星期沪 – Some basics October 30 2009 4 comments

The following are three phrases that you’ll hear on a regular basis. They go right up there with 侬好. Today we’re skipping the IPA and going with simple Shanghainese pinyin.

Shang²yhu⁵fhak³ji¹
zã² ɦyø⁵ vəʔ³ ʨi¹
长远勿见
好久不见
Long time no see.

Nong²³ dao³⁴ shang²he⁴ ji³ho⁴ shen²guang⁵lak¹
侬到上海几化辰光了？
你来上海多少时间了？
How long have you been in Shanghai?

Fiao³ kak³qi⁴
覅客气
不客气
Not at all.

Mak⁴ gue⁵xi³ge¹
没关系个
没关系

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   Karan Misra, October 30, 2009:

   This is good. I can actually read this Pinyin, or at least make a much better guess as to what it sounds like. I think you should transcribe future entries in this Shanghainese Pinyin (you can throw in IPA if you want to be a stickler).

   
   
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   Kellen, October 30, 2009:

   Glad to hear it. I’ll keep it in mind.

   I’d love to use both all the time but it means a lot of time spent with my nose in a dictionary, cross referencing things. I’ve had complaints about the IPA before though so I’m making efforts to keep things legible.

   
   
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   Robin, October 31, 2009:

   Aww, I preferred the IPA, it seems a lot more accurate than the Shanghai pinyin… I guess I will get used to it if you keep posting in this format though.

   
   
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   Kellen, October 31, 2009:

   Haha I’ve been busy this week so I didn’t have much time to prepare this. In the future when I’m less busy I’ll just try to do both.

   
   

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