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Speaking Taiwanese

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What's the best way to learn some basic Taiwanese if your an adult American that has never learned to speak another language??
 
Originally posted by: aircooled
What's the best way to learn some basic Taiwanese if your an adult American that has never learned to speak another language??
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internet or taiwanese relatives?
 
It's gonna be hard, most places dont teach Taiwanese because it's not the official language of anywhere. Even Taiwan has mandarin as it's official language.
 
Originally posted by: russianpower
Originally posted by: aircooled
What's the best way to learn some basic Taiwanese if your an adult American that has never learned to speak another language??
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internet or Taiwanese relatives?
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New friend I recently met. Now I am interested in the language.
 
Originally posted by: aircooled
Originally posted by: Mo0o
"Lee Huh"

Should we just save time and teach you "I want to get in your pants" ?
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seriously, I just want to learn a little bit....
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It's seriously gonna be hard. Most Taiwanese people dont even speak fluent Taiwanese.
 
Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: Mo0o
"Lee Huh"

Should we just save time and teach you "I want to get in your pants" ?
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please tell me moo!
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"wa ai geen ki lee yeh kwa "

My girlfriend says she's not sure about it but it sounds about right.
 
Your new friend doesn't speak "Taiwanese", your new friend speaks Mandarin. Take a course at the local community college.
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: Mo0o
"Lee Huh"

Should we just save time and teach you "I want to get in your pants" ?
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please tell me moo!
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"wa ai geen ki lee yeh kwa "

My girlfriend says she's not sure about it but it sounds about right.
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Bwhahahahha, that's close enough.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Your new friend doesn't speak "Taiwanese", your new friend speaks Mandarin. Take a course at the local community college.
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Wait how can you be so sure?
 
true Taiwanese people are like Native Americans of North America. the language is dying.... and I'm a living testiment to that 🙁
 
Originally posted by: z0mb13
true taiwanese are different from chinese people from mainland?? (ethnicity wise)
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Yeah, there are aboriginal people that resided on the island before the KMT came. Although i think most Taiwanese now are more related to people in China. Not too sure though.
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Baked
Your new friend doesn't speak "Taiwanese", your new friend speaks Mandarin. Take a course at the local community college.
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Wait how can you be so sure?
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Unless the OP knows someone from the southern part of taiwan and is over 40 years old, it's highly unlikely this someone knows the "native" taiwanese dialect

Originally posted by: z0mb13
is this like a specific dialect??
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Yes. A province in China speaks it too. Except they don't call it "Taiwanse", they call it Min Nan dialect.
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: z0mb13
true taiwanese are different from chinese people from mainland?? (ethnicity wise)
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Yeah, there are aboriginal people that resided on the island before the KMT came. Although i think most Taiwanese now are more related to people in China. Not too sure though.
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whoa.. didnt know about this
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Baked
Your new friend doesn't speak "Taiwanese", your new friend speaks Mandarin. Take a course at the local community college.
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Wait how can you be so sure?
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Unless the OP knows someone from the southern part of taiwan and is over 40 years old, it's highly unlikely this someone knows the "native" taiwanese dialect

Originally posted by: z0mb13
is this like a specific dialect??
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Yes. A province in China speaks it too. Except they don't call it "Taiwanse", they call it Min Nan dialect.
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Um.. my girlfriend knows Taiwanese, she's 20. I have a Taiwanese friend that also speaks it and he's 19.
 
I'm so white and american I have trouble learning any new language 🙂 I just want to be able to use a proper greeting and other basics.

Thanks by the way!
 
Taiwaneeseey people speak Mandarin.... Half of china speaks cantoneesy and other half mandarin. taiwan is really chinese people. Something about the president being kick out of china and granted him land long time ago...

 
Originally posted by: intogamer
Taiwaneeseey people speak Mandarin.... Half of china speaks cantoneesy and other half mandarin. taiwan is really chinese people. Something about the president being kick out of china and granted him land long time ago...
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I think you have a very poor grasp Eastern Asia
 
Originally posted by: intogamer
Taiwaneeseey people speak Mandarin.... Half of china speaks cantoneesy and other half mandarin. taiwan is really chinese people. Something about the president being kick out of china and granted him land long time ago...
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umm please don't spread around false information like that. a small part of china speaks cantonese. the rest speak various kinds of mutually unintelligeble dialects. but they are all taught & speak mandarin.

i'm not gonna touch the taiwan issue but many people in taiwan do speak "taiwanese" which is completely different from mandarin.

as for the op... maybe you should just try mandarin. i'm sure any person from taiwan would understand it and it'd be more useful as well.
 
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