Re: Hag ga fa

[sllee <sllee@asiawind.com>]

Michael,

There is a reference(books...) section on my webpage. You can also visit
Lim Kon Liong's page. He sells audiotapes and books.

SL Lee   
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Michael Bauer wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> I am writing on behalf of a friend who has no access to the internet.
> She is a Hakka from Malaysia and has married a german; they both have a
> five year old daughter. The mother dearly wishes to teach Hakka to the
> daughter, but as there is NO Hakka speaking community in Munich, the
> daughter is starting to loose the little Hakka she knows, simply because
> of the inability to speak it with other people except her mother.
> Do you know of any teching materials that could be used to strenthen her
> knowledge in hakka, like dictionaries, childrens books, tapes etc, or
> whom I should ask or maybe where on the Net I could find information...I
> have tried, but without any results.
> Hoping you will be able to help
> Oh, and concerning the cantonese influence...I am not sure if this is
> just caused by convergent development, but I have noticed the following
> similarities:
> pronouns: ngai      	ngoo
>           ngi       	nei (noe these two are definetily convergent
> developments from Middle chinese nga' and ni')
>         ki     	khoei
>   	teu	tei (plural personal marker)
> 	m      	m (not)
> ...sorry, I have to go offline, but I'll go through the list some time
> and send you more)
> Thank you very much
> Gung hei faat tsooi
>