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Nursery Rhyme #1: Tam4
tam4 zyun3
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Listen to the nursery rhymeThis is a popular nursery rhyme
that my mother used to recite to my siblings and me when we were
young.
| 1 | tam4
tam4
zyun3,
guk1
faa1
jyun4, |
| ball
ball spin
chrysanthemum
flower garden |
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| Go round and round; chrysanthemum garden; |
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| 2 | caau2
mai5
beng2,
no6
mai5
tyun4. |
| fry
rice
cookie glutinous
rice roll |
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| fried rice cakes; glutinous rice rolls; |
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| 3 | a3
ma1
giu3
ngo5 tai2
lung4 syun4, |
| FAM
mother call 1.S
look
dragon boat |
|
| mother asked me to go watch the dragon boats,
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| 4 |
ngo5
m4 tai2,
tai2
gai1 zai2,
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| 1.S NEG
look look
chicken child |
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| I didn't go, I went to look at little chicks,
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| 5 |
gai1
zai2
daai6, ling1
heoi3 maai6. |
| chicken
child
big
bring
go
sell |
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| the little chicks were big, let's go sell
them, |
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| 6 |
maai6 dak1
gei2 do1
cin4? |
| sell
get how
much money |
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| how much can we sell them for? |
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| 7 |
maai6 dak1
leong3
go3 cin4, |
| sell
get 2.COUNT
CL money |
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| We can sell them for two qian |
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| 8 |
dak1
loi4 maai5
gou1 jau6 maai5 jim4. |
| get
come buy
cake and
buy salt |
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| and use that to buy cakes and salt. |
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