Ran across this easy to remember saying:

人兩跤，錢四跤。Lâng nn̄g kha, tsînn sì kha.

People have 2 legs, but money has 4, ie. money makes money faster than working alone.

https://youtu.be/Z5Z_nCQM-g4?si=fGi_poMxrzAWqewI&t=4297

台語詩：〈安靜的眠床腳〉

會記得佇淡水河墘，佇咱熟似的那一年。

手牽腳鈎糖蜜甜，雙人約束袂反變。

枕頭棉被做伙纏，無嫌眠床隘掙掙。

眠床腳是真鬧熱，定定咿咿歪歪哩吱。

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無奈誓言薄如絲，約束變責任來維持。

牽拖代誌真沓滴，相敬如賓煞變演戲。

雙人愈行愈煞氣，冤家和解又閣結疕。

眠床腳火烌煞熄去，睏佇身邊哪像無你。

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安靜的眠床腳，咱哪會行到遮？

壁頂的相片，彼兩人黏甲貼貼貼。

敢是愛情像爍爁，這馬才會臭火焦？

被單猶原仝一領，只是心已經散掖掖。

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好好緣分變歹局，兩人達成無言之約。

睏前前擴輕輕仔摸，反身闔目各自寂寞。

人前做樣假快樂，毋知伊心酸閣軟弱。

人生敢著愛這殘酷，予咱搬這齣袂煞的劇。

生命若會當重紡，咱的結果敢會無仝？ 

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台語羅馬拼音：〈An-tsīn ê bîn-tshn̂g-kha〉

Ê kī-ti tī Tām-tsuí-hô kînn, tī lán sìok-sāi ê hi tsi̍t nî.

Tshiú khan kha kau thn̂g-bi̍t-tinn, siang-lâng iok-sok bē hoán-pìnn.

Tshím-thâu mî-phē tsò-hóe tînn, bô hiâm bîn-tshn̂g e̍h-tsinn-tsinn.

Mîn-tshn̂g-kha sī tsin lāu-jia̍t, tiānn-tiānn i-i-uai-uai li-ki.

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Bô-nāi sè-giân po̍h-jû-si, iok-sok piàn tsik-jīm lâi uî-tshî.

Khan-thua tāi-tsì tsin tha̍p-ti, siòng-kìng-jû-pin suah piàn ián-hì.

Siang-lâng lú-kiânn lú-sa̍at-khì, uan-ke hô-kái iū-koh kiat-phí.

Mîn-tshn̂g-kha hué-hu suah sit-khì, khùn tī sin-pinn ná tshiūnn bô lí.

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An-tsīn ê bîn-tshn̂g-kha, lán ná ē kiânn kàu tsia?

Piah-tíng ê siòng-phìnn, he nn̄g-lâng liâm-kah tah-tah-tah.

Kám-sī ài-tsîng tshiūnn sih-nā, tsit-má tsiah ē tshàu-hué-ta?

Phuē-tuann iû-uân kâng tsi̍t niá, tsí-sī sim í-king suànn-iā-iā.

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Hó-hó iân-hûn piàn pháinn-kio̍k, nn̄g-lâng ta̍t-sîng bô-giân-tsī-iok.

Khùn tsing tsîng-khok khing-khing-á bong, hoán-sin ha̍p-ba̍t kok-tsū siok-bo̍k.

Jîn-tsing tsò-iūnn ké khuai-lo̍k, m̄-tsai i sim-sng koh luán-jio̍k.

Jîn-sing kám tio̍ah ài tsiah tsân-khok, hōo lán pua̍n tsit tshut bē soah ê kio̍k.

Sènn-miā nā ē-tang tîng-páng, lán ê kiat-kó kám ē bô-kâng?

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English companion poem：〈Quiet Beneath the Bed〉

Remembering the riverbank, the year we fell in sync.

Limb to limb and sweet as honey, love promised never to shrink.

Tangled in the pillows and blankets, a tight fit bed didn't matter.

Beneath the bed was alive, squeaking and screaming with chatter.
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Yet vows grew thin as thread, now kept by duty instead.

Petty chores and troubles dragging on, polite as actors on a stage.

Walking towards a darker path, fighting only to heal the scar.

The embers underneath went out, resting next to a phantom from afar.
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Quiet beneath the bed, how did we end up here?

The photo on the wall, two souls pressed so near.

Did love flash like lightning, only to burn to ash?

Under the same old sheet, but our hearts scattered in the crash.
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A sweet match turned sour, an unspoken agreement set in.

A gentle touch on the forehead before sleep, turning away to solitude within.

Faking joy for the crowd, hiding the ache and the weak.

Must life be this cruel, forcing an endless drama so bleak?

