Taishanese Basic Course 基本台山话   ◄ Vol. 2 Lesson 22

Oral Material
1 A: 李上尉, 我有乃嘢想同你倾下,得吗? Lieutenant Li, may I chat with you?
B: 好啊.黄先生,你想倾乃乜嘢呢? Sure, Mr. Wong. What would you like to talk about?
A: 李上尉,你係军人,我想问下你军事个田野. Lieutenant Li, since you are in the military, I'd like to ask you something related to the military.
B: 好呀,黄先生. That sound good, Mr. Wong.
2 A: 该个空军基地有几多架飞机啊? How many airplanes station at this air base?
B: 该个空军基地有二百零二架飞机. This air base has two hundred and two airplanes.
3 A: 该个陆军训练基地有几多个教官啊? How many instructors does this training station have?
B: 该个陆军训练基地有二百一十个教官. There are two hundred and ten instructors at the this training station.
4 A: 该处总共有几多门大炮啊? How many artillery pieces are here?
B: 该处总共有二百二十(二)门大炮. There are two hundred and twenty(-two) artillery pieces here.
5 A: 该个部队有几多个新兵啊? How many new recruits does this unit have?
B: 该个部队有一千个新兵. This unit has a thousand new recruits.
6 A: 该间军校有几多个学生啊? This military academy has how many students?
B: 该间军校有二千零(零)二个学生. The military academy has two thousand and two students.
7 A: 该乃新兵有几多支步枪啊? How many new rifles do the new soldiers have?
B: 该乃新兵有一千支步枪. The new recruits have a thousand rifles.
8 A: 该两个部队个兵力有几大啊? What is the strength of these two units?
B: 该个部队有二千二百零二人, 穷个部队有二千二百二十二人. This unit has two thousand two hundred and two soldiers. That unit has two thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
9 A: 该个军营有几多个官兵啊? How many officers and soldiers total in this barrack?
B: 该个军营大约有一万个官兵. There are about ten thousand personnel in this barrack.
10 B: 黄先生,你还有乜田野问啊? Mr. Wong, do you have any more questions?
A: 冇啰,李上尉. 我冇乜问啰!係该多.唔该.唔该. No, Lieutenant Li. I don't have any more to ask. That's all I have. Thank you so much.

Reading Material
李上尉係陈先生个学生. 李上尉係一九五八年来陆军语言学校读台山话.佢好勤力.该时佢讲台山话讲得几好. Lieutenant Li is Mr. Chan's student. Lieutenant Li came to the Army Language School to study Taishanese in 1958. He worked very hard. He speaks Taishandnese quite well now.
李上尉话佢以前係陆军训练基地做事.穷个军营个部队好好.兵力好大,有七千零九十个兵, 有二百一十个教官,总共有一万人.屐有一千支步枪,有二百零二架飞机. 穷乃教官训练新兵.该时屐晓用步枪,晓驶飞机. Lieutenant Li used to work at the army training base. The unit at that barrack was excellent. There were nine thousand and ninety soldiers and nine hundred and ten instructors -- a total of ten thousand people. They had a thousand rifles and two hundred and two airplanes. Those instructors trained the recruits. Now they know how to use rifles and fly airplanes.

[kein33]to chat, to talk
军事[gun33 ɬu32]military; military affairs
军人[gun33 ŋin22]military personnel
空军[hǝŋ33 gun335]air force
基地[[gi33 i32]base
飞机[fi33 gi33]airplane
[lein22/liaŋ22]zero
训练[fun33 lein32]to train; training
教官[gɔu33 gɔn33](military) instructor
大炮[ai32 pɔu33]artillery piece, cannon
部队[bu32 ui/dui/dzui325]military unit, troop
新兵[ɬin33 bein33](military) new recruit
[tein33]thousand
军校[gun33 hɔu32]military school
步枪[bu32 tiaŋ33]rifle
兵力[bein33 lɛt32]military strength
军营[gun33 yein22]camp, barrack
官兵[gɔn33 bein33]officers and soldiers
[man32]ten thousand
[van21]hundred
[kǝŋ21(5)]there, that, those
门,坎[mɔn22, ham55]unit classifier (for artillery pieces or guns