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| #6 | Hokkien by Rick Shaw | |
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| Hokkien | English | |
愛若親像一隻無規律的鳥仔， Ài nā tshin-tshiūnn tsi̍t tsiah bô kui-lu̍t ê tsiáu-á, | Love is like an irregular bird, | |
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Taiwanese Hokkien is often conducted in SVO, but the occasional SOV is tolerated as well. 若親像 and 親像 are synonyms and one of them is changed due to literary and aesthetic purposes. Taiwanese Hokkien lacks grammatical number, gender, tense, and personal conjugation, and several particles are used to denote aspect or mood. Classifier words come between a numeral and a noun, and although required, do not denote any special meaning In the text, a total of three negation articles are used, they possess the same meaning, however, they are not interchangeable. In the text, all three forms of the article 的 are used. As a possession marker, it is situated between the pronoun and the noun. As a description marker, it is after the adjective and before the noun. And being the relativization marker, it is placed between the verb and the noun. In Taiwanese Hokkien, 伊 as the 3rd person singular can signify he, she, or it. The character 到 in this text is served as a verbal complement to indicate the successful completion of an action, and only serves only in an auxiliary manner. |