Hokkien is a language I bumped into a couple of months ago while looking for Chinese language lessons aside from Mandarin at the Internet. As I was a little familiar with Fookien counting, I recognized the similarity of Hokkien and Fookien immediately. I showed this to my Taiwanese classmate and true enough, she recognized this […]
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“Do you know how to speak Chinese?,” laime asks her friend Kiel at the mobile interface.
He replied in SMS, “Guwa buwe hiaw kong na nang whe.”
[Translation: I don’t know how to speak Chinese]
Just like when we say Mi hablo y Español.
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I have been reading this Chinese Filipino dictionary which includes the language of Mandarin, Fookien and Filipino. The dictionary is in its 2nd volume by J.C. Young. Although it teaches how to pronounce the words in 4 simple rules, I can’t help to move away from that norm as the interpretation is misleading to what […]
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Well, I wanted to learn authentic Filipino-Chinese culture. There are however, five things holding me back: (1) I do not have funds for this, (2) I do not have enough time for this, (3) I don’t know where to start, (4) I’m unsure about this lifetime project, and (5) I also need to learn Japanese. […]
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Mr. Tan., a telemarketer of a discount club firm, generously shared his know-how in counting Fookien and Mandarin without getting any sales from my end. Well, this was further confirmed to be correct by Maxx as we walked home. Another version emerged when I had to upload the numbers through my E-marketing personal website project […]
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