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Re: hakka: A Hakka writer in Taiwan
Poong wrote:
> This was such an interesting post.
> However, I noticed that the Hakka words were very different from the hakka
> I learned as a child. How many different Hakka dilects are there?
> --Francis Poong
>
> At 10:29 PM 7/13/98 +0800, CHUNG Yoon-Ngan wrote:
> >
> >
> > A Hakka writer in Taiwan
> >
> > On page five in a Taiwanese newspaper called Central Daily News (Zhong
> >Yang Ri4 Bao4) dated 15th June 1998 there is an article by Zhang Fang4
> >about a novel written by a Hakka author whose name is Zeng Shu-Zhen.
> >The book is entitled "Tong4 Xi Qiu Shan4" (my translation: Sadly
> >Agonizing Over The Lost Of A Summer Fan).
> >
> > Zeng Shu-Zhen is a Hakka woman who was born and grew up in a Hakka
> >village near the Hakka city of Miao2 Li4 which is about eighty
> >kilometers south of Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. Her book is full of
> >Hakka nursery rhymes and ancient Hakka language, according to Zhang
> >Fang4. She also described the industrious, virtuous and ethical
> >morality of village Hakka women.
> >
> >Some of her Hakka language (in pinyin by me):
> >
> >By Zeng Shu-Zhen my lousy translation
> >---------------- ----------------------
> >
> >Yi Zhang Tai2, A table,
> >Si4 Si4 Fang Fang Yi Zhang Tai2, A square table,
> >Nian2 Nian2 Du4 Shu An3 Ye3 Lai2. Yearly I used it for studying.
> >
> >Nin2 Du4 San Nian2 Bu4 Shi2 Zi4, You after studying for three years
> > knew not a character.
> >Wo3 Du4 San Nian2 Jin4 Xiu4 Cai2. I after studying for three years
> > became a scholar.
> >
> >
> >Xian Sheng Jiao4 Wo3 Ren2 Zhi Chu, Teacher taught me human beings in the
> > beginning were,
> >An3 Jiao4 Xian Sheng Da3 Shan Zhu, I taught teacher how to hunt wild pig,
> >Shan Zhu Piao Guo4 He2, The wild pig crossed the river,
> >Die Dao4 Xian Sheng Bei4 Tuo2 Tuo2. Teacher felt down with a sore back.
> >
> >
> >Hope I can get that book from a Chinese bookshop in China town.
> >
> >CHUNG Yoon-Ngan.
In China, there are about 400 hakka languages existing currently. How to
united hakka's power/emotion is a big problem, if there is no any hakka media
on mountain area. Although it has, it does not broadcast hakkas that makes
hakka languages to disappear year to year.
Lim KonLiong - Hakka Monthly Home Page Publisher
To Improve The Hakka Living Environment all over the world
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Speaking Hakka is as important as listening and reading
Singing a Hakka song is the easiest way to learn Hakka
Actively purchasing Hakka material, is the only way to continue the
improvement
http://www.hakkamag.com.tw
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