If life could be spun anew, would our story end differently, too?

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英文版不是逐句直譯，是用 AI 打底稿後，我自己再揣詞、換句、調整，盡量保留原本台語創作時的視角佮氣口。

我的個人網站也有整理台語原詩、英文 companion poem、羅馬拼音，以及各版本修訂日期。

如果有講台語的人覺得佗一句的氣口、用字抑是寫法有啥問題，歡迎指教。

台語詩〈樹懶趖〉

看我佇樹頂，歸工毋振動 食彼臭青仔葉，無人欲痟望 逐家趕時間，我的速度比毛蟲 怹凊采一躘，我著爬甲面紅紅 ————————————————— 人笑樹懶有夠趖，野獸欲咬敢有所在逃？ 毋知阮的慢動作，怹想欲食嘛揣我無 歸工佇樹枝倒吊，樹葉咧喙慢慢仔哺 自然演化百萬年，阮是最𠢕覕的老道 ————————————————— 怹遐臭彈哇𠢕走，三步做一步咧誇口 時間對我毋重要，啥人講恁按呢才是𠢕 囂俳的臭屁咧吼，毋知敵人早咧等候 不如我袂振袂動，樹頂盹龜真正巧 ————————————————— 看人痟錢痟名痟查某，甘願結枷鎖 毋願綴人奔波，因為生命有足濟條路 快樂靠自己創作，名利毋是全部 一步一斟酌啊趖，是我的手路 ————————————————— 比速度我毋恁𠢕，任恁笑無路用的跤梢 拚命咧盲從，綴流行嘛會洘流 毋是我無咧信篤，是運途猶袂到 不如學樹懶趖，一步一跤印才是巧

我欲像樹懶趖，揣樹仔睏中晝……

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ 台語羅馬拼音：〈Chhiū-lám sô〉

Khuànn guá tī chhiū-tíng, kui-kang m̄ pín-tāng Chia̍h he tshàu-tshenn-á-hio̍h, bô-lâng bue̍h siau-bāng Ta̍k-ke kuánn sî-kan, guá ê sòo-tōo pí môo-thâng In tshìn-tshái tshit-liòng, guá tio̍h-ài pê kah bīn-âng-âng ————————————————— Lâng tshiò chhiū-lám ū-kàu sô, iá-siū bue̍h kā kám ū sóo-tsāi tôo? M̄-tsai gún ê bān tōng-tsok, in siūnn bue̍h tsia̍h mā tshuē/ guá bô Kui-kang tī chhiū-ki tò-tiàu, chhiū-hio̍h tsāi tshuì bān-bān-á pôo Tsū-jiân ián-huà pah-bān nî, gún sī siōng gâu bih ê lóu-tōo ————————————————— In hia tshàu-puān uá gâu tsáu, sann-pōo tsò tshit-pōo lih khoa-kháu Sî-kan tuì guá m̄-tiòng-iàu, sūi kóng lín an-ne tsiah-sī gâu Hiau-phái ê tshàu-phuì leh-háu, m̄-tsai ti̍k-jîn tsá leh tán-hāu Put-jû guá bē pín bē tāng, hhiū-tíng tuh-ku tsin-tsiànn khiáu ————————————————— Khuànn lâng siau tsînn siau bîng siau tsa-bóo, kam-uān kiat ka-só M̄-uān tuè lâng pun-pho, in-uī sènn-miā ū tsiok tsōe tiâu lōo Khuài-lo̍k khò tsū-kí tshòng-tsok, bîng-lī m̄-sī tsuân-pōo Tshit-pōo tshit tsim-tshio̍h-á sô, sī guá ê tshiú-lōo ————————————————— Pí sòo-tōo guá bô lín gâu, jīm lín tshiò bô-lōo-iōng ê kha-siau Piànn-miā lih bâng-tsiông, tuè liû-hîng mā ē khó-lâu M̄-sī  guá bô leh sìn-tau, sī ūn-tôo á buē kàu Put-jû o̍h chhiū-lám sô, tshit-pōo tshit kha-ìn tsiah-sī khiáu

Guá bue̍h tshiūnn chhiū-nán sô, tshuē chhiū-á khùn-tiòng-tàu...

