Taiwanese Lesson 1

[@tocianenglish1]

This is amazing. As a Taiwanese and an English teacher, I always find it a better way to teach English with learners' mother tongue. Taiwanese is my mother tongue; unfortunately, it is regarded as a low-class dialect due to KMT''s brain-washing language policy. Instead, English is much more popular and widely accepted by students' parents. Therefore, I tend to speak English mix with a little bit of Taiwanese to show my students they can be multilingual speakers.

[@ninalocker4758]

Hi! I watched your students' presentations and they are delightful, expressive, and confident. Great job teaching them English! Please tell them I said hi and I hope they will follow your good example and keep speaking Taiwanese. We have to work very hard to learn Taiwanese in the USA. Maybe we should do an exchange. Your class can teach us Taiwanese and my class can teach English. Ha ha. But please do feel free to use the "Taiwanese Year 3" videos to teach your students some English songs. We recently added these videos as teaching/learning resources. The books and songs are bilingual. You can learn English or Taiwanese with them.

[@tocianenglish1]

That's a great idea. I used to put my students on voice call with Turkish students. They love it. Maybe we call start by writing a script for them to follow and then send the voice messages via line or fb. Your students speak Taiwanese and my students speak English.

[@tocianenglish1]

It'll be my honor to have the chance to do an exchange. Please leave a message on my fb:facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010816988853, maybe we can discuss the detail.

[@ninalocker4758]

Sure! Which is better? Skype, line or fb? What is a date and time that works for you?

[@ninalocker4758]

Sure. Right now I have to sign off because it is getting late. Let's continue our discussion tomorrow. Thanks.

[@annatankeh]

Thank you so much for uploading these! I'm currently in Taiwan and all my materials are in mandarin only to find out the people around me are speaking in Taiwanese! It's been very helpful. I just finished lesson one and will diligently study your other lessons.

[@GarvinGoeiPsikologi]

I'm a Chinese-Indonesian live in Indonesia! So proud to see this video. My grandparents are Hokkien so I use Taiwanese Hokkien to speak at home as my family's mother language. I can listen and speak Taiwanese well but I can't do the writings. Hope I can learn Taiwan writing one day! :D

[@ninalocker4758]

Wonderful! Skip over to Year 3. "Taiwanese Year 3" videos are for those who already speak some Taiwanese and want to learn to write it. Hope you'll be inspired to create new material, like writing down your grandparents' stories :) Enjoy the journey.

[@dennymindarwati239]

So... U ask with ur grandpa like YEYE LI CIAK PA BOI? 😁

[@uzumakiegadimitri6221]

Semangat kak

[@桃-s4h]

I can speak taiwanese/hokkien (i call it hokkien more) , cantonese, mandarin, english and malay You've guessed it. I'm Malaysian.

[@ninalocker4758]

It's fabulous that you retained so many languages! Hokkien (or Taiwanese) is spoken in many parts of Asia, with some differences in accent, which is only natural. I know most of my subscribers are Malay and Filipino. Welcome.

[@mingdao123]

Thank you so much, Lao Shi!

[@ninalocker4758]

You're welcome! Have fun learning Taiwanese!

[@lang-ed3bk]

thank you for these classes; other people just teach taiwanese mandarin, but i want taiwanese because i love the sound of the language. i was born in taiwan, and used to speak taiwanese, but was switched to mandarin when we moved to america. subscribed

[@ninalocker4758]

Yes, Taiwanese touches the heart! Born in Taiwan, it was our first language and it sounds good to our ears. Nice to meet you Lang! P.S. I think you would enjoy videos by "yochild100"...kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHqZaJaZhLmnitE

[@lang-ed3bk]

@@ninalocker4758 great recommendation, thanks!

[@jap882]

Taiwan ♥️, This is amazing love from the Philippines...

[@ninalocker4758]

Thank you!

[@anotherdavidc]

Nina, thank you for pursuing this and teaching this. We don't have such venues as your's, not even in Southern California.In Laos, the language is actually Teochiu 潮州話. Hokkien is spoken also in Indonesia, especially in the City of Medan 棉蘭 in Indonesia...on the Island of Sumatra across the Straight of Malacca from Penang 濱城 (sort of ) in Malay Peninsula.

