ꠢꠣꠁꠘꠣꠘꠤ ꠌꠣꠄꠘꠤꠎ ꠝꠣꠔ (ꠌꠤꠘꠣ: 海南话; hai-nam-oe
Varieties of Hainanese Chinese.
Hello.
. ( du o ) 汝好
Hello. (informal )
. (du o bo ? ) 汝好无 ?
ꠇꠤꠔꠣ ꠈꠛꠞ ?
? ( du dai dou )
Fine, thank you.
o, dia dia. ( 好谢谢 )
What is your name?
(lu kio mi mia ? 你 叫么名 ? )
ꠝꠞ ꠘꠣꠝ______ .
(ꠘꠣng kai mia kio to name 侬个名叫做 (name Formal vs Informal
侬/儂 ꠘꠣng - Formal
Used with elders (parents, grandparents, etc), teachers, strangers, etc
我 gua - Informal
Used with siblings, friends, etc. Please.
sia. ( 请 )
Thank you.
無該/无该 bo kai
You're ꠀꠃꠇ꠆ꠇꠣ.
. ( bo jong khek khui ) 无用客气
Excuse me. (getting attention )
. ( sia mui ) 请问
Excuse me. (begging pardon )
. ( dui bo khi ) 对不起
I'm sorry.
wa ho sor
ꠛꠤꠖꠣꠄ
tai gii. (再见 )
I can't speak Hainanese.
[ ]. (wa bo bat gong hai-nam-oe ) 我不会讲海南话
Do you speak English?
? ( lu oi gong eng boon bo? ) 你会讲英文无 ?
Is there someone here who speaks English?
? ( zhe lè oo nang oi gong eng boon bo? ) 这里有人会讲英文无 ?
Help!
! ( kiu mia / kiu nang ! ) 救命/救人
Look out!
! ( ! ) mor hor
Good morning.
. ( ) hor yet 早上好。
Good evening.
. ( ) hor mair 晚上好。
Good night.
. ( ) mei an 晚安
Good night (to sleep )
. ( ) ku koi hor 晚安
I don't understand.
. (wa bo oi) wa bor dai 我不明白。
Where is the toilet?
公房佇帶？/公房伫带？ gong bang du dair
