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	Pronouns English Shanghainese Transliteration Yes 是 zy No 不是 veh zy I (we) 我 (我们) ngu (ahlah) You (you) 你 (你们) nung (na) He / She (They) 他 (他们) yi (yila) Who? 谁？ saning? What? 什么？ sa mehzy? This (These) 这 (这些) geh (diehgeh) That (Those) 那 (那些) e (egeh) Here 这里 gehtah There 那里 etah Where? 哪里？ sa difong? Verbs English Shanghainese Transliteration To be E.g., I am your mummy I am your daddy. He is your (older) brother He is not your (little) brother This is your (older) sister This is not your (little) sister We are your family 是 我是你的妈妈 我是你的爸爸 他是你的哥哥 他不是你的弟弟 这是你的姐姐 这不是你的妹妹 我们是你的家人 zy ngu zy nung geh m'ma ngu zy nung geh papa yi zy nung geh kuku yi veh zy nung geh didi geh zy nung geh jiajia geh veh zy nung geh meme ahlah zy nung geh ohlixiang ning To have E.g., you have one elder sister 有 你有一个姐姐。 yeu nung yeu yeh jia jia To want E.g.Doyou want to pee-pee? 要 你要尿尿吗？ yoa nung yoa xioabi va? To need E.g., Do you need to go to the bathroom? 需要 你需要上洗手间吗？ xyuyoa nung xyuyoa zong dasyke va? To understand E.g., Do you understand? I don't understand 明白 你明白吗？ 我不明白 xioateh nung xioateh va? ngu veh xioateh To come E.g., Come here Daddy has come back 来 过来 爸爸回来了 le kuh le papa wele leh To go E.g., Go there Do you want to go to the bathroom? 去 过去 你要去洗手间吗？ qi kuh qi nung yoa qi dasyke va?   Greetings English Shanghainese Transliteration Good morning. 早安 。 tsoa Thank you 谢谢。 ziazia Welcome! 不用客气。 bie yao ke qi Adjectives Are you hungry? 你饿吗？ nung ngo va? Are you thirsty? 你口渴吗？ nung ji bu ke va? Are you sleepy? 你困吗？ nung ju va? Are you tired? 你累吗？ nung qi leh va? Where do you hurt? 你哪里痛？ nung sa difong tong? That's very hot. 那好烫。 geh loa tong Other Common Phrases English Shanghainese Transliteration Do you like it? 你喜欢吗？ nung huoexi va? Be careful! 小心！ dongxing! Don't touch that. 不要碰 veh yoa bong That can hurt you. 那会伤害你的。 geh we heh nung geh It's time for bed. 睡觉时间到了。 khuengkoa zengkuong toa leh This is your grandmother. 这是你的婆婆(dad's side) 外婆(mom's side) geh zy nung geh tsumu (ngabu) This is your grandfather. 这是你的公公(dad's side)外公(mom's side) geh zy nung geh yaya (ngakung) We will be your family forever. 我们会永远是你的家人。 ahlah we yung yuoe zy nung geh ohlixiang ning We will never leave you. 我们不会抛弃你的。 ahlah veh we li khe nung geh We love you. 我们爱你。 ahlah eh nung Numbers and Counting English Shanghainese Transliteration One 一 yeh Two 二 liang Three 三 se Four 四 sy Five 五 ng Six 六 l Seven 七 qieh Eight 八 pah Nine 九 jieh Ten 十 zeh Eleven 十一 zeh yeh Twelve 十二 zeh ni Thirteen 十三 zeh se : : : Twenty 二十 nie Thirty 三十 sezeh Hundred 百 yeh pah Thousand 千 qi

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