a changed tone)
Lie kiarm oextaxng zhoa goar koex beflo? Hor, chviar lie, toex goar laai. Can you help me to cross the road? All right, please follow me.	lⁱ⁺ k^iam!_oet^ang+z_oa g^oa+ k^oe+ b^elo // h^o+ / cv^ialⁱ t^oe g^oa+ la^ai
Goar kiarm oexsae ti ciaf tiox hii? Boexsae, ciaf si kirmcie tiorhii ee. Am I allowed to fish here? No, it's forbidden to fish here.	g^oa+ k^iam!_oes^ai t_i c^ia t^io+ hi^i // b_oes^ai+ / c^ia s_i k^im+cⁱ⁺ t^io+hi^i !e^e
Citciaq ciaw'ar kiarm oe poef⁺khix? Oe, goar boo ka y pak⁺teq. May this bird fly away? Yes, it may; I didn't tied it up.	c^itc^iaq c^iau!^a+ k^iam !_oe p^oek_i // !oe / g^oa+ bo k_a !ⁱ p^akt_eq
Lirn kiarm oexhiao chviux cittiaau koaf? Oexhiao, goarn lorng bad oh⁺koex. Can you sing this song? Yes we can, we have all learned it.	lⁱⁿ⁺ k^iam!_oehiaucv^iu+ c^ittiau k^oa // !_oeh^iau+ / g^oan+ l^ong b^ad!^ohk_oe
Lie kiarm oexthafng pvoaf cittex toaxcioh? Boe, hittex taai cviaa-chym. Can you possibly move this rock? No, it is burried too deep.	lⁱ⁺ k^iam!_oet^ang pvoa c^itt^e+ t_oac^ioh // boe / h^itt^e+ / tai cviac^im

27. Further Taiwanese Expression -- Teq ~, uxteq ~(Is doing ~ )

MLT-TMSS / English	Phonetogram (redis a changed tone)
Hiah'ee hagsefng lorng teq thagzheq. Lirn-siofmoe kiarm ia uxteq thagzheq? Boo, yi boteq thagzheq, yi teq khvoax tiexnsi. Those studenz are all studying. Is your little sister studying too? No, she is not studying, she is watching TV.	h^iah¤e h_ags^eng l^ong t^eqt_agz_eq // lⁱⁿ s^iomoe k^iam!_ia!_ut^eqt_agz_eq // bo^o / !ⁱ bot^eqt_agz_eq / !ⁱ t^eqk^oa+ t_iensi
Lirn-lauxbuo boeq khix Sinteg. Lie kiarm ia boeq kab yi khix? M, goar boboeq khix. Siofmoe uxboeq kab yi khix. Your mother want to go to Sinteg. Would you go together with her? No, I won't go with her.	lⁱⁿ laub^u+ b^oeq kⁱ⁺ sint_eg // lⁱ⁺ k^iam!_ia b^oeq_k^ab!ⁱ k_i // mm,g^oa+ bob^oeqk_i // s^iomoe!_ub^oeq k^ab!ⁱk_i
Hitciaq kao kiarm bad thauciah? Boe, y it'hioxng lorng cviakoay, mxbad thauciah. Has that dog ever stolen food? Never, it has been quite well-behaved, and has never stolen food.	h^itc^iaq k^au+ / k^iam b^adtauc^iah // boe / !ⁱ !^ith_iong l^ong cviak^oai / m_mb^adtauc^iah

