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Some Phrases in My Tongue of My Hometown
I'm a Chinese native but Chinese also contains lots of dialects like famous Cantonese. But the dialect in the area where I was born and spent my childhood is less famous than Cantonese, it is called "Chaoshanese" by people or "Chaozhouhua".
There are some phrases in it used frequently during this Chinese New Year with similar formation of "being with one identity", which I think are worth to sharing with you.
And I will also show you some Chinese customs in this notebook.
“做仔婿” is being a son-in-law. In the 2th day of the first lunar day (also the 2th day of Chinese New Year), wives should be back to their home (wives' home =娘家 in Mandarin if anyone ask) with their husbands and to spend these days with their parents with happiness. But 做仔婿 is set for husbands but means this visiting of the whole family.
"做人客" is being a guest. In Mandarin, guests should be expressed as 客人, but in Chaoshanese, 人客 and 客人 are both acceptable and the former is the more common one. People here always say, 你爱去地块做人客?(Where will you visit?/Who are you going to visit?)
Here are two examples; I dont want to write down too much, because people who are interested in it may contact me directly.
The explanation of 你爱去地块做人客 is below:
你=you (singular)
爱去=“want to” in English/要去、准备去、打算去 in Mandarin
地块=“(the exact place or people) where/who” in English/哪里、谁 in Mandarin.
做人客 can be referred above.
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