Amoy (linguistics)/Cheat sheet/simplified
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Here is an English/Amoy/Mandarin conversion list for some of the more commonly seen particles:
| Particle | English | yellow: dual use particle; red: two different particles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| passive | They were cheated. | Amoy | 亻因 | 乎 | 侬 | 骗去 | ||
| Mandarin | 他们 | 被 | 欺骗了 | |||||
| English | They | by | person | were cheated | ||||
| object identifier (1) | He handed the money to you. | Amoy | 伊 | 共 | 钱 | 交 | 乎 | 你 |
| Mandarin | 他 | 把 | 钱 | 交 | 给 | 你 | ||
| English | He | (object identifier) | money | hand over | give | you | ||
| more (1) | He ate one more bowl. | Amoy | 伊 | 加 | 食 | 一 | 碗 | |
| Mandarin | 他 | 多 | 吃 | 了 | 一 | 碗 | ||
| English | He | more | eat | (past tense) | one | bowl | ||
| object identifier (2) | I'm telling you ... | Amoy | 我 | 共 | 你 | 讲 | ||
| Mandarin | 我 | 跟 | 你 | 讲 | ||||
| English | I | (object identifier) | you | say | ||||
| more (2) | He has more friends. | Amoy | 伊 | 有 | 较 | 济 | 的 | 朋友 |
| Mandarin | 他 | 有 | 比较 | 多 | 的 | 朋友 | ||
| English | He | has | comparatively | many | of | friends | ||
