A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

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* [consonant] + '''vowel''' + [nasal final consonant]
* [consonant] + '''vowel''' + [nasal final consonant]


The items in the [[koat'hoo|brackets]] are optional. The main takeaway is that a syllable won't have a ''v'' and another nasal consonant (''m'', ''n'', ''ng'') at the same time.
The items in the [[koat'hoo|brackets]] are optional. The main takeaway is that a syllable won't have a nasal vowel and a nasal final consonant (''m'', ''n'', ''ng'') at the same time. The few syllables with more than one nasal part have ''[[ng]]'' as the vowel.


A word can be formed with one or more syllables, but two syllables is most typical. We will explain below how every syllable has a distinct tone.
A word can be formed with one or more syllables, but two syllables is most typical. We will explain below how every syllable has a distinct tone.
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