Let's Speak Chinese - Toisan Wah (台山話)

[@leonlivingston1084]

im warming up now

[@KristaGoon]

Thank you. I got this link from one of my blog readers. I am Toishan and I still speak the dialect with my dad and sister. And I live in Penang, Malaysia. It is unfortunately a dying dialect. The younger ones either refuse to speak this or resort to Mandarin. It's great that you are keeping traditions alive.

[@Tompsf1]

This is the best learning video for Toisanese!

[@nathanjames4734]

Thank you so much for doing this! My grandparents came from Toisan to America but passed away before I was born. I've always wanted to learn the language.

[@Emmie1223]

i’m thinking of learning by going and traveling to 💞😭 Toisan so i can speak it perfectly

[@ellenmoy-maneikis1699]

Thank you! I just love this!

[@pandabear153]

Finally I can understand this Chinese! Even though there are some differences from our parents Hoisan vah. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@BedroomPianist]

Ngoi can also be ngok. Toisanese is very diverse. Even 知道 can become ii tui, dei tui, or di tui, depending on where the speaker is from.

[@Mayhem_5555]

Thank you for making this tutorial, my family speaks the Toisan dialect.

[@jecreangesutka8140]

This is the best taishanese tutorial i have ever watch !!!!

[@kimberlinachi9809]

Shen Sart, Thank you! I wrote the Toisan booklet and my friend Hui Chen and I did the audio! Thanks for Chen for uploading!

[@jecreangesutka8140]

@@kimberlinachi9809 I am not taishanese , but i am interesting in taishanese and i really appreciated your effort for preserving it ! Just wondering if you guys have a taishanese fb page ? My fb page is : Shen'Sart And Penang hokkien memes and movie quotes .

[@kimberlinachi9809]

@@jecreangesutka8140 nee ho mah? thanks for responding. aw-deh nee. That's very nice of you to learn Toisan! I have met other people who are not Toisan but learned it as well! so cool! coy hoy! and btw toisan people in America spell it as Toisan or Hoisan, not Taishan. When many of us American born Toisan people see Taishan, we don't recognize that. We recognize Toisan or Hoisan. Anyhow, my fb page is Cantonese Toisan zsk. request me! also if you are in NYC, we will have Toisan lessons in the near future again. email me as well to be on the email list. lessons are free. email: [e-mail] hope to hear from you!

[@Mstotoro90]

watching this video bring back my memories hearing siyap/taishan conversation from my late grandfather with his children/relatives! this is very helpful for the beginner! please upload more videos!

[@pomelos]

I wish I found this when my grandma was still alive so I could learn and talk to her. Otherwise thank you for making this.

[@Tompsf1]

Week one review completed (Tues 21/07/2020)! Week two review completed (Mon 27/07/2020)!

[@jecreangesutka8140]

I hope that you make more video about taishanese !

[@rbsayshi]

Wow just WOW!! I understand Toisan because of my grandparents and my dad but I could never speak it because I always defaulted to Cantonese. But this is helping me find my words again!

[@warreneng2175]

Thank you for this video. I remember Toisan Wah from my childhood, but don't use it much now. I will share this to my adult kids to communicate to my wife's parents.

[@candyli8134]

Wow!! I can understand most of them!!

[@GwenChan7]

Knowing that I can speak to my great-grandmother from the knowledge that this video has taught me really brings me joy and my great-grandma. It's a dying language which is unfortunate, but this video will help me to teach my kids (when I have) !

[@maxmillanmaxmillan]

I know some Toisan wah. But this makes it clearer and confirms that I know more than I thought. Please make more lessons! I would love to volunteer with Asian seniors if I knew more.

[@rstatham8326]

Thank you for doing this!!

[@kimberlinachi3727]

R R you're very welcome!

[@eastvandick]

Thanks for the lessons exactly what I am looking for. My late father is from Sun Wui one of the Four Counties.

[@rssmith289]

These best video out there! Reminds me of my mom and grandmother!

[@BSBMteam]

At 28:34, what is the particle (luh33)? 我唔來luh33。 Potential options: 1) 嘍 lū (final particle equivalent to 了 lēl). 別說嘍 bèik-sōt-lū you don't have to say it. 夠嘍[夠嘍] gëo-lū enough. 2) 咯 lö (final particle.吃飯咯! hiëk-fàn-lö Time to eat! 當然咯! öng-ngẽin-lö Of course!) 3) 了Lēl, lẽl (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) 4) 咧 Le̖h (Completed action grammatical particle (used in the same way as 了, 啦, and 哩))

[@thegreatestguide]

Some have different dialect or accent but it's can be accepted and understood. Thank for video, I learn much from here. Some because i forget a little, some because I never hear. Maybe you can add more vocubalary. Ngoi seng Kwan.