28. Further Taiwanese Expression -- Boeq iar m? boeq ~(Want or not? wish to ~)

MLT-TMSS / English [verb/auxiliary verb]	Phonetogram (redis a changed tone)
Citsiafng oee, lie boeq iar m? . oar boeq thngx-chiahkhaf, goar m zheng oee. Do you want these shoes?. . I wish to be barefoot, I don't wish to wear shoes.	c^itsiang !oe^e / lⁱ⁺ b_oeq !^ia mm // g^oa+ b^oeqt^ng+c^iahk^a / m_mz_eng !oe^e
Lie aix goarn-kviar iar boo? Si, goar aix. Lirn lorng mxaix goarn-toaxhviaf, in'ui y aix suhhwn. Y koq mxaix thagzheq. Do you like my son? Yes, I like. You all dislike my brother, because he likes to smoke. He also dislikes to study.	lⁱ⁺!^ai+ g^oankv^ia+!^ia bo^o // si / g^oa+ !_ai // lⁱⁿ⁺ l^ong m_m!^ai+ g^oant_oahv^ia / !in !ui!ⁱ!^ai+ s^uhh^un // !ⁱ k^oq m_m!^ai+t_agz_eq
Lie korng afnny, kiarm tioh? U symmih mxtioh? Lie tioh zay, goar si lauxsw neq, chviar lirn, maix phoepheeng. Are you right to say so? Anything wrong? You should know, I am a teacher. Please, never criticize me.	lⁱ⁺ k^ong!^annⁱ / k^iam t^ioh // !_u s^imm^ih !_mt^ioh // lⁱ⁺ t_ioh z^ai / g^oa+ s_i l_aus^u n_eq / cv^ia lⁱⁿ⁺ m^ai+ poepe^eng
Y cviaa-kvar, goarn lorng mxkvar. Y na kvar laai, goar to mxkvar zox. He is quite daring, we are all not daring. If he dares to come, I dare not to do it.	!ⁱ cviakv^a+ / g^oan+ l^ong !_mkv^a+ // !ⁱ n_a kv^a la^ai / g^oa+ t_o !_mkv^a z_o

29. Further Taiwanese Expression -- Gaau, gaau ~(Clever, good in ~)

MLT-TMSS / English [adj./adverb]	Phonetogram (redis a changed tone)
Goarn-kviar boo-gaau, lirn-kviar ciahsi gaau, koq yn-kviar ma cviaa-gaau. Yn lorng gaau thagzheq koq gaau zorlaang. Bogaau keakaux ciaq oe sengkofng. My son is not clever, your son is indeed clever, and his son is also clever. They are all good in study and good in mixing up. Not seriously fastidious will make a man successful.	g^oan kv^ia+ boga^au / lⁱⁿ kv^ia+ c^iahs_i ga^au / k^oq!in kv^ia+ m_a cviaga^au // !ⁱⁿ l^ong gau t_agz_eq k^oq gau z^o+la^ang // bogau k^e+k_au c^iaq!_oe sengk^ong
Yn ee befchiaf, cyn-kirn. Larn na boo kviaa-khaq-kirn, ciu oe boexhux. Yn laai laq! Kirn zao! Boo kirn, boo kynkirn zao to u guihiarm. Their coarch is very fast. If we don't walk faster, we will not reach in time. They came! Run fast! If not quick, if we don't run fast, there will be a danger.	!ⁱⁿ!e b^ec^ia cinkⁱⁿ⁺ // l^an+ n_a bo kvia k^aqkⁱⁿ⁺ / c_iu!_oe b_oeh_u // !ⁱⁿ la^ai l_aq // kⁱⁿ z^au+ // bo kⁱⁿ⁺ / bo kⁱⁿkⁱⁿ z^au+ t_o !u guih^iam+

30. Further Taiwanese Expression -- Laai, laai ~, ~ laai ~(Come, start to, do and ~)

MLT-TMSS / English	Phonetogram (redis a changed tone)
Y m laai. Goar laai korng korsu. He does not come. Let me start to tell the story. . .	!ⁱ mm la^ai // g^oa+ lai k^ong k^o+su
Y boeq khix tiorhii laai ho taixkef ciah. Lirn tioh hofhor khvoax laai oh. Let me go to catch fish in order to let you eat. You have to watch carefully and learn it.	!ⁱ b^oeqkⁱ⁺ t^io+hi^i lai h_o t_aik^e c^iah // lⁱⁿ⁺ t_ioh h^oh^o kv^oa+ lai !^oh

Further Taiwanese Expressions to Remember [26~32] by Prof. Liim (2001/11/5)