Expressing Duration in Penang Hokkien
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Having learned to express time, we next learn to express duration in Penang Hokkien.
Question Words related to Duration
cor
3
ku
4 [tsɔ-ku]
: how long (a time)
ti
3
si
2 [tsɔ-ku]
: how long (a time), also pronounced
ki
3
si
2
liau
4 [liau]
: already
ceng
2 [tseŋ]
: ago
Short durations
pnua
3 [puã]
: half
miau
4 [miau]
: second(s)
-leh
3
ji
3 [le-dzi]
: minute(s), colloquial reading
hun
3
ceng
1 [hun-tseŋ]
: minute(s), literary reading
tiam
1
ceng
1 [tiam-tseŋ]
: hour
Long durations
jit
1 [dzit]
: day
meh
2 [mɛ]
: night
leh
1
pai
3 [le-pai]
: week
goay
1 [goeʔ]
: month
ni
2 [ni]
: year
Questions & Answers
Ie
1
lai
2
cor
2
ku
4?
How long does he come?
("he - comes - how long")
Ie
1
lai
2
nor
3
jit
1.
He comes for two days.
("he - comes - two - days")
Ee
1
lai
2
cor
2
ku
4?
How long does she come?
("she - comes - how long")
Ee
1
lai
2
snar
3
tiam
1
ceng
1
liau
4.
She came three hours already.
("she - came - three - hours - already")
Ki
3
si
2
ie
1
lai
2?
When did he come?
("when - he - come ?")
Ie
1
lai
2
pnua
1
tiam
1
ceng
1
liau
4.
He came half an hour already.
("He - came - half - hour - already")
Ie
1
lai
2
cit
3
tiam
1
ceng
1
liau
4.
He came one hour already.
("He - came - one - hour - already")
Ie
1
lai
2
cit
3
tiam
1
ceng
3
pnua
3
liau
4.
He came one and a half hours already.
("He - came - one - hour - half - already")
Ie
1
lai
2
kau
1
-leh
3
ji
3
liau
4.
He came 45 minutes already.
(colloquial form)
("He - came - nine - classifier - words - already")
Ie
1
lai
2
see
1
-cap
3
-gor
3
hun
3
ceng
1
liau
4.
He came 45 minutes already.
(literary form)
("He - came - 45 - minutes - already")
Ie
1
lai
2
snar
3
jit
3
ceng
2.
He came three days ago.
("He - came - three - days - ago")
Ie
1
lai
2
teng
1
leh
1
pai
3.
He came last week.
("He - came - previous - week")
Ie
1
lai
2
teng
1
goay
1.
He came last month.
("He - came - previous - month")
Ie
1
lai
2
cit
3
goay
1
liau
4.
He came one month already.
("He - came - one - month - already")
Ie
1
lai
2
cit
3
ni
3
ceng
2.
He came one year ago.
("He - came - one - year - ago")
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