Zhux

Zef si goarn-taw (= gurn-taw ).

This is our house.



Lirn ee zhux cyn-suie.

(cyn-suosi, cviaa-toaxkefng, cviaa-sQeakefng )

Your house is very pretty.

(very comfortable, very big, very small) 



BQo`laq! Zef si cidkefng phofthofng ee zhux naxnia.

Not at all! This is a normal house that's all.



Mxbiern khehkhix`laq. 

	Lie khvoax, zef si cidee nngxsvix ee mngg.

Don't be humble. You see, this is a double-door.



HQr`laq, maix kQq QlQr`laq.  

	Chviar lirn jiblaai laixbin ze.

All right, don't keep flattering. 

	Please you come inside to sit.



Zhux-laixbin ee cviarpeeng si khehthviaf (= langkheq-thviaf).  

House-inside's right hand side is living room.



TQrpeeeng si pngxthviaf (= ciaqpng-thviaf). 

Left hand side is eating-room (dinning room).



A'Beeng, u langkheq laai Qx!  

	(Chviar lie) ka thang'ar phahkhuy.

A'Beeng, (we) have guests come. 

	(Please you) have windows opened.



Citkefng zhux ee lauthuy ti cviartiofng (cviartiong'ngf).

This house's staircase locates in the middle.



Laai, chviar laai ciaf ze. 

Come, please come here and sit. 



Citciaq phorng'ie sidzai (si) cyn-nngr.  

	Ze tiQh cyn-sofngkhoaix.

This sofa really (is) very soft. 

	Sitting (feels) very comfortable and delightful. 



Chviar mng, lirn ee sQefchiuo-kefng (si) ti tQfui?

Please ask, your wash-hands-room (is) at where?



Piexnsor (si) ti chiakhox ee pvi'ar, zaokhaf ee thauzeeng.

Convenience-place (is) at garage's side, kitchen's front.



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A'Beeng, chviar lie phangtee laai ho langkheq lym. 

A'Beeng, please you hold tee come for guests to drink.



Lofngzorng aix goxpoef tee.

Totally needs 5 cups of tea.



(Mxzay) lirn citkefng zhux lofngzorng u kuykefng pangkefng?

(Don't know) your this house total has how many bed rooms?



Citkefng zhux lofngzorng u siekefng pangkefng.

This house total has 4 bed rooms.



Svakefng (si) ti lauterng, cidkefng (si) ti laukhaf.

Three rooms (are) in the upstair, one (is) in the downstair.



Laukhaf ee pangkefng zQx zhehpaang (= zupaang).

Downstair's bedroom uses as study room.



Zhehpaang laixbin u cidciaq tQh'ar, cidciaq yar,

Study room's inside has one table, one chair,



cidtaai tiexnsi, cidtaai tiexn'oe, kab cidtaai tiexnnao. 

one TV, one computer, and one telephone.



Mxkuo bQo binzhngg ma bQo cymthaau.

But there is no bed nor pillows.



Chviar mng, citkefng zhux karm u hoehngg?

Please ask, does this house have a garden?



U, Chiakhox ee auxbin tQ si hoehngg.

Yes, garage's back exactly is the garden.



Laai, laai, laai. Chviar taixkef mxbiern khehkhix, 

	zQrhQea laai limtee.

Come, come, come. Please everybody don't feel tight, 

	together come to drink tea. 





Syn ee Gwsuu ( New Vocabulary ): 



zhux			taw

goarn		<->	lirn, yn

kefng			citkefng		cidkefng		toaxkefng		sQeakefng	

toa		<->	sQex	

suosi 

phofthofng 

naxnia

svix			nngxsvix

mngg

QlQr

jip		->	jiblaai	<->	zhud	->		zhutkhix	

bin			laixbin	<->	goaxbin 	

			tefngbin	<->	exbin

			cviarbin	<->	tQrbin

cviarpeeng	<->   tQrpeeeng  

kheq		->	khehthviaf   	langkheq-thviaf

			khehpaang		langkheq-paang

png		->	pngxthviaf		ciaqpng-thviaf	

thafng	->	thang'ar	->	thang'afmngg

phaq		->	phahkhuy

khuy		<->	kvoay

laau		->	lauthuy		lauterng		laukhaf

tiofng		tiong'ngf

cviax		->	cviartiofng		cviartiong'ngf

ciaf			hiaf		

cidee			cidciaq		cidtaai		

phorng'ie

nngr		<->	teng

sofngkhoaix

sQefchiuo-kefng	piexnsor

chiakhox

pvi'ar

zaokhaf

thauzeeng

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phaang	->	phangtee		phangpng

lym		->	limtee

lofngzorng

poef

pangkefng

kuie		->	kuykefng		kuy'ee		kuytiarm

zhehpaang		zupaang

tQh'ar	<->		yar

tien		->	tiexnsi		tiexn'oe		tiexnnao

binzhngg		

cymthaau

hoehngg

zQrhQea

cit, 		nng, 		svaf, 	six, 		go

cidee,	nngxee,	sva'ee,	sie'ee,	goxee





Oexkux Liexnsip (Pattern Drill): 



Zef si ... (This is ...)

Hef si ... (That is ...)

	Zef si goar ee pangkefng. (This is my room.)

	Hef si larn ee chiaf. (That is our car.)



... tQfui? (Where?)

	Lie ee zhux ti tQfui? (Your house locates where?)

	TQfui si lie ee zhux? (Where is your house?)	



..... u kuy.... (How many?)

	Citkefng zhux u kuyee laang? (This house has how many people?)

	Ciaf u kuykefng zhux? (Here has how many houses?)



...bQo...ma bQo.... (...no....nor...)

	Goar bQo zhux ma bQo chiaf. 

	(I don't have a house nor have a car.)

	Goar bQo ciaqpng ma bQo limtee.	

	(I don't eat nor drink tea.)



...karm ...? (ask for confirmation)

	Lie karm ciaqpar`aq (Have you eaten yet?)

	Citkefng karm si lie ee zhux? (Is this your house?)



	

Zokgiap (Homework): 

In Taiwanese, different units are used for different objects. 

Please Use correct units for the following objects:

	one house -

	two doors - 			

	double-door -

	three chairs -

	four TVs -

	five cups of tea - 



What vacabularies that you learned in this lesson 

	that are used to describe the relative locations?



Describe your house and the objects in rooms.