Sunday, July 3, 2011

Basic Course: Lesson 16 Vocabulary

The last few weeks, I’ve been overwhelmed with work. I’ve only just been able to pull together most of the vocabulary for lesson sixteen.

  1. 咯 · lòk · final particle
  2. 出世 · chūt sại (chūt sai) · to be born
  3. 當兵 · ong bing [ong ven] · to be in military service
  4. 讀書 · ùk si · to study, learn, read
  5. 做事 · du lhù · to work
  6. 結緍 · git fun (kau-yin*) · to marry
  7. 教書 · gau si · to teach
  8. 上堂 · siang höng · to go to class; class in session
  9. 以前 · ị tïng · formerly, previously, before
  10. 今年 · gim-nïng · this year
  11. 舊年 · gìu-nïng · last year
  12. 日本 · Ngìt-Bōn · Japan
  13. 大佬(哥)· ài-lō (gū) · elder brother
  14. 細佬(?)· lhai-lō (lhäi) · younger brother
  15. 公司 · gung-lhu* · company, store
  16. 架 · gạ · classifier, final particle
  17. 囉 · lo, lō · final particle
  18. 大家 · ài-ga* · all, we all, you all
  19. 久 · gīu · long time
  20. 響(?) · hīang (yïu) · at, from

There’s an expression missing from the vocabulary list, which you’ll find in the lesson dialogue—好耐 hō nòi “long time.”

I don’t know how to write lhäi and yïu above, but maybe you can help me out here!