4 Unique Taiwanese Speaking Habits

Hello, everyone! I'm Grace. A while ago, I made a video talking about some Taiwanese speaking habits, and many of you really enjoyed it. So today, let's talk some more about them. In this video, I'll introduce four expressions that you won't find in textbooks but are very common in daily conversations in Taiwan. Most of these expressions are influenced by Taiwanese Hokkien. They are blended into Taiwanese Mandarin, so that even people who don't speak Taiwanese Hokkien use these expressions in everyday life. Now let's get started! The first common expression is In casual conversations in Taiwan, people often use to emphasize a common phenomenon. It's often used in this structure. Subject and then something common. For example, The first time getting on stage, everyone feels nervous. It's normal. It's used to emphasize that something is very common and normal. It's not weird at all. But note that this phrase is very casual, so better not to use it in formal situations. Now let's move on to the next one. Taiwanese people commonly use in questions and negative statements. 會 in Mandarin can be used as an auxiliary to express can or will. In Taiwanese Mandarin, the auxiliary 會 has another usage. It's often used with adjectives in questions and negative statements. Serving simply as a helper word without adding additional meaning. And it's often used with adjectives describing undesirable states, like etc. Let's see some examples. In Chinese Mandarin, to ask Are you tired? You'd say or In Taiwanese Mandarin, it's common to say or Another example, She says 我現在真的不會累。 It means the same as I'm really not tired now. Here he wants to express that the machine is not too hot to touch. So he says It's the same meaning as saying It's not too hot. So in Taiwanese Mandarin, you'll often find people using the auxiliary 會 before adjectives to help form questions or negative statements. And usually the adjectives are undesirable qualities. Alright, the third expression is 你平常都蠻很忙。 我們就沒問了。 喔,好啦。 In Taiwan, people often use to express to invite. It's a very casual word used in daily conversations. Here's another example, He often invites friends to go sing karaoke together. The last one for today is You might have learned that this symbol is called in Chinese. Like 30% is and 50% is However, in Taiwanese Mandarin, people often just say So 30% would be and 50% would be This character 趴 originally means We use this character here just because its sound is the same as how we say this symbol. It has nothing to do with its original meaning. Now let's see an example. Here she says 原本的價錢 means the original price 減掉 means minus and 30% is 30% the original price minus 30% The other person says meaning that I thought it was minus 70% means 70% Alright, that's all for today. I hope this video helps you better understand Taiwanese Mandarin. If you want to learn more about it, I have a playlist where I introduce many aspects of Taiwanese Mandarin. You can click here or find the link in the description below. 如果你喜歡今天的影片, 別忘記按讚、訂閱和分享喔! Also, if you'd like to support me in making more content, please visit my Ko-fi page. The link is in the description below. Thank you so much! Last but not least, if you want to learn some daily Mandarin expressions, check out my Instagram, Grace Mandarin 那我們下次見囉! 掰掰!