It’s Saturday. A month ago it was recommended, probably without even the slightest hint of seriousness, that it become Shanghainese Saturday (since dubbed 星期沪). It started with an unprecedented level of news on Shanghainese, all in one day. Now each Saturday you can learn a couple useful phrases in Shanghainese jut by being on Twitter.

Today’s phrases:
English: Happy to meet you.
普通话：很高兴见到你
上海话：老开心碰到侬
Pronunciation: lao kai xin bang dao nong

English: What is your reason for coming to Shanghai?
普通话：您到上海来的目的是什么？
上海话：侬到上海来做啥？
Pronunciation: nong dao sang hai lai zu sa

The older ones seem to have been lost in the ether, however I do still have the first which comes from an earlier post on this blog.

English: Have you eaten?
普通话：你吃饭了没有？
上海话：侬饭吃过了吗？
Pronunciation: nong ve chi gu la va
IPA:noŋ¹³ vɛ¹³ tɕ’iɪʔ⁵ ku³⁴ lɑʔ² vəʔ²

The tweets were originally under the hashtag #shsat but since that’s an acronym otherwise in use on Twitter, future tweets with be under #shsaturday. You can receive these tweets by following @annalsofwu. I promise not to tweet about my latest mundane life details if you do.