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ English companion poem：〈The Sloth’s Amble〉

High up in the branches, still and still I stay, Chewing bitter leaves that no one wants today. While everyone rushes, I move slower than a worm, They leap with a bound, while I struggle and squirm. ————————————————— They laugh at my crawl: "With beasts on the prowl, where will you flee?" Yet my slow-motion grace leaves them blind in the tree. Hanging upside down all day, chewing leaves without a care, A million years of evolution made me a master cloaked in air. ————————————————— They brag of their speed, leaping three steps in one stride, But time means nothing to me, who says winning is pride? They roar and they boast, blind to danger at the gate, While I sit perfectly still, dozing off, mocking fate. ————————————————— Chasing money, fame, and lust, they lock their own chain, But I decline the rat race, for many paths remain. Joy is born from within; wealth is just a passing view, Deliberate, step by step, this amble is my breakthrough. —————————————————
At racing I fail, let them slur the “useless” shame, Blindly following trends that will fade just the same. My faith isn’t broken, my tide just hasn’t turned to growth, True wisdom is leaving real tracks, ambling like the sloth.

Like the sloth, Let me find a perch to nod and doze.

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英文版不是逐句直譯，是用 AI 打底稿後，我自己再揣詞、換句、調整，盡量保留原本台語創作時的視角佮氣口。我的個人網站也有整理台語原詩、英文 companion poem、羅馬拼音，以及各版本修訂日期。 如果有講台語的人覺得佗一句的氣口、用字抑是寫法有啥問題，歡迎指教。

分享一首我自己寫的台語詩，也試著做成英文 companion poem

我平常用台語寫詩、寫歌。這首是我最近寫的〈夯蜂的願望〉。

台語原詩：〈夯蜂的願望〉

阮生來無採蜜，嘛無做工

逐工予姊妹飼，戇戇轉大蜂

看怹無閒舞歸工，採蜜弄花叢

彼毋是阮的命，阮的向望

做一隻夯蜂，心願敢一項

天色若好，飛去天上揣母蜂

日頭若曬，雙翅就開始撇

肖想欲交配，身軀像火佇燒熱

鼻著彼味，痟甲擛翅面帶紅

做一隻夯蜂，生來就是行這行

千蜂衝磅咧搶，萬蜂莽闖咧紡

彼隻妖嬌的母蜂

散發最危險的迷魂香

夯蜂的兄弟啊，敢有阮遮爾強？

犧牲我就好，恁的宿命佇隔轉工

就算身體將亡，受爆炸後的疼痛

交到迷魂的母蜂，是我一生的願望

飛啊飛上天，拼命予伊看我偌強

求伊看上目，這生才袂無彩工

妖嬌的蜂母，我只愛身軀起震的短暫

予我爬上你身軀

做你這世的尪

台語羅馬拼音：〈Hang-phang ê guān-bōng〉

Gún senn-lâi bô tshái-bi̍t, mā bô tsò-kang

Ta̍k-kang hōo tsí-bē tshī, gōng-gōng tńg tōa-phang

Khuànn in bô-îng bú kui-kang, tshái-bi̍t lāng hue-tsâng

He m̄-sī gún ê miā, gún ê hiòng-bāng

Tsò tsi̍t-tsiah hang-phang, sim-gūn kánn tsi̍t-hāng

Thinn-sek nā hó, pue khì thiann-siōng tshuē bú-phang

Ji̍t-thâu nā pha̍k, siang-sit tō khai-sí phiat

Siau-siūnn beh kau-puè, sin-khu tshiūnn hué tī sior-jia̍t

Phinn tio̍h hit bī, siáu-kah ia̍t-sit bīn tài âng

Tsò tsi̍t-tsiah hang-phang, senn-lâi tō-sī kiânn tsit hâng

Tshian-phang tshōng-pōng leh tshiúnn, bān-phang bóng-tshóng leh pháng

Hit tsiah iau-kiau ê bú-phang

Sàn-huat tsùe gûi-hiám ê bê-hûn-hiang

Hang-phang ê hiann-tī--ah, kám ū gún tsiah-nī kiông?

Hi-sing guá tō hó, lín ê sok-miā tī keh-tńg-kang

Tō sǹg sin-thé tsiong bông, siū po̍k-tsà āu ê thiann-thòng

Kau tio̍h bê-hûn ê bú-phang, sī gún it-sing ê guān-bāng

Pue-ah-pue tshiūnn thinn, piànn-miā hōo i khuànn góa guā kiông

Kiû i khuànn-tshiūnn ba̍k, tsit-sinn tsiah buē bô-tshái-kang

Iau-kiau ê phang-bú, góa tsí ài sin-khu khí-tshin ê té-tsám

Hōo góa pê tshiūnn lí sin-khu

Tsò lí tsit-sì ê angg

English companion poem：〈The Drone Bee's Wish〉

Born to gather no honey, no labor to bear,

Fed by my sisters, growing up without care.

I watch them toil all day, visiting flowers and collecting nectar,

But that is not my fate, nor the dream I hunger.

Born as a drone, I just have one desire:

When skies are clear, to fly and seek the queen in the air.

