Lesson 19: Di to loh ken ninn tao?

Dialogue 1
Anna : Mark, chiok di sing tan khuai lok. Din chiunn uann ke ninn tao?

Mark : Anna, sing tan khuai lok. Gun tiam tsu lai khing chiok ninn tao. Bo khi gua khao

chiah lo.

Anna : Bo ko kiao lang khueh. Ani kha ho se. Din chiah siann?

Mark : Gun chiah he e.

Anna : Tsin thiak. Din e he e u siann mi diao?

Mark : Gun chiah hai sien. U hi, he, tsim, kap ling he.

Anna : Huan ho chiah a! Di sua lo khi tioh chio gua.

Mark : E tsue dit a. Di tsuk kok a. Din khi to loh ke ninn tao?

Anna : Gun khi Hiong Kang tse gun e tsin chia.

Mark : Hiong kang khing chiok sing tan u lao diet bo?

Anna : A si lao diet. M ko bo nan chia e lao diet.

Mark : Gua tsun ninn a si khi Hiong kang. A si tiam chia khing chiok kha ho.

Vocabulary
 chiok wish
 sing tan Christmas
 khuai lok Merry, Happy
 gua khao outside
 khueh Fil. siksikan
 he e hotpot
 thiak amazing
 diao ingredients
 hai sien seafood
 hi fish
 he shrimp
 tsim crab
  ling he lobster
 sua lo khi next time
 tsuk kok travelled abroad
 tsin chia relatives
 ninn tao Christmas season
 lao diet festive
 tsun ninn two years ago

Dialogue 2
Mark : Khue bu, kiong hee kiong hee! Sinn ninn khuai lok!
Auntie : Mark, kiong hee! Di tsa am chiunn uann ke ninn?
Mark : Gun khi chiah pan toh. Gua e a peh chiann. Din ni?
Auntie : A si sang. M ko si gua chiann. To khi gua huai sun na pang ien he.
Mark : Kin nann ia tsu bi pang ien he. U pang pao bo?
Auntie : Tsai si ma bo. Gun m pat pang pao. Ia ien kho ia tsa.
Mark : Din tsu pinn u pang bo?
Auntie : U a. Na u huat? Sui ran kong bue tsue dit pang, in a si pang pao.
Mark : Ki ninn pang kha chio lo. Kui le pai le loh ho.
Auntie : Chiu si a. A bo ia hun. Gua phi tio hun gua e he ku.
Mark : Khue bu. Gua sing tan le but din be tho gua.
Auntie : Sing tan ke lo. Nan bo sann tu. Bo sng giah lo. Di tan tsi ninn e sing tan.

Vocabulary
 sinn ninn New year
 tsa am last night
 pan toh lauriat
 sun na grandchildren
 pang light up
 ien he fire works
 pao fire crackers
 kui whole
 loh ho raining
 phi tioh smell
 he ku asthma
 le but gift
 tho give
 ke passed
 sann tu meet
 bo sng giah forfeited