Segsai

T: Cit'ui siQfciar, goar mxbad khvoarkQex lie. Lie si tuy tQfui laai`ee?    



   This lady. I've never seen you. You are from where come?



K: Obahsarng, lie hQr. Goar si tuy Jidpurn/Engkog/Hoatkog laai`ee.



   Madam, you are fine. I'm from Japan/British/France.



T: (SiQfciar,) Lie si laai chittQo`ee iafsi bQeq laai ciaf khiaxkhie`ee.



    You come to visit or are coming here to settle.



K: (Obahsarng,) Goar si laai ibiin`ee.



   I come to immigrate.



T: Oh! Ar lie pvoalaai ciaf u joaxkuo`aq?



   Oh! And you moved here for how long?



K: (Obahsarng,) Goar pvoalaai ciaf ykefng u nng gQeqjit(nng kQrgQeh).



   I moved here already have 2 months.



T: Ar lie pvoalaai ciaf toax Qe koarnsix`bQe?



   And you moved here to live was able to get used to it yet?



K: Qe`laq, (goar) Qexkoarnsix. TiQh laq, Goar svex KQeq. Ar lie`leq?



   Yes,  (I was) able to get used to. By the way, my last name is KQeq. And you?

 

T: Goar svex Taan. Mxzay KQeh'siQfciar ti Jidpurn toax joaxkuo?



   My last name is Taan. Don't know Ms. KQeh in Japan lived for how long?



K: Goar si ti Jidpurn toaxhaxn`ee.



   I was in Japan grew up.



T: Jidpurn kab Bykog cyn bQo kaxngkhoarn hvoq?



   Japan and America are very different right?



K: Si, Bykog sidzai uxkaux toa. Taghang miqkvia lorng si pie (pad)laang khahtoa.



   Yes, America is really big. Everything is compared to (other)people larger.



   Bykog ee kauthofng ma pie Jidpurn khahhQr. Lo ma khahkhoaq.



   America's traffic also compared to Japan better. Streets are also wider.



   Taan thaetaix, lie karm zaiviar tQfcidkefng zhanthviaf khaq hQr ciah?



   Mrs. Taan, do you know which restaurant better taste.



T: Mxzay KQeh'siQfciar aeciah symmih zhaix?



   Don't know Ms. KQeh likes eat what kind of food?



K: Goar lorng hQr. Taioaan-liauxlie, Jidpurn-liauxlie,



   I'm all OK. Taiwanese Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine,



   Tiongkog-liauxlie, iafsi sezhafn, goar lorng kah'ix.



   Chinese Cuisine, or western dishes, I all love it.



T: (KQeq'siQfciar,) Ti tuiebin hitkefng toaxlaau laixbin u cidkefng



   Right cross the street that big building inside has one restaurant

 

   Zailie-ciah`ee sezhafn. Khawbi bQexbae. Taxnsi tiongtaux,



   is all-you-can-eat western cuisine. The taste is not bad. But noon time,



   laang cinzQe. Lie tiQqaix khahzar khix pailiet.



   people are crowded. You had better earlier to get on the line.



K: BQ'iaokirn, goar twtuo ti hitkefng toaxlaau teq sioxngpafn.



   That's OK, I happen right at that big building working.



   Goar Qexsae khahzar khix ciah tiongtaux.



   I can earlier go to eat lunch.



T: (KQeq'siQfciar,) Mxzay lie si tixleq ciah symmih thaulo?



   Don't know you are doing what kind of job?



K: Goar si (cidee) hoexkeasw.



   I'm an accountant.



T: Hiahniq twhQr, goar kofzar maxsi zQx hoexkex. 



   What a just right (coincidence), I long time ago also was working on accounting.

   

   Citmar ykeng thQeahiw aq.

   

   Right now already retired.



K: Taan thaethaix,  sikafn bQzar, thvy kQq o'of. khvoax`khylaai, kiongbQeq



   Mrs. Taan, time is getting late, sky is also dark. It looks like going to



   lQqho. Goar aix laikhix aq. (Larn u kihoe ciaq-kQq kviebin.)



   rain. I have to go. (We have chance again to see each other.)



T: KQeh'SiQfciar, mxbiern khehkhix. Zaehoe.



   Ms. KQeh, you are welcome. So long.

 



Oexkux Liexnsip (Pattern Drill):

 

tQfui? (Where?)



	Lie bQeq khix tQfui? (Where are you going?)



	Goar bQeq khix ...    (I am going to .....)



	Lie si tuy tQfui laai`ee?  (Where are you coming from?)



	Goar si tuy ...... laai`ee. ( am from....)



iafsi? (or?)



	Lie bQeq thagzheq iafsi bQeq chittQo? 



	(Do you like studying or playing?)

                

	Lie aeciah Taioaan-liauxlie iafsi (aeciah) Jidpurn-liauxlie? 

            

	(Do you like to eat Taiwanese Cuisine or (like to eat ) Japanese Cuisine?)



...`bQo?  (or not?)



	Lie u kah'ix`bQo? (Do you like it or not?)



	Lie u aeciah` bQo? (Do you like to eat or not?)



Mxzay ... joaxkuo? (how long?)



	Mxzay aix suilie joaxkuo ciah'Qe hQr? 



	(Don't know how long does it takes to repair?)



	Mxzay joaxkuo ciah'Qe kaux? 



	(Don't know how long will be there?)

 

Mxzay ... symmih? (what?)



	Mxzay aix suilie symmih? (Don't know what have  to repair?)



	Mxzay u symmih taixcix? (Don't know what is happened?)



...pie .... khaq...(...ier than...)



	Goar pie lie khahsuie.  (I am prettier than you are.)



	Lie pie goar khahkhiao. (You are smarter than I am.)  



...pie .... khaq...ma khap....(...ier and ...ier than...)



	Lie pie goar khahkhiao ma khahgaau. 



	(You are smarter and better than I am.)



	Y pie padlaang lorng khaq phahpviax ma khaq sengkofng. 



	(He work harder and is also more successful than others.)



kofzar ...., citmar ......(before..... , and now......)



	Goar kofzar aix uxntoxng, citmar bQaix`aq. 



	(I used to like to exercise, now I don't.)



	Kofzar ciaf u cidtiaau kaw, citmar lorng piernzoex lo aq. 

	

	(Before, there is a small creek here, now it changed into a road.)



Zokgiap (Homework):

 

Zwnpi goxkux bQeq kab laang segsai ee Qe, iwkoafn thvikhix kab herngzhux. 

Qexsae iong mng ee, ma Qexsae iong korng ee.



Prepare 5 conversation sentences regarding weather and hobby. 

They can be either questions or statements.

 

 

OextQee (Conversation starter):





1.      Lie si tuy tQfui laai`ee? (Where are you from?)

        Lie bQeq khix tQfui? (Wher are you going?)



2.      Miaa (name)



3.      Kauthofng (traffic)



4.      Ciahmih/Zhanthviaf (food/restaurents)



5.      Khiehau (weather)



6.      Citgiap (profession)



7.	Herngzhux (hobby)