Pidgin-English Sing-song; Or, Songs and Stories in the China-English DialectKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, 1897 - 142 Seiten |
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A-lúm AH CHUNG Ahong all-same állo állo-same állo-tim askee belongey betta birdo blong bobbely bout By'mby Canton Captin Blown Captin Jones catchee plenty CHARLES G chilo chin-chin China boy China-side Chinaman Chinese chop-chop chow-chow Compradore devilo dolla duckey talkee English fan-kwei fashion fáta fightee first-chop flin floggee flom foolo galaw gentleum gettee glate golo hab catchee healee hear-lo hearee Hong-Kong hood Howqua inside Joss-house Joss-pidgin-man káli King-Wo largey littee long-side look-see mafoo Maly Man-man mandalin maskee Massa Massa talkee máta Melican MORAL-PIDGIN mousey muchee nightey nother numpa One-tim pidgin Pidgin-English piecee plopa pidgin pukkha S'posey savvy sing-song so-fashion someting stoly Street Hong-Kong Supposey t'at t'hat t'hat talkee t'hat ting t'he t'hen t'here T'hey t'his pidgin Tai-pan talk talkee talkee t'hat taushan tink tinkee tlee too-muchee top-side Top-side galow unusual velly vocabulary waifo walkee Wang Wang-ti wantchee Wat-tim wind he wailo Wing-King-Wo word
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Seite 113 - That nightee teem he come chop-chop One young man walkee, no can stop ; Maskee snow, maskee ice; He cally flag wit'h chop so nice — Top-side...
Seite 115 - T'hat young man die, one large dog see Too muchee bobbeZy findee he. He hand blong colo — all-same ice, Hab got he flag with chop so nice, Top-side galow. MORAL. You too muchee laugh ! what for sing I tink so you no savvy...
Seite 3 - Eommany, are applicable to any kind of active agent, so pidgin is with great ingenuity made expressive of every variety of calling, occupation, or affair. As business or commerce is the great bond of union between the Chinese and foreign residents, it is not remarkable that this should be the chief and ever-recurring word, and give its name to the language formed in its service.
Seite 115 - Maskee, my must go top-side, Top-side galow ! " Man-man," one girley talkee he, " What for you go top-side look-see ? " And one tim more he plenty cly, But allo-tim walkee plenty high, Top-side galow ! " Take care t'hat spoilum tfee, young man, Take care t'hat ice. He want man-man.
Seite 8 - ... obtained no specimens. It is not pretended that the language of the rhymes and stories in this volume will all be readily and immediately familiar to any person who may take it in hand, but it is certain that with a very little attention they can all be soon mastered. For those who expect to meet with Chinese, either in the East or California, this little book will perhaps be useful, as qualifying them to converse in Pidgin.
Seite 20 - On the leetle end of nothin' — and read it easy too. "And if the thing will help you — if nothin' else avails, I'll photograph them Classics upon your finger-nails ; I see you wear 'em awful long (for gougin', I suppose) — I'd put the Astor Library upon such nails as those.
Seite 114 - No can walk, Bimeby lain come, velly dark; Have got water, velly wide...
Seite 5 - It follows, of course, th^t there is no settled standard of PidginEnglish, and that anything may correctly claim to be in that dialect, so that it represents English as spoken by a Chinese with some national variation from the English standard.