Learn Basic Hakka Chinese - Part 7 (Useful Phrases con't)

Here you will learn about 7+1 useful phrases/words that are used commonly in everyday situations. I apologize for any errors in the romanization or pronunciation, nothing is perfect.

I will try my best to stick to all the words from the preview. Most if not all the words seen should make an appearance in the next part

on another note: this is probably my best video out of the bunch so far. Enjoy!

part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPFpNkqfGmg
part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXsuO7HZ9ac

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[ZeroHour999]

lol it's "he meh", not "hem eh" for "is it that?...."

also, gay geh is not a homophone for "his, that";

his/her = gi/ki geh

that = gay geh

"gein jong" means rushed

sorry if I seem like an ass correcting you all the time

[bigfoot623]

@ZeroHour999 Not a problem. Thanks for them. While I was making the 'gay geh' part I was rather confused myself lol. Some words are definitely hard to translate to english because the context some words are used in is rather plentiful. For example, gein jong is rushed but I also use it as excited because at some times they're synonymous. But yup, you're right.

[ttnn4d87j6151c]

@bigfoot623

I dont think the "gay geh" is wrong. For my experiences, they are several ways to mention "his": (IPA)

My: nga / nga ke/ngai ke

Your: ngia/nge/ngi ke/nge ke/ngia ke His/Her: kia/ke/ki ke/kia ke/ kie ke

The "gay geh" that you mentioned is quite similar to "ke ke" instead of "ki ke" that someone mentioned。 The tone between "ke ke" and "ki ke" are different too.

ke44 ke53

ki11 ke53

44 is second high level flat tone, 53 is high level fall tone and 11 is low level flat tone.

[bigfoot623]

@ttnn4d87j6151c Awesome post. Thanks for clearing it up!

[ttnn4d87j6151c]

@bigfoot623

The "gay geh"(actually is ke ke in IPA) that carrying the meaning "that“ has the different tones. They are several ways to mention that:

that: kai53 kai53, ke53 ke53, kai53 tsak21 or ke53 tsak21。

Note that 21 is the low level falling tone.

[bigfoot623]

@ZeroHour999 mhmmm, don't know anymore - we here really use 'seu' or so that's what I think I hear. Confusing! haha. I'm going to get some consultation lol.

[ZeroHour999]

@bigfoot623 oh lol I would of romanised it yi si, how did you get "seu" for si? it should sound similar to the number 4, to die, west... it has many homophones

[bigfoot623]

@ZeroHour999 Nice job! What you said was correct for those 2. the 3rd last sentence literally translates to: 'Do you know what I mean?'