[@ninalocker4758]

Hi David. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's great that Hokkien is spoken in so many neat places in the world. I can just imagine. Hokkien ancestors must have been world class sailors and travelers, right? I'm just a learner myself, but I will attempt to teach Taiwanese 2 next fall and create some worksheets besides the videos. Have a happy summer!

[@anotherdavidc]

Hi Nina, Hokkien is spoken on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula...up to Phuket, Thailand. I know historically there were communities in Yangoon, Burma and the Myeik Peninsula in Burma...along the Bay of Bengal. So west coast along the Bay of Bengal from Burma to Singapore, then across the Straight of Malacca in Riau and Medan...are the Hokkien speaking communities. Medan in Indonesia is probably the strongest Hokkien speaking community. Singapore's non-Mandarin languages have not fared well under LKY regime, just like what KMT did to suppress Taiwanese in Taiwan. Greater Manila in Philippines also has a community under threat by Tagalog and English.

[@anotherdavidc]

In Malay Peninsula, Hokkien communities are more prominent along the coast such as Penang and Malacca. Singapore is along the coast, so it makes sense. Kuala Lumpur has more Cantonese Speakers.

[@ninalocker4758]

Many societies are multilingual and will remain so because languages have different functions, not lesser or greater, just different. Learn the local language (like Hokkien) to relate to people. Learn Mandarin for work/school/government functions. Learn English to relate to the international world. But it's time Hokkien speakers became literate in Hokkien so that they can write down and record their history, songs, stories, wisdom, etc., for future generations. Otherwise, Hokkien can seem like an ancient language that's dying or hard to learn, which isn't the case. People should spend the time and effort to learn more languages, like the Father of Singapore (Lee Kuan Lew) who knew Hokkien, English, Malay, and Mandarin. His mind was still sharp in his 90's while he studied Mandarin. Cheers David!

[@baoluongthe6039]

It's amazing, thank you so much

[@exshinno]

I am Taiwanese, but I started to talk in Taiwanese hokkien to my grandparents when I was about 9

[@ninalocker4758]

You're fortunate to have grandparents who can teach you Taiwanese. Taiwanese builds relationships, makes people feel closer.

[@sspyue]

Nina! Great Job. I think you found your calling. Cracked me up to see Tom and James taking the class too. I will make sure to take your lessons and learn some Taiwanese so I can converse with you next time!

[@juvylynvarilla7999]

Wow.this.is.what.i am.looking for..i need to.learn Taiwanese ..thank you

[@ninalocker4758]

The Taiwanese class was for children (age 1-12), so it went very slowly for two years. On the third year, I put together videos for adults. So if you are an adult I suggest you watch the "Taiwanese Year 3" videos. Good luck in your language goals. P.S. Why do you need to learn Taiwanese?

[@DaTTYph]

This is a great video, i remember learning taiwanese alphabets in grade school like " zhu eem" its easier to pronounce chinese characters when it has that "zhu eem" but unlike now they use the mandarin pinyin.

[@ninalocker4758]

You can probably jump to "Taiwanese Year 3" videos. It covers the Taiwanese romanized alphabet called Peh-oe-ji (POJ) much quicker for advanced students like yourself.

[@benseac]

Thanks for the informative video. I'm starting an online class in Taiwanese this coming Sunday and have been looking for some videos such as this to help with my learning.

[@ninalocker4758]

Fabulous! Could you share the the online course website with me? Thanks!

[@benseac]

I found my teacher using a site called italki, which matches students and teachers. The site itself doesn't do any of the instruction. Here is where the Taiwanese teachers can be found: www.italki.com/teachers/chinese(taiwanese)?type=0

[@ninalocker4758]

You got a private language instructor. Cool!

[@benseac]

I'm really looking forward to taking the class. I'm not familiar with tonal languages so it'll be a new experience, for sure. :)

[@laxmansen9530]

Hello me'em, my fevrout Taiwan actress is Chou TZuYu and I'm very very very big fan of TZuYu's, so I'm request to you, you learn to me Taiwan country's mother toung. Please 😃

[@Asunder09]

TWICE!

