Learn Foochow Case Study 1 - " me lo di " = " buy bread"

When I was about 5-6 years old, I recall one night my mum and my sister going out to some event.
And they kept saying something like "Mari me lo di" or "Mary me lo di"
I was really confused, cos it either meant "Come buy bread" or "Mary buy bread"
(Mari= "come" in Malay)
What's the big deal about buying bread?
And who is Mary?

I didn't actually work it out until many years later..
Like .. many many years later..
Like the sun rising from the east,

It dawned on me...
It was some kinda piano event called "Merry Melodies"... at least, I think it is..
True story!
That's all folks!

Learn Foochow 102 - "Du" - PiG

Okay.. lesson number 2. I will base it around one word. "Dṳ " or " Pig".
(ṳ is the French u in lune or German ü as in für)

If you missed lesson one, here is the link
Learn Foochow 101





Okay.. here are various uses of the word "pig".
Most of what I have listed below are used as some form of insult.
I'm not suggesting you go insulting people, but some situations may call for it :)

1. "Du" - Pig



2. "Ya Du " - Wild Pig/Boar



3.  "Bui Du"  - Fat pig



4. "Dian pa Du" - Crazy pig



5. "Du tao"  - Pig head





6."Sai Du" - Sh#t pig



7. "Du Ka" -Pork leg



7. "Du Ve Ge" -"Pigsy" - Monkey King's Companion in Journey to the East
                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Bajie



Have fun!
If you want more lessons, please let me know in the comment section!

Learn Foochow -101

I would like to give you all a lesson in Foochow, which is a dialect spoken in my home town Sibu.
To start with  , I will give some easy words you can learn



1. Milo - Don't want anymore

e.g  - " Gu ai mo?  " ( Do you want anymore ?)
         " Milo "           ( Dun want anymore)

2. Malaysia  - Cannot eat

e.g      "  Eh lei sia KFC meh ?" ( Can I eat KFC?)
          " Malaysia "                     ( Cannot eat)

3. Tomorrow -  No more left

e.g    - Eh  KFC gu mo ?  ( anymore KFC? )
           " Tomorrow "         ( no more)

4. Again      - It's salty

e.g      " KFC eh gen meh?    ( Is KFC salty?)
          " Again"                      ( it's salty)

5. Celaka  - Very hot

e.g    " KFC hot and spicy eh ho xia meh ? ( is hot and spicy good?)
          " Celaka "                                          (very hot)
            ( Celaka is a  swear word in Malay )

6.  Siapa you  -    Eat banana

    e.g  " Nu xia xie no? "   ( what are you eating? )
           " Siapa you  "         ( eating banana )
  
            ( "Siapa you" also means "who are you"  in colloquial Malay language)


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