Friday, April 27, 2007

Hakka language

While studying, i was thinking about non-sense again! Can someone please stop me from thinking other stuffs? ok. Was thinking of Hakka, planning to learn but don't think i will succeed! Just had a look at some simple pronunciations from Wikipedia, and oh, it's hard! haha.. ok, will continue after exam! Below is the list of words:

人 [ŋin11] person (Mandarin rén)
碗 [ʋɔn33] bowl (Mand. wǎn)
狗 [kɛu33] dog (Mand. gǒu)
牛 [ŋiu11] cow (Mand. niú)
屋 [ʋuk3] house (Mand. wū)
嘴 [tsɔi53] mouth (Mand. zuǐ)
我[ŋai11] me/I (Mand. 我wǒ)

日頭 [ŋit3 thɛu11] sun
月光 [ŋiɛt53 kwɔŋ33] moon
屋下/屋家 [ʋuk3 kha33] home
電話 [thiɛn54 ʋa53] telephone
學堂 [hɔk53 thɔŋ11] school

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