[@laxmansen9530]

@@Asunder09 hii

[@Want_a_Croissant]

I have a friend I like who’s from Tai-land, and want to learn the language to impress her. 😅😊

[@crizzasanchez7188]

I want to learn taiwanese

[@crizzasanchez7188]

I subribe this channel

[@ninalocker4758]

www.taiwanesedictionary.org This is a useful English-Taiwanese dictionary.

[@benho5390]

This is colloquial reading of hokkien (Minnan). I know a bit Minnan Chinese; my parents speak Taiwanese sometimes. I prefer to learn literary reading of hokkien as it sounds similar to Cantonese, Hakka and it won't give a bad impression that hokkien is a "gangster language."

[@ninalocker4758]

A retired Chinese professor told me that Cantonese is considered the oldest Chinese dialect. But then he found out that Taiwanese (Hokkien) has the m-sound at the end of many words and it nasalizes all the vowels to quadruple vocabulary. Such sophistication and increase of vocabulary indicates that it is older than Cantonese, according to linguists. But nowadays not many people can speak Taiwanese so loss of language means loss of knowledge. You can listen to Taiwanese spoken fluently here. live.bible.is/bible/NANTTV/MAT/4 I'm not sure why you would think Hokkien is a gangster language unless you watch a lot of TV.

[@mabelgarcia1882]

Wow nice lesson lao si😊

[@ninalocker4758]

Thank you Mabel. Have a nice day!

[@anotherdavidc]

Nina, which Romanization method do you use for Taiwanese? Here is a link to my book that just came out: www.taiwanesehandbook.com Here is an interview with Hochie Tsai at Taiwanese American Org: www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2015/05/david-chen-taiwanese-handbook/ Taiwan Center 台灣會館 in Los Angeles has an advanced Taiwanese class that teaches 台語通用拼音， but teacher teaches in Mandarin instead of English. Must be able to keep up with traditional Chinese characters and spell the Pinyin...and know the tones. Textbooks used already factor tone sandhi 變調，but I think this concept should be taught.

[@ninalocker4758]

Hi David, Such a good interview. I totally ditto your knowledge and experience. You are truly like a biao-di (cousin-younger bro) with our similar backgrounds and even a similar calling. Thank you, God! You wrote a book and I am teaching curriculum to kids. We are both approaching Taiwanese in needed ways. Other people are writing songs in Taiwanese. Other people teach Taiwanese by using Chinese characters. All this is wonderful and fulfilling our desire to share Taiwanese with the world. One person can't do it all. Since you are able to write and publish, I feel I should encourage your gifts and talents. Publishing is key to promoting standardization of Taiwanese Romanization. I think we all desire standardization. Why have 4+ spellings for a word, right? Since most of the Taiwanese literature is in POJ (hymns, Bible, early works and modern works), it is the system I promote. There has been 400 years of POJ use. But here is the exception because I experienced an "issue" while teaching Taiwanese to kids of different ages. I needed to be flexible because of the emergent readers in my class (pre-K to 7 year olds), so sometimes I use letters b, d, g, r, w, x, and y even though they are not officially in the POJ system. But these letters are in the English phonetic system and I want to make sure my class helps students succeed in school, not confuse them. With the junior high kids, I don't need to fall back on English phonetics, but they tell me they prefer it. I teach both systems to them and they are smart. They get it. In Taiwanese class, we put on our "Taiwanese think caps." I encourage literacy and being able to read the Taiwanese dictionary (Maryknoll Taiwanese/English dictionary) that's online, so they better learn POJ. So far no complaints. They even tell me that they are used to using different phonetic systems because they are learning French, Spanish, Chinese, and German in school. So just some simple minor adjustments, which linguistically makes sense, makes POJ more digestible to English speakers and keeps up with the MOE of Taiwan (Ministry of Education), i.e., ts is an alternate for ch (POJ) and j is an alternate for chh (POJ). My husband pointed out to me that standardization of English took 800 years. So I have no complaints teaching Taiwanese as it stands. There is enough to go on. Does this make sense? Nina

