Teochew Queen

Ok ok... I can hear the groans alr.

Not again... Another post abt Teochew... yawn...

But I have to post this. I met someone whom I can converse with in Teochew. Well no big deal rite? We do that all the time, buying food, talking to elderly neighbours...

But here's the twist! It was over MSN!!

Yep, definitely more challenging when you are typing it all out and trying to make sure that your message gets across.

Anyway let me introduce the Teochew Queen.

That's Yvonne (aka i wish i wish i wish).

It was pretty amusing the stuff we were talking abt.

We started off with the usual pleasantries.

Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
hello!
i wish i wish i wish... says:
yoz.. hor bor??
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
haha
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
buay pai lah
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
arh buay si
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
cham tor ai si liao
i wish i wish i wish... says:
haha.. wah.... an ni cham ar??
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
ha nor
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
jin jia cham hor
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
hak sheng ai mia jin jia cham
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
le neh?
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
le jiak pah buay?
i wish i wish i wish... says:
haha... jiak bah liaoz...
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wah hor hor

Then we talked about work, money, studying and "career options"...

i wish i wish i wish... says:
zor gang mah si jin sian...
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
si ah?
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
zor gang wu ku li gang mah
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wu ku li gang zhu buay sian leow
i wish i wish i wish... says:
hmm.. si lor... kua tio lui jiu jin hua hi haha....
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
hahaha
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
lui jing jia tong yao
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
bhor lui buay sai ah
i wish i wish i wish... says:
zu si lor... tak che mah si wui tio lui mah....
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
ha nor
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
ah si em si tio ai tang lui, wa zhu mai tak che leow
i wish i wish i wish... says:
bor tak ah ni zui che zor si mi haha...
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
hahaha
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
bor tak che zhu bway koi png lor
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
bway koi png mah si oi sai tang lui

Then we talked about language... My horrendous Chinese to be precise.

Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wa bhor mi tah hua ger
i wish i wish i wish... says:
haha... wah eh zai haha..........
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wa si khang tang
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
kim jio
i wish i wish i wish... says:
haha.... kim jio buay sek hm si ng sek le...
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
haha
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wah si sek gai kim jio
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
sek liao gia khe phoo
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
phoo liao pi goreng pisang
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
guah khao chia sek, lai poi peh sek
i wish i wish i wish... says:
lai poing peh sek?? hm si ng sek??? ga chiam gai ng lar...
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wah!!
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
ur vocab too cheem alr "ga chiam"
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
wat's that mean?
i wish i wish i wish... says:
i am saying it's ga chiam -- lighter. haha...
Vorlacks - Gone Running... says:
ohhhh

This was when I realised I've met my match... Her Teochew was more powerful than mine!!

I must talk to her more and boost my command of the dialect. Anyway, it was a really fun session.

Now the challenge. Anyone wanna post comments, try to do it in Teochew. Or watever dialect you know.

Teochew mai tah, buay hiao!!