Hakka

sydcarten
 June 11, 2009, 01:18 PM posted in General Discussion

I'd be interested in learning a few basic words and phrases of Hakka, so I can impress my parents-in-law.

It's not really essential, I guess. We're communicating fairly well between Mandarin and Indonesian. I just thought it might make an amusing party trick or something.

From what I've heard, it sound similar to Cantonese.

Any help would be appreciated.

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changye
 June 11, 2009, 02:09 PM

Hi sydcarten

Here is a Hakka learning site in Taiwan.

客语生活百句
http://www.ktps.tp.edu.tw/hakka/language.htm

Selamat belajar!

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sydcarten
 June 11, 2009, 06:25 PM

I'll check out that link later today.

Domo Arigato!

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pearltowerpete
 June 12, 2009, 01:24 AM

Hi sydcarten,

You could really impress them by rattling off a few lines of poetry. There are a few examples here.

Even if not now, someday!

 

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sydcarten
 June 12, 2009, 06:32 AM

Thanks for the link!

I think I know enough to work with that :)