[@anotherdavidc]

That is cool! I have always wondered what it would be like to teach Taiwanese to a class like your's. Yeah, I first learned Taiwanese using 台語通用拼音, and that was easier for me because it was 注音 based. I wanted to start a class in Southern California similar to what you are doing up there. Kudo's to you! I almost went to UC Davis for graduate school...I heard they have a great natural science library up there. :)

[@anotherdavidc]

We have a Facebook called Taiwanese Speakers (mostly language related) and California Taiwanese Culture & Taiwanese Speakers (focus is slightly different). We post POJ and Tailo lyrics to Taiwanese pop songs from artists such as 滅火器，五月天，江蕙，張秀卿，蕭泰然，葉啟田，翁立友，龍千玉，蔡小虎.

[@anotherdavidc]

Yeah...so many Romanization Methods. The best Taiwanese-English resources are the Maryknoll Dictionaries (www.taiwanesedictionary.org) that use POJ 白話字, and the best Taiwanese Character Dictionaries 台語字 are Taiwanese-Mandarin resources such as Tongiong Taiwanese Dictionary 通用台語字典 that uses a modified version of 台語通用拼音 and the other is the Practical Taiwanese Dictionary 實用台語詞典, which uses Tailo 台羅.

[@eightbighillman]

Taiwanese has mixed with many languages for the past centuries. Like, 阿西(idiot), Laghia(spider), 牽手(spouse) are all aboriginal words. 打馬膏(road pavement) is English Tarmac; let alone there are tons of vocab are Japanese.

[@ninalocker4758]

Yes, there were aborigines (native peoples) on the island of Taiwan before all the Europeans, Chinese, Japanese, and Americans came. They experienced the "change of language". Today, the aborigines of Taiwan are reviving their native tongues, like Siraya, and rediscovering lost words. Now Taiwanese, though not original to Taiwan, is considered a native tongue and it is also experiencing a revival. It came to Taiwan with the Chinese in the 1660's, and still many people speak it today; with much more vocabulary as you kindly pointed out. I like that you can read and write Taiwanese with Han characters.

[@angrydinosaur8plus9]

I've been watching your vids and I think you're a great teacher, thanks for putting these videos up! 這、車 zh, ch 早、草 z, c 娟、泉 j,q If you have a moment could you help me understand which POJ letters these Mandarin consonants match to in Taiwanese?

[@ninalocker4758]

+The欧Boss Hi! I'm glad you like the videos. In the video description box (click "show more"), you'll see the entire Taiwanese Alphabet, in POJ. Of the available consonants, I would say... 這、車 zh, ch: As in Mandarin words Zhongguo (Chinese) and Chen (a Surname). POJ ch makes the same sound. 早、草 z, c: As in Mandarin words zaijian (goodbye) and cesuo (bathroom). POJ chh makes the same sound. 娟、泉 j,q: As in the Mandarin word jiao (to call). POJ ch makes the same sound. The Mandarin consonant Q, as in qi (seven), makes a sound that does not have a POJ equivalent. But I think it is closest to the POJ consonant chh, as in the Taiwanese word chhui (mouth). I hope this helps.

[@ninalocker4758]

There is no z or q in POJ. I don't think Taiwanese has the zh sound. Mandarin z is close to Taiwanese j. Mandarin ch and j would be the Taiwanese ch. The Mandarin q is close to Taiwanese chh. Here is a chart... Taiwanese 18 Letter Alphabet: A B C E G H I J K L M N O P S T U X (The letter C always appears as CH or CHH.) CH = j sound CHH = ts sound G= slight nasal sound like the g in “gnat” K = g sound KH = k sound P = b sound PH = p sound T = d sound TH = t sound

[@kantnergirl08]

Is this different than 客家話？

[@ninalocker4758]

Yes, Taiwanese is different from Hakka.

[@TheAusJT]

Thank you very much for your videos. It is extremely hard to find resources for Taiwanese Hokkien, especially in bookstores. Is there any books or external resources you'd recommend for learning Taiwanese (especially the POJ reading system)?

