Language Guide

• Pronunciation - How to pronounce Teochew words, and how to read the phonetic spellings used in this guide
• Numbers and counting - Numbers, dates, time, money
• Personal pronouns – You and I (and many more)
• Demonstrative pronouns – This and That
• Location and direction - Where things are located, going to, or coming from.
• Terms of address – Titles, what to call relatives, common surnames
• Classifiers and gai5 個
• Questions
• Polite language
• Comparisons, degrees, and quantity
• Coordination - Joining together phrases to make complex sentences
• Auxiliary verbs - Verbs that “help” other verbs
• Negatives - Different ways to say “no”
• Verbal complements
• Aspect and time expressions - How to talk about time
• Passives
• Particles - Small words that mean a lot
• Loan words - Loan words and vocabulary unique to Overseas Teochew