Mar 26, 2007

霖 Lin




"霖". 客家话的问侯词, 也是加强词.
("Lin" is a greeting word in Hakka. It can be used to emphasize a sentence too.)

每次当听到啊凡(傻冷介绍的朋友)拿起电话, 如果是哑比的朋友打来, 或他打去, 他说客家人喜欢先被称呼"霖西". 就像有了地位的那一种感觉.
(Sharon's friend, Fan always greets his KK's friends with this word on phone. He said Hakka speaker likes to be addressed as "Lin-C". It shows higher in status.)


然后, 如果听不清楚对方讲什么, 或不爽对方所讲的, 那么你可以说:"你 嗰嗯 买霖 啊?"
那么那人会重复他刚刚所说的, 或是知道你不爽了!
(But if you wanted the person to repeat what has been said on phone, or you are not "shiok" with what the person said, you can then say "Mai-Lin Ah!". By then the person will repeat what he just said or the person might know you are not "Shiok".

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