哈囉，大家好！I’m Grace.
If you have some Taiwanese friends
or you've watched some Taiwanese dramas,
you might have noticed that there are some special sentence-final particles,
such as 欸、耶、齁、咧,
so today I’m going to introduce to you these particles,
so you can understand what Taiwanese people are saying
and also use these particles to impress your Taiwanese friends!
那我們現在就開始吧！(Now let’s get started!)
The first final particle I want to introduce is 欸
Sometimes it’s also written as this (誒).
In my previous video about interjections,
I talked about how to use this word by itself as an interjection,
but today we’ll be talking about what its function is
when it’s added at the end of a sentence.
So 欸 can be added at the end of a statement,
a response, or an exclamation for emphasis.
Sometimes it’s also used to express surprise.
For example,
撞衫 is to be dressed the same.
The next one is 耶.
Its usage is pretty much the same as the last one 欸
They both are used to emphasize a statement,
a response, or an exclamation.
So because 耶 and 欸 sound pretty similar
and have the same usage,
they’re basically interchangeable,
But here are some slight differences between them:
In daily conversation, 欸 is more often said.
But if you watch some Taiwanese dramas,
you may see 耶 a lot in the subtitles,
even though the speakers are saying 欸.
我們來看一些例子（Let’s see some examples:）
Okay, another slight difference is in text or in online posts,
耶 shows a more cheerful tone compared to 欸.
So if someone asks you:
等下一起吃飯？ Let’s grab some food later?
So if you reply: 好欸！
It’s “Okay!” and 欸 emphasizes it a bit.
But if you type: 好耶！
Then it’s “okay!” with a more cheerful tone.
耶 can also be used by itself as an interjection to mean “yay”,
because it sounds very similar.
Alright, the next one is 齁
Sometimes it’s also written as these two characters - 吼 / 厚
齁 can be used when you want to get confirmation from others.
It’s like “是不是？ isn’t it?” or “對吧？right?”.
For instance,
It can also be used in imperative sentences as a reminder,
it’s like “好嗎？okay?” or “知道嗎？Do you know (it)?”
For instance,
齁 can also be added after 對 (right) as in 對齁.
It’s used when someone says something to you
that reminds you about something that you forgot,
so it’s like “Oh, right!” in English. For example,
Sometimes 齁 is just used to add a pause when someone is speaking
and it also makes the conversation sound more casual.
For instance,
Okay, the last one for today is 咧（勒）
Even though the Pinyin and Zhuyin of this character is “lie”,
in daily life, we pronounce it as “lei”,
and that’s why some people just type this character “勒”.
The usages of 咧 are pretty similar to 呢.
In many cases, they’re interchangeable,
but 咧 is more casual and informal,
so it’s usually just used between people that are close to you.
So first, 咧 can be placed after a question
and it shows that while asking the question
you’re also thinking about what the answer might be,
for instance,
咧, like 呢, can also be used to shorten questions.
However, just like 呢,
咧 should be used to shorten questions within a certain context,
so the other person knows what you’re referring to.
我們看一些例子 （Let’s see some examples,）
So in the examples above, 咧 means “how about” or “what about”.
咧 can also be used to ask “where is someone or something”
for instance,
And here are some commonly used questions
that are shortened with 咧 in daily conversation:
OK, let’s move on to the next usage of 咧.
In this usage, 咧 is pronounced differently.
It’s pronounced as 咧. Its pitch is lower.
So 咧 can be used when you say something
that is different from what other people think.
It’s often used in back and forth kind of joking between friends,
or it’s used to refute others.
It’s usually used in these patterns:
才 __咧
還 __咧
For instance,
Alright, so we’ve talked about these four common sentence-final particles
in Taiwanese Mandarin today.
If you’ve heard any other ones and you’d like me to talk about them,
just leave a comment below!
Also, if you want to learn some daily expressions in Mandarin,
check out my Instagram: @GraceMandarin
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