A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

→‎Special vowels: y, yn, kym, titw, zhwn
(→‎Special vowels: y, yn, kym, titw, zhwn)
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| au<sup>2</sup>  || aur || {{x|ao}}  || {{x|kao}} || dog
| au<sup>2</sup>  || aur || {{x|ao}}  || {{x|kao}} || dog
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|-  
| i<sup>1</sup>  || if || {{x|y}}  || {{x|y}}, {{x|yn}} || he / she / it, they
| i<sup>1</sup>  || if || {{x|y}}  || {{x|y}}, {{x|yn}}, {{x|kym}} || he / she / it, they, gold
|-  
|-  
| u<sup>1</sup>  || uf || w || {{x|wtiu}}, {{x|wn}} || universe, kindness
| u<sup>1</sup>  || uf || w || {{x|titw}}, {{x|zhwn}} || spider, spring season
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|-  
| ø<sup>5</sup>  || øø || {{x|øo}} || {{x|kiøo}} || bridge
| ø<sup>5</sup>  || øø || {{x|øo}} || {{x|kiøo}} || bridge
|}
|}
[[File:hae_lie_kuo_bea_kao.mp3|thumb|none|hae, lie, kuo, bea, kao]]
[[File:hae_lie_kuo_bea_kao.mp3|thumb|none|hae, lie, kuo, bea, kao]]
[[File:y yn kym titw zhwn.mp3|thumb|none|y, yn, kym, titw, zhwn]]
All five shouting substitutions happen only when they end the syllable, so you still have ''{{x|irm}}'', ''{{x|irn}}'', and ''{{x|urn}}'', not ''iem'', etc.
All five shouting substitutions happen only when they end the syllable, so you still have ''{{x|irm}}'', ''{{x|irn}}'', and ''{{x|urn}}'', not ''iem'', etc.


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