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Learn to Speak Penang Hokkien




Learn to Speak Penang Hokkien is a series of lessons created to help you gain familiarity with spoken Penang Hokkien and to speak it in places where Penang Hokkien is used.

Each lesson comprises a short dialogue with audio output on demand. Listen to the audio as many times as necessary, then proceed to the Exercise Section where you translate similar sentences orally into Penang Hokkien.

Make use of the Penang Hokkien Dictionary and Penang Hokkien Vocabulary to expand your vocabulary, and go through the lessons in Learn to Write Penang Hokkien to make sense of the grammar and tone changes. Each sentence in the Exercise Section has audio answers on demand. You are strongly encouraged to listening to the answers only after you have attempted the sentences in Penang Hokkien on your own.

The Lessons

  1. "What is your name?" in Penang Hokkien
  2. "Where do you live?" in Penang Hokkien
  3. "Where do you come from?" in Penang Hokkien
  4. "Where job do you do?" in Penang Hokkien

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