Hokkien Exam Paper
Instructions:
1. Read the passage carefully
2. Grade yourself with the grading
system at the end of the
passage after reading.
3. Not that difficult, chin chai do lah!
Section A: Orrler Exeminetion
(60 marks)
Question:
Singalella why become rich ?
Koo zhar wu chee ei char bor kia, Singalella.
She got two sisters, but the stepmarder and
the sisters all damn guai-lan,
so she quite jia-lat oso.
Last time Singalella wu ka ki eh maid,
but now she become the amah.
Everyday must cook lah, clean lah,
simi sai mah bao-kah-liao.
If her sister say liak kar zhuak, she liak.
Tak jit zho kah tau-hin.
EPF poon boh.
But then, kay piak eh ah-pek got one
son call Ah Mia[ming] got party.
So he say, 'oei, long zhong lai ah.'
Singalella very happy because she
never go party before but then her
step-marder say, 'Lee Mana eh-sai ki,
this one bahru lu eh sisters wu standard.'
Then Singalella must zho sui-sui for her
sisters and step-marder.
Tap pai how, buay zhia, buay koon
and buay pang-sai.
That night she only can wave bye bye
and then she go back to the kitchen
and zhia Maggi mee.
Her neighbour came over and ask,
'Eh, an-zhua lu boh kee party?'
So Singaalella kong, 'I-wan, lau-bu
kong buay-sai, so bo bian.'
She never expected it but the neighbour
say, 'Aiyah, kee
lah, Wa[I] give you money.'
So singalella brush teef and zhang-zhui,
chen-kor, after that look very different.
She quickly run to opposite of the
beh-chia-lor, already 11 o'clock.
At the party, Ah Mia also quite sian
because the char bor all bo sui one.
Dance floor even got one lao ah pek dancing.
Just as Ah Mia told himself, 'Aiya si-pei
jia-lat', Singalella came in.
Ah Mia straight away lau nