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Greetings

 
侬好!
Nóng hō!
Hello!
早晨好!
Zō lǎng hō!
Good morning! (sg/pl)
侬好!
Nóng hō!
Hello! (sg/pl)
夜里相好!
Yà lī xiāng hō!
Good evening! (sg/pl)
晚安!
Wö ä!
Good night! (sg/pl)
再喂!
Zä wēi!
Bye! (infml)
再喂!
Zä wēi!
Good bye! (fml.)
 

Important vocabulary

 
是额
zǐ e
yes
弗是额
fé zǐ e
no
有可能
jǒu kū nēng
maybe
好额
hō e
OK
谢谢!
Yá yà!
Thank you!
弗用客气!
Fé yōng kē qì!
You're welcome! (m/f)
对弗起。。。
Dēi fé qì ...
Excuse me, … (sg/pl)
对弗起。
Dēi fé qì.
I'm sorry. (m/f)
吾有(么)。。。
Wú yóu (mé) ...
I (don't) have ...
阿拉有(么)。。。
ā lā yóu (mé) ...
We (don't) have …
阿里的有。。。
Ā li de yóu ...
There is ...
 

Introducing yourself

 
吾叫。。。
Wú jiō ...
My name is ...
吾从。。。
Wú zóng ...
I'm from ...
吾有。。。岁。
Wú yóu ... sēi.
I'm ... years old.
吾(么)结婚了。
Wú (mé) jīe hùn le.
I am (not) married. (m/f)
吾(弗是)一嘎陡旅游。
Wú (fé zí) yē gā dóu lǔe yóu.
I'm (not) traveling alone.
吾帮。。。一道旅游
Wú bāng ... yē dāo lǔe yóu
I'm traveling with ...
 

Comprehension

 
吾弗讲中文/上海闲话。
Wú fe gāng zōng wén
sǎng hä ä wú.
I don't speak any Wu.
吾弗懂。
Wú fé dōng.
I don't understand that. (m/f)
侬讲。。。?
Nóng gāng ...?
Do you speak …? (m/f)
格的有额宁讲。。。?
Gé de yóu e níng gāng ...?
Does anyone here speak ...?
英文
yīng vēn
English
法文
fā vēn
French
请侬写下来。
Qǐng nóng xiā wū lä.
Could you write that down please. (m/f)
请侬重复一趟。
Qǐng nóng zóng fō yē tāng.
Could you please repeat that. (m/f)
侬稍等。
Nóng sō dēng.
Just a moment please.
 

Numbers

 

líng
zero

one

liáng
two

three

four

n
five

six

qīe
seven

be
eight

jǐu
nine

ten
十一
zé yē
eleven
十二
zé ní
twelve
十三
zé sä
thirteen
十四
zé sī
fourteen
十五
zé n
fifteen
十六
zé lō
sixteen
十七
zé qīe
seventeen
十八
zé be
eighteen
十九
zé jīu
nineteen
二十
twenty
二十一
nä yē
twenty-one
三十
sä se
thirty
四十
sì se
forty
五十
n se
fifty
六十
lò se
sixty
七十
qīe se
seventy
八十
be se
eighty
九十
jīu se
ninety
一百
yē be
one hundred
一千
yē qī
one thousand
一百万
yē be vä
one million
一对
yē dēi
some / a couple
 

 

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