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Shanghainese phrases (specific ones - not found in other posts)


PandaRoo

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Hi everyone!

My name is PandaRoo, and I am a speaker of Cantonese.

I would like to learn a few Shanghainese phrases that I haven't found in other threads/websites.

Could you please provide me with Romanised transliterations for the Shanghainese (accompaniment with audio would be best :mrgreen: )

These are:

why

today, yesterday, tomorrow

you are pretty

and

this is fun

I will go to...

clever

China

Hong Kong

Asia

ugly

which one?

stop lying!

tell the truth

funny

should (ying gai)

do (zuo)

monday, tuesday...etc

Thankyou very much!

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Hi, Roo, here is your Shanghainese phrases(the romanization will use the english correspondencies, and the additional ' after consonants denotes aspiration while the default is without aspiration like p t k in speak, start and skate. Note: it's only an approximation ):

why= way-sah

today= chin-tsaw (chin-tsaw)

yesterday= zoh-nyih

tomorrow = mun-tsaw

you are pretty = Noong law phioh-liang uh

and= t'uh,tah

this is fun = guh-eh meh haw-buh-shahn eh

I will go to...= ngoo ueh ch'ee uh

clever = ts'oong-min

China= tsoong-koh

Hong Kong= shahng-kong

Asia=yah-tso (o in so)

ugly= neh-k'ö (German ö, like ir in bird)

which one? = a-lee uh

stop lying!= Vioh pee-ngoo luh

tell the truth = kong tsen-woo

funny = wah-chee

should (ying gai)= in-keh

do (zuo) = tsoo

monday= lee-pa ih/liang/seh/s/ng/loh/thee

For more information, you can go to wu-chinese.com/bbs for answers.:D

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