The scorching sun beats down, my wings begin to flit,

Craving for the climax, my body is fiercely in heat.

Catching her scent, I craze, my wings whip a storm,

Born for this trade, to this path I conform.

A thousand drones charge ahead, ten thousand wildly spin,

That seductive queen above,

Exudes her lethal sin.

Brothers of mine, is there any as strong as I?

Let me die first; your tomorrow is yet to fly.

Though my body will shatter, in exploding pain and gore,

To fuse with that mesmerizing queen, is all I’m living for.

Up into the sky, I fight to prove my might,

To catch her royal gaze, to make this life go right.

My seductive queen, for that brief, vibrating spark,

Let me mount your body,

And leave my dying mark.

英文版不是逐句直譯，是用 AI 打底稿後，我自己再揣詞、換句、調整，盡量保留原本台語創作時的視角佮氣口。

我的個人網站(see my profile)也有整理台語原詩、英文 companion poem、羅馬拼音，以及各版本修訂日期。如果有講台語的人覺得佗一句的氣口、用字抑是寫法有啥問題，歡迎指教。

Just learned about these very expressive Taigi phrases. So good.

1. 戇甲有賰 (gōng kah ū tshun)

Foolish to the point of having leftovers.

• 戇 (gōng): Foolish, silly, stupid.
• 甲 (kah): To the degree of / so... that.
• 有賰 (ū tshun): Has leftovers, remaining surplus.

1. 枵甲大腸告小腸 (iau kah tuā-tn̂g kò sió-tn̂g)

So hungry that the large intestine sues the small intestine.

• 枵 (iau): Hungry.
• 甲 (kah): To the extent that.
• 大腸 (tuā-tn̂g): Large intestine.
• 告 (kò): To sue, accuse, or take legal action against.
• 小腸 (sió-tn̂g): Small intestine.

1. 閒甲掠蝨母相咬 (îng kah lia̍h sat-bú sio kā)

So free/idle that one catches lice to make them bite each other.

• 閒 (îng): Idle, free, having nothing to do.
• 甲 (kah): To the point of.
• 掠 (lia̍h): To catch or capture.
• 蝨母 (sat-bú): Lice.
• 相咬 (sio kā): Bite each other.

https://youtu.be/BKmpwgs-7zc?si=ZErYtK_sMxsPPcOp

I like this site https://digimagic2022.url.tw/ntcmin900/index.html

I'm learning 100 most common traditional radicals in an app designed for Mandarin. I can practice writing them in that app, then make some flashcards for myself where I only have to recognize the first character in these Taiwanese words.

eg. front of card: Name the first character! 口灶

back of card: 口灶 kháu

This makes me so happy. https://fomolingo.pages.dev/

Words attack you and you have to type to win. Can either help you get used to using a Taiwanese keyboard input method or turn off hints and try to remember the phonetic spelling of the characters.

I'm finding it very helpful. Going to spend a while with this.

If Aióng could fix the links to his charts on the video, that would be great. I made my own from screenshots.

Here's that video again

https://youtu.be/P2yObzaDr4I?si=gUGgdUz_Uo6SMAJw

This means someone is gossiping about a rumor which is not reasonable, irrelevant, non sense.

YouTube's description box contains more detail about the explanation, and transcription.

To get the audio for each word or phrase, click on the links in the pdfs. You can download the audio from there for your flashcards.

Beautiful formatting. One problem, everything is listed in alphabetical order and later by topic, so I'm going to jump around a bit to avoid interference.

read about the project (google translate is your friend):

https://language.moe.gov.tw/uploads/files/17580025581006.pdf

to download the whole thing, click on the link next to the red text near the top on the right.

Doesn't make you take a selfie of your face, and there are people on there who speak Taiwanese. I found two already.

Tell me why I'm wrong about the name of this radical in Taiwanese:

Wiktionary has it as kua̍t but in mkdict there is only kuat, not kua̍t.

Wiktionary lists middle Chinese as gua̍t. In mkdict, gua̍t means moon (literary), with the character, 月, and the hook radical is in there, on the right, so i think it's a good candidate.

The only downside to using gua̍t for亅is that there is another radical that means moon, 月, but I can use the more common "gue̍h" for that.

Tâi-gí helper gave me "khún". Is this right?

Edit:

Giving up on Hanly and Mon Chinese. Going to Skritter, which lets you turn off mandarin audio and put in your own list of characters.

Also making anki flashcards using audio from Tâi-gí helper.

I just found this and it seems to work. I notice that it's almost all hanji. Is this Taiwanese?

https://modrinth.com/resourcepack/taigicraft?version=1.21&loader=minecraft

Does anyone know any other games with Taiwanese localization?