Befzhaix
Groceries shopping
買菜

Abuo, kin'afjit cyn kvoaa. E'axm karm extaxng ciah hefkøf
Mom, it's really cold today. Can we have hot pot for dinner tonight?
阿母,今仔日真寒,下暗敢會當食火鍋?

Hør`aq! Mxkuo pengsviw khangkhafng, aix laikhix boefzhaix.
Sure! But the fridge is empty, so we need to go buy groceries.
好啊!毋過冰箱空空,愛來去買菜。

Thaukef, tang'øf afnzvoar be?
Boss, how much is the mugwort
頭家,苳蒿按怎賣?

80-khof cidkyn
80 NT dollars per pound.
一斤80箍。

Tan'gøf cidtoaxpeh zuo`khylaai ciaq cidzuiezuie'ar niaxnia. 
A big bunch of mugwort cooks down to just a little bit. 
苳蒿一大搣煮起來才一喙喙仔爾爾,

Beq be 80-khof. Si beq chvuio`laang oh.
Selling it for 80 NT dollars is a rip-off.
欲賣80箍,是欲搶人喔。

Hahhah`aq, lie aix kef bea`koar ciaq ciah u kaux`laq
Ha! You need to buy more to have enough to eat!
哈哈! 加買寡才食有夠啦。

Thaukef, he'ar, bagzad'ar afnzvoar be?
Boss, how much are the shrimp and squid?
頭家,蝦仔、墨賊仔按怎賣?

He'ar cidkyn 300-khof; bagzad'ar cidkyn 200-khof
Shrimp is 300 NT dollars per pound; squid is 200 NT dollars per pound.
蝦仔一斤300箍;墨賊仔一斤200箍。

Ciahniq`kuix
Is it really that expensive?
遮爾貴?

Ciog chvy`ee
They’re very fresh!
足鮮的!

Kef befkoar bagzad'ar, he'af beq cidkoar tiøh hør
Buy more squid and just a little bit of shrimp.
加買寡墨賊仔,蝦仔買一寡仔就好。

Abuo, lie befzhaix tngr laai`aq. Lie beq symmih zhaix
Mom, you’re back from grocery shopping! What vegetables did you buy?
阿母你買菜轉來矣,你買啥物菜?

Goar beq ciog ze hør liau`ee, zørhoea khafnlaai ciah hofekøf`oh.
I bought a lot of good ingredients. Let’s get everything ready for the hot pot.
我買足濟好料的,做伙款來食火鍋喔。

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