[@positivily_sweet]

Please continue to help me develop my toisan wa

[@gaylecheung3087]

LOL I still got it… There is some variations but don’t forget this is like great 5/7 Chinese for me

[@simpengchan8576]

Thank you so much for this fantastic video. My siblings and I grew up in Penang, Malaysia speaking the Toisan dialect. We still do today but unfortunately our children and grandchildren don't. I plan to share this video with them. Our grandparents (on the Chan side) came from Hoisan at the turn of the 20th century. Grandpa Chan hailed from Sui Nam, Ai Kong village. Anyone knows where this is? Once again thank you very much.

[@cheekhoonchan1627]

hi, I'm Sim Peng's younger brother (Chee Khoon). I Googled and found Dajiangzhen in Taishan county, but no Dajiangcun. Has Dajiangcun (Ai Kong Thoon, Big River Village) grown into a township (Dajiangzhen) over the past decades? Thanks much

[@katelynns4887]

Please make more of these videos! I really want to improve my Toisan so I can communicate with my grandma better!

[@JDR00L]

this literally covers everything

[@alcgda]

Great job!!

[@nganchaihou5459]

Good job! Salute to the creators!

[@kimberlinachi9809]

'Nee ho mah! Thank you! Huie and I created the book and audio. Thank you for your support! aw-deh! toisan pride!

[@feverever1987]

Pls Post more about Hoisan wah teachings ， ever since my greatgrandmother pass away. I have no one to practice gradually unable to speak only understand some.

[@positivily_sweet]

THANK YOU! You help me so much!

[@goindimon]

This was an awesome Toisan video. Is it possible you can share the document with me. I would love for my American wife and daughter to learn Toisan to understand and converse with my mother.

[@kimberlinachi9809]

Hi Ed Lee, nee ho! thanks! if you want the document, you can email me, [e-mail]

[@chintham2861]

I only knew to speak hoisan but never learned Chinese text. Really good. But I only knew rudimentary hoisan.

[@brandensoutdoorb-channel8084]

Hah-chong literally means get off or out of the bed but in English it just means morning lol. My mom would pull the covers off me and say neh hah-chong ah! Neh ho lon!

[@aocypher]

"dao sin" means morning. hah-chong literally means exit/leave the bed. and ya, my grandma use to say that to me too (including the "you're so lazy" part)

[@GwenChan7]

so helpful! thank you!!

[@DMui-rp7hn]

Good job! With that said...there are many different variations of Toisan. The further south you go, or in each village, words change. Hi Kimmy!

[@kimberlinachi9809]

LOL Hi D!

[@edhong7923]

This is great. Where can I get your book?

[@zuozhen4758]

It’s Hoisan! That’s how we pronounce it!

[@scufcs]

I say it like Vah not Wah

[@ahschick602]

Can you post more?? 😊😊

[@martinl7072]

My father came from Taishan, he passed away long time ago, and I found I am still having family in Taishan, so, my question is if you have more material to learn Taishanese, do you have a email or way to contact you?

[@celestecox3892]

Make more!!!

[@gaylecheung3087]

The dying dialect

[@kimberlinachi9809]

Gayle Cheung, Why even say dying dialect? We should say something good about the Toisan dialect and Toisan people, REMEMBER, TOISAN PEOPLE HELPED BUILD THE US. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. Those are the things we should be pointing out, not the negatives. And if it is being spoken less, news flash, all dialects are slowly being spoken less but why even be so negative and say something so negative? WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPEAK TOISAN AND SAY THE WONDERFUL THINGS OF THE DIALECT AND PEOPLE. IT IS UP TO US TOISAN PEOPLE TO HELP PRESERVE THE BEAUTIFUL TOISAN DIALECT.

[@EnchantArk]

Kim Chi lol chill. Stop being overly sensitive. It is a dying dialect just like how Latin is a dying language.

[@YorgosL1]

@@kimberlinachi9809it’s just a dialect of cantonese. Look how similar it is to Cantonese…. Unlike mandarin

[@weichen5810]

这里台山话有台城镇口音和斗山镇口音！👍