Nouns do not change when they become plural. Unbelievable. First, verbs don’t change, now nouns. That simplifies a lot of things. A person is yàhn, and two people is also yàhn.
Nàahm-fèi (South Africa)
Dāk-gwok (Germany)
Gà-nàh-daaih (Canada)
Sàn-sài-làahn (New Zealand)
Chàhn sīn-sàang mh leng (Mr Chan is not good looking). Although I knew that you could say Chàhn sīn-sàang hóu leng (Mr Chan is handsome), I haven’t really used mh leng before (I think I would be saying mh hóu leng).
maaih (to sell). I know this, but I keep forgetting the tonal difference between it and máaih (to buy)
(Bookmark: End of Chapter 1 of Baker & Ho)
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