By Xenono on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 09:51 pm: Edit |
1. You are not American – Nay Um Hi May Gwa Yan
2. You speak – Nay Gon
3. I speak – Ngaw Gon
4. I can speak – Ngaw Sec Gon
5. I can’t understand – Ngaw Um Sec Tang
6. I don’t speak well – Ngaw Gon Ta Um Ho
7. I can speak a little – Ngaw Sec Gon Ya Tea
8. I am not American – Ngaw Um Hi May Gwa Yan
9. Kings – Yaing Won
10. Road – Toh
11. Where – Peen Toh
12. Where is Kings Road? – Yaing Won Toh Hi Peen Toh Wa (Literally: Kings Road is located where?) Hi means “to be located.” The To be “Hi” is pronounced with a low level tone. The “to be located” hi is pronounced with mid level rising tone. Hi
13. Street – Guy
14. Boundary Street – Guy Han Guy
15. Located where? – Hi Peen Toh Wa
16. It’s located here – Hi Knee Doh
17. It is located here? – Hi Um Hi Hi Knee Doh Wa (That one is JUST a little hard)
18. It’s not located here – Um Hi Knee Doh
19. It’s located over there – Hi Go Doh
20. It’s not located over there – Um Hi Go Doh