Practical Taiwanese Conversation

The Practical Taiwanese Conversation (PTC) lesson series aims to teach those who speak very little or no Taiwanese to be able to to use Taiwanese to communicate in daily life.

All materials are written in Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL). "Harnji" (i.e. Chinese characters) and English are provided to facilitate the learning process.

MLT is used as a tool for pronunciation due to it's closeness to the tone of Taiwanese. The focus areas are: listening, and speaking. Reading and writing will be secondary.

• Begin here: Level 1
• Original URL: https://learntaiwanese.org/conversation/

Vocabulary

40 most frequent words used in the lessons

The PTC lessons introduces you to nearly 380 distinct Taiwanese words. The 40 most frequently appearing words are: goar, lie, ee, si, hør, ti, u, kab, khix, beq, afnnef, tø, cyn, cviaa, laq, chviafmng, larn, aeciah, laai, tøsia, e, ar, ze, koefcie, siøfciar, cidee, bøo, extaxng, lirn, kin'afjit, Taan, tøfui, laang, Taioaan, laikhix, ma, goarn/gurn, ho, khaq, chviar.

See also

• Ciaqpar`boe: three-line conversation
• Examples of the seven tones, using words from PTC
• MTL finals