[@ninalocker4758]

I hope these resources help you and others who are learning Taiwanese (POJ): I created the primers (easy books) so people can learn the POJ phonetic system. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYicqIV7aNl3fNE (POJ Primers) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2LZaGqiZ7WIg5Y (A song in POJ) www.taiwanesedictionary.org/ (Maryknoll Taiwanese/English dictionary uses POJ) listen.bible.is/NANTTV/Matt/4 (Audio Bible readings in POJ, listen and read along to greatly improve your reading ability.) You can also attend a church in Taiwan that still utilizes POJ. The Presbyterian churches in Taiwan usually carry on the POJ tradition. I agree with you. Resources in POJ are hard to find. You can give me your email address and I will add you to my online classroom roster. I email out little lessons.

[@sarahkuo55]

Nina Locker Hi Nina! Thanks so much for these videos. I am a Taiwanese American living in the bay (I grew up in SGV) who would love to learn Taiwanese. I only know a little though I can speak mandarin. If you could, could you email any resources you may have on learning Taiwanese? Or any orgs you may know in my area too. My email address is [e-mail] Thank you so much! I just want to be able to speak to my grandma and other relatives in Taiwan and make them proud

[@ninalocker4758]

@@sarahkuo55 Hi Sarah. I emailed to you some resources (websites and videos). It may seem a lot, but you can take your time and just use the ones that are helpful to you. It's great that you are making an effort to speak to your relatives in Taiwan, not only in Mandarin but in their mother tongue of Taiwanese. It will really impress them too. Take care.

[@asmazaffarshaffaq1893]

Which part is Taiwan Language Hiragana ,katakana and kanji of Chinese language

[@ninalocker4758]

Taiwanese Language uses the same Han characters a Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, etc., (Asian dialects). Taiwanese also has a Roman alphabet that is phonetic. Similar to European languages. There are 18 letters. You can learn it quickly. See "Taiwanese Year Three- Reader #1". I hope this answers your question.

[@aliceclemente8521]

Where do i study taiwanese language? Please help i want to learn your language,,

[@ninalocker4758]

Sorry for the late reply. You can study the Taiwanese language in Taiwan. Taiwanese is offered at Language Schools. Some churches also teach Taiwanese. Just living in the community will help you pick up the language. If you can't study in Taiwan, then make friends with those who speak Taiwanese and ask them to teach you useful phrases. Watch Taiwanese cartoons/shows on youtube. It's fun.

[@SkipNINJAZ]

Hi, I am very curious about learning Taiwanese language, but I wanted to know if these lessons are still up to date with the current Taiwanese being used in taiwan or not really..?

[@ninalocker4758]

The spoken Taiwanese language is the same. But the alphabet changed slightly. In the 2000's the Taiwan government decided to use an alphabet that is more like English alphabet. I prefer the traditional Taiwanese alphabet called Peh-Oe-Ji because it's more historical, but can read both. I have a free zoom class on Sundays at 1pm (Pacific Standard Time, USA).

[@meowz8741]

Hi! What type of Taiwanese dialect is this lesson in? This is the Taiwanese I kind of understand. Thank you!

[@ninalocker4758]

This is the Taiwanese spoken on Taiwan. People on Taiwan also speak Mandarin Chinese. The native people of Taiwan, the original people with dark skin and curly black hair (not Chinese), can even speak native tongues like Atayal, Bunan, Siraya, etc. These languages sound nothing like Chinese, because the native people of Taiwan are not Chinese. Siraya is experiencing a revival as is Taiwanese (Hokkien)

[@mariadooc1707]

hi。。 can I ask what is SUNDAY in taiwan language?

[@ninalocker4758]

Sunday is "Le-bai" in Taiwanese. English-Taiwanese Dictionary www.taiwanesedictionary.org. You will find this useful.

[@chellesanlorenzo4682]

It sounds like le-pay

[@luutien9599]

Dear teacher! I am a Vietnamese working in Kaohsiung now. I really love to learn Taiwanese, so please let me know if there is any Taiwanese class in Kaohsiung?

