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This document contains common greetings and phrases in Hokkien including greetings for good morning, afternoon and evening. It also lists words for pronouns like I, you, we and he/she. Several common conversational phrases are provided with translations like hello, how are you, what is your name. Additional vocabulary words cover family relationships, places, school, home and other daily topics. At the end, some sample conversations are provided that use the words and phrases to discuss topics like introductions, relationships and marriage.

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Fookien PDF

This document contains common greetings and phrases in Hokkien including greetings for good morning, afternoon and evening. It also lists words for pronouns like I, you, we and he/she. Several common conversational phrases are provided with translations like hello, how are you, what is your name. Additional vocabulary words cover family relationships, places, school, home and other daily topics. At the end, some sample conversations are provided that use the words and phrases to discuss topics like introductions, relationships and marriage.

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Good morning - Ho Cha Ki Good afternoon - Ho Eh Po Good Evening - Ho Am

I, Me - Goa You - Di We, Us - Goon He/She - Ee Man - Lam me Woman - Du we

Phrases: Hello - Di ho (Ni hao in Mandarin) How are you? - Dee chewaloh ah.I am - Gua si.... What are you doing now? Di le chiong sia lo? My name is... - Goa eh mia si.... I live in... - Goa khia ti.... What's your name? - Di sia mi mia? Where are you now? Di ti to lo ah? I'll go home now - gua be theng khi lo Have you eaten? - Chia be? I've already eaten. - Chia lo I'm hungry - Gua yao lang lo. I want to sleep already - Goa beh kun lo I'm full already - Goa pa lo

Yes, I agree - hoh, guah tong eeh No, I do not agree - guah boh tong eeh

Congratulations - Kiong heeh That's impossible! - Hao lak I love you - Gwa ai di Thank you - To sha / To sha di I don't know - Gwa um tsai nia Leave me alone / Get out - di khi chaw Sorry - Tue pu chu No good / Not good - Bo sui No money - Bo chi Smells bad - Tsao Sit down - che che Wait - Tan se / Tan che Slow - Banban Right? (Di ba?) - Kiam Si See you tomorrow - Bih nah, tsa koh ki bin . And you? dih leh? Something extra.

Who is she? - Ee si sia nga? S/he is my girlfriend/boyfriend- Ee si gua he du/lam pieng yu Do you love her?-di u ay ee bo?

Very much, she is nice and pretty- Chin cha ay. Ee chin kway ku chin suiy When will you get married?- Din ti si be kiet hun? I wish you both would be happy always- Gua tsok guan din nieng nge yieng wan hing hko

Some Vocabularies Crybaby - Ai Khao Clothing - po People - lang Old - Lau Pig - ti No - pu Talkative - Qiao Qiao (slang) Cheap - Shok Expensive - Yaqui Teacher - Siensi Fat - Ahpoy Thin - Ahsan Beautiful - Yasui Ugly - Pai kwa Poop - Pang sai Eat - Cha

Shobe - Little sister Shoti - Little Brother

Achi - Older sister Anya - Brother Ama - Grandmother (in mom's side)

Friend - Pieng yiu Boyfriend - Lam Pieng Yiu Girlfriend - Du pieng Yiu Schooling - Tak Tse House - Tsu Lai Bathroom - che so Kitchen- tu pang Bedroom- khun pang

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