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wontonsoup -

what's with these wierd lyrics by jay chou?

不要再這樣打我媽媽
mai gan na lei da wo ma ma
我說的話你甘會聽?
wo shou de hua ni gan mie tia?
說都說不聽 聽
gong dou gong bu tia tia
痛是我們在痛 痛
tia shi wo men tia tia

why does he say tia?, instead of ting and teng?



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xiaocai -

Coz it is not in mandarin... By the way, have you heard of the song?










wontonsoup -

yup, everthing else looks mandarin though and sounds like it










xiaocai -

Really? These verses don't look like mandarin to me at all...

Anyway, in case you don't know, the name of the song is 爸，我回来了 (Dad, I'm back) sung by
周杰伦 (Jay Chou) and the verses you quoted are a mix of mandarin and 台语 (Taiwanese, or
闽南话 or Hokkien, whichever way you would like to call it).
"mai gan na lei", "ni gan mie tia" are definitely not mandarin to my ear. I'm not a native speaker
of this dialect though, maybe someone else in this forum would like to help to identify which part
is actually Taiwanese...










wontonsoup -

oh ok, a mix of the two...ic












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