[@ninalocker4758]

Hello. I don't know if there is a Taiwanese class in Kaohsiung. I live in the USA and taught Taiwanese for three years as a pilot program. The videos I put on youtube were to help my students review vocabulary. My students were mostly elementary and junior high youth. It was slow learning Taiwanese because we only met once a week. I had to do a lot of reviews, so there are a lot of short videos in "Taiwanese Year 1" and "Taiwanese Year 2". Jump to my "Taiwanese Year 3" videos for a quicker tutorial in Taiwanese, for adults. Since you live in Taiwan, you are better able to learn Taiwanese. I think that going out every day and talking to the local people in Kaohsiung is an excellent way to learn the local Taiwanese dialect.

[@luutien9599]

Really thank you for your nice response. I appreciate what you are doing for Taiwanese people in USA, and looking forward to learn more from you through this channel. Best regards,

[@yasiribrahim6231]

how to contact you

[@ninalocker4758]

Hi Yasir! There is no more in-person class, so people contact me through youtube because the videos are still up. Do you have questions about Taiwanese language? I'll try to answer your questions.

[@wwong5909]

Where is your school? I wanna go to study

[@ninalocker4758]

Our school is in California USA. We mainly teach Mandarin Chinese. We don't have Taiwanese teachers anymore, so that course is online.

[@mine10ism]

where is your school?

[@ninalocker4758]

The school was in California, in the USA. But the school closed. Sorry for the late reply. My youtube settings were off.

[@vincentchang9238]

Li ho Nina! I’m reaching out to you because I have been watching your videos ! I’m Taiwanese American and just bought tickets for my dad and Ahma to go back to Taiwan for vacation. I know basic mandarin but am also trying to pick up Taiwanese because Ahma speaks a lot of Taiwanese and so does our family back in Taiwan. Where are your classes located in us? I’m in California Bay Area and would be happy to join your class if you’re teaching ! Even online ! Please let me know! - Vince

[@ninalocker4758]

Li ho Vincent! Sounds like a trip of a lifetime! You're so lucky you can spend time with relatives in Taiwan. It is the reason why I can still speak some Taiwanese...I lived there for 9 months when I was 7 years old. Going to Taiwan is the best way to learn Taiwanese. Your Mandarin ability is a plus too. I hate to disappoint you, but I don't teach Taiwanese in a classroom anymore. All I have time to do is send out videos to students who reach out to me. Would you like to be on that group email? On the airplane, ask your grandma for some vocabulary. You valuing your ama's native tongue shows your love for her. May I ask how old you are?

[@ninalocker4758]

There is a Taiwanese school in the bay area. sites.google.com/a/etaiwanschool.org/main1/

[@cheleesibayan2997]

I'm here in taiwan, numbers are pronounce as,e for 1, er for 2, san for 3,and so on, how come it's different? just wondering, thanks

[@ninalocker4758]

You are referring to the Mandarin language. Taiwanese is the local language. It's up to you which one you want to learn first. For a history of Languages on Taiwan, please view "Taiwanese Year 3- History of Taiwan".

[@henrikaize]

hello , can I learn Taiwan language just from this tutorial ? , how long will be needed to be able to communicate with Taiwan/Hokkien people ? .If I cannot write the Taiwan character , will other hokkien people can understand me if I write Taiwan language in alphabet ? ( something like pinyin)

[@ninalocker4758]

Hello. Please go to my "Taiwanese Year 3" video playlist. I put in this playlist five videos that will help jump start you into speaking Taiwanese. You will be able to speak Taiwanese immediately. I live in the USA and taught Taiwanese to school age children for three years. The videos on youtube were to help them review vocabulary. But anyone who is interested in Taiwanese can watch these videos too. Then I realized from comments that many adults want to learn Taiwanese too. So "Taiwanese Year 3" playlist is a quicker set of videos for learning Taiwanese. Just five videos for a basic understanding of Taiwan's history and Taiwanese language literacy.

[@walkingvlog8283]

hi, I'm from Indonesia. I am interested in being able to speak fluent Hokkien, can we exchange languages ​​privately? I can speak Indonesian, Cirebon and Sundanese

[@ninalocker4758]

I just put up videos to teach others how to learn Hokkien/Taiwanese. I'm not fluent, but It's fun to learn. I found people at Taiwanese churches who spoke in Taiwanese and taught me some songs. I hope you can find people near you (in your town) who can practice Taiwanese with you. I live so far away from Indonesia, I don't know how to exchange language except through videos. I will put up new videos to help people learn some Taiwanese. Take care.

[@jettreyestv3707]

Im confused, what is widely used language in taiwan, because i usually hear yi er san for 1.2.3. Or counting numbers.. 😩

[@ninalocker4758]

Mandarin is the language you are hearing because it is taught in schools (since 1947). Taiwanese preceded Mandarin, that is, Taiwanese was the common language before Mandarin. The first languages of Taiwan were native tongues spoken by the natives. Native tongues and Taiwanese need reviving. Taiwan's history is about outsiders coming and going, but always leaving something behind like languages. Here is a brief pictorial history of Taiwan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/an68kJ2EadOsiac

[@jettreyestv3707]

@@ninalocker4758 thanks anyway.. 😊 I think i can understand this better because of the western alphabet.. Thank you so much for the time.

[@MissJ_musiclife]

"Sai also means something else but I won't tell you." lol

[@ninalocker4758]

Yes! Don't you love how Taiwanese words have double, even triple meanings? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 also means "These two clothes the goose dropped." Ha!

[@センナ-h4c]

Sai is poop right?

[@yuliaqueen5332]

How to say 100 in taiwanese ( hokkian)

[@ninalocker4758]

100 is chit pah (pronounced jit bah for English speakers). The Taiwanese alphabet is slightly different from English alphabet. The ch makes a j-sound. The p makes a b-sound. I made some primers to teach the Taiwanese alphabet. Look under "Taiwanese Year Three- Reader #1". Also I recommend using Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary online to look up vocab words, www.taiwanesedictionary.org/

[@nezzabandiola9759]

Taiwan language is different to Chinese?

[@ninalocker4758]

Chinese is a general term. When someone says I speak Chinese, you should ask them for the specific dialect and what part of Asia they are from. Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Fukienese, Wu, Hakka, Hunanese, Jiangxinese, etc. are all Chinese dialects. There are many Chinese dialects due to regional differences. Taiwanese sounds very different from Mandarin. It also has 25% more words than Mandarin. Taiwanese, the older language, had more time to develop. Cantonese is also older and more developed than Mandarin.

[@henrikaize]

is this a free Taiwan language tutorial ?

[@ninalocker4758]

Yes, watching youtube videos is free. Is this what you mean? I have some books and teaching lessons you can buy, but I put most of these on youtube already. I try to make it free to learn Taiwanese. If I order more printing of my books, than I would have to charge students.

[@uutt4087]

想不到，我在中国大陆的网络和KZbin上都找不到学习闽南语的视频，原来是只有英语讲的，好的，就用这个来学闽南语。

[@ninalocker4758]

Your desire to learn Taiwanese is rewarded.

[@uutt4087]

Nina Locker yeah, when i watch the taiwan politic tv show, there are some guests always talking the taiwanese, but i could hear clear anything.

[@rit0505]

NEXT TIME DNT KEEP MOVING CAMERA OKAY , GOT IT

[@nguyenloi2908]

Is that chinese? really different when you say 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 not like yi, er, san, si, wu, liu, qi, ba, jiu

[@ninalocker4758]

yi, er, san, si, wu, liu, qi, ba, jiu, si = Mandarin. Mandarin has four tones. jit, nng, sa, si, go, lak, chhit, bue, kau, chap = Taiwanese. Taiwanese has eight tones. It also has 25% more words than Mandarin. Taiwanese and Mandarin are different languages.

[@cooliipie]

@@ninalocker4758 Different dialect

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臺灣閩南語

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I dont know how to discriminate “j” and”ch” in Taiwanese

[@ninalocker4758]

Taiwanese Year Three videos provide practice learning the Taiwanese Alphabet. Please look up kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZCueoZvh5Klqck The ch makes the j-sound and the j makes the zh-sound.

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I'm Indian.

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Delfin yurt