Tuesday, August 07, 2007
"De teng liao ah"
This is the "phrase" commonly heard (if any of you are Hokkien):P
This is the typical phrase I used currently whenever I am back home from Uni. My landlady which is almost the similar age to my then-grandmother.
When I just stepped in to the house, she will start by asking "De teng liao ah" (means "Have you come back already?") I usually just nodded and agreed ironically. Very weird.
The irony of this phrase when I think back is physcially I am back home and the question have you come back already isnt is a redundant? Hmm...all I can say for my side is just one of the Chinese gestures we used to ...What do you think anyway?? :D ¶ 9:01 PM
This is the typical phrase I used currently whenever I am back home from Uni. My landlady which is almost the similar age to my then-grandmother.
When I just stepped in to the house, she will start by asking "De teng liao ah" (means "Have you come back already?") I usually just nodded and agreed ironically. Very weird.
The irony of this phrase when I think back is physcially I am back home and the question have you come back already isnt is a redundant? Hmm...all I can say for my side is just one of the Chinese gestures we used to ...What do you think anyway?? :D ¶ 9:01 PM
