How do I use Taiwan Mandarin ending particles?
I've been watching Taiwanese shows, and I notice that they add little sounds like "ah" and "la" and something like "se" and "wa." What are these for and how do I know when to use them? Thank you.I mean, just in Taiwan. I already know about the "r" sounds in Beijing and northern China.

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How do I use Taiwan Mandarin ending particles?
I've been watching Taiwanese shows, and I notice that they add little sounds like "ah" and "la" and something like "se" and "wa."  What are these for and how do I know when to use them?  Thank you.I mean, just in Taiwan.  I already know about the "r" sounds in Beijing and northern China.

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They're meaningless filler vocalizations. You'll probably pick some of them up just by watching your shows. They have others too, like in 北京 they commonly tack an "儿" on to the end of...basically anything. So, ”一点“ becomes "一点儿” (pronounced "yi diar")  "好玩“ becomes "好玩儿” (hao war)

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It is just a  habit in dialect or in a area.

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Which particles mean which mood?

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Basically, it depends on the tone and mood you wanna speak, and it is fine if you don't use any
ending particles.

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新加坡英語 Singlish 與 台灣國語 有何關聯? 
台灣二大族群:  閩南移民(1) 與 客家移民(2)
新加坡華裔前四大族群 : 亦是 閩南移民(1) 與 客家移民(4)  
均分操 閩南語 與 客家話  
故語言表現有其相似之處

閩南語 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Nan
客家話 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakka_Chinese
新加坡華裔 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Singaporean
台灣族群 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_people

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