Hokkien

[gurm78]

Just wondering what is the significance of the numbers displayed after each word. Eg. wah4, lu4, ie1, nor33, gor33. … don’t really know what those numbers are for.

[rlkirby]

Could you give a link to the course and add the @ name of the creator. If they’re here on the forums they should get a notification.
@gurm78 see?
If the name doesn’t get highlighted, that means that they’re not here.

[Milamy (Mila)]

Hi @gurm78

I have verified from your learning list that you are taking two Hokkien courses:

Learn Penang Hokkien

Learning basic Penang Hokkien

These two courses have a “Course Forum”, and both course creators have a forum account (asiaexplorers23 and aveyn, respectively). Then you can contact them on the associated forum.

[Course Forum] Learn Penang Hokkien by @asiaexplorers23

hi, @asiaexplorers23, thanks for your course (https://www.memrise.com/course/258460/learn-penang-hokkien/) just wanted to notice a typo in the first level: nor33 = two. Probably “nor3”? many thanks! (@Lien, would you send an email to the course creator? - he seems not active in the fora. Thanks)

[Course Forum] Learning Basic Penang Hokkien by Aveyn

@Aveyn Hi, I’m not sure how to reach you, so I’m posting it here. Thank you so much for your basic Penang Hokkien course! It is really easy to learn and understand. May I know if you will be creating a part 2 soon?

In one of the “Course Forum” listed, there is an explanation for your question from asiaexplorers23:

@asiaexplorers23

Hi Hydroptere,

Thank you for your question. Nor33 is not a typo. It is correct. There are two types of tone 3 words, those written with a “3” and those written with a “33”. The word for two is written with a “33”. For more details of Taiji Romanisation for Penang Hokkien, I explain it here: http://www.penang-traveltips.com/taiji-romanisation.htm

[gurm78]

Thank you Mila for the links.
Most helpful

Thanks again

Best regards

Gurmeet