Lesson 2 - Fruits & Adjectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

have / don’t have

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Grammar

Grammar 1 : - have / don’t have 有 / 没有

Do you have a banana? du u giang jio bo?

I don’t have a banana. nong bo giang jio.

Grammar 2 : - Chinese Particles

Like Mandarin, particles are essential in Hainanese. Their use greatly affects the meaning and tone of a sentence.

1. 啦 [la]

• a versatile and conflicting one that can be used to soften tone when conveying a sense of urging or add assertion in a statement. 


2. 吗 [bo]

•  Used at the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question.


3. 了 [liao]

• Indicates completion or a change of state  with multiple nuanced meanings depending on context.


4. 啊  [a]

•  used to express emotion, making statements sound friendlier, and soften the tone of questions.

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DIALOGUE

• A : Do you have oranges?

  B : No more. 

  A : Do you have apples?

  B : Yes. it’s here.

  A : It’s really small.

  B : Not small! Very big!

• HAINANESE ROMANIZED ( expand )

  A : du u ga bo?

  B : bo liao

  A : du u a bu bo?

  B : u. du jia di.

  A : jin niao la

  B : bo niao la. Jin dua la

• PRACTICE ( expand )

  Substitute with the following: 

  Apples /  small / big

  Banana /  few / many

  Mango / sour / sweet 

  Mangosteen  / not delicious / delicious  

• A : Do you have time?

  B : Sorry. I don't have time, not free.

  A : Do you have money?

  B : I have. It’s mom’s.

  A : You have a good life. I don’t even have anything.

• HAINANESE ROMANIZED ( expand )

  A : du u di gan bo?

  B : doi bo hi. Bo di gan, bo ai. 

  A : du u ji bor?

  B : nong u ji. Di a ma gai ji。

  A : du jin o mia. gwa mi lo bo.

• PRACTICE ( expand )

  Use the following to practice the above dialogue.

  1. Mom’s money  

  2. Father’s car  

  3. Elder Brother’s toys  

  4. Elder Sister’s dog   

  5. Younger Brother’s cat  

  6. Younger Sister’s book  

READING 

• I am Xiao Wan.

  I have an elder brother. I have an elder sister.

  I don’t have young brother. I don’t have younger sister. 

  I am the youngest.

  I don’t like my elder brother. 

  He often scolded me.

• HAINANESE ROMANIZED ( expand )

  nong di xiao wan

  nong u a gor. nong u a ze.

  nong bo a di . nong bo a moi

  nong di xiang ngiau

  nong bo dang nong a gor.

  yi diao lo me nong.

• PRACTICE ( expand )

  Reading Practice : - Talk about your own family or friends

VOCABULARY

• FRUITS (click to expand)

  1. fruit xiu ji

  2. apple a bu

  3. banana giang jio

  4. coconut ia ji

  5. durian liu lian

  6. mango suai

  7. mangosteen mang ied

  8. orange ga

  9. papaya oun gwae

  10. pear pear

  11. pineapple wang lai

  12. rambutan ang mo tan

  13. watermelon dai guay

• ADJECTIVES (click to expand)

  1. big dua

  2. few jjio

  3. many do-e

  4. not delicious bo or jia

  5. small niao

  6. sour dui

  7. sweet diam

• CLOTHES ( expand )

  1. clothes da

  2. buttoned shirt ggam ma jjiak

  3. dress gon

  4. glasses mak gia

  5. hat loi

  6. pants ho

  7. shoes oi

  8. skirt bua gon

  9. t-shirt dda

• OTHERS ( expand )

  1. boss hao gay

  2. here jia di

  3. No more. bo liao

  4. often an diao

  5. it's so difficult jia ddor or

  6. youngest xiang ngiau (comparison) /dui giau (formal)

  7. oldest xiang dua / dui dua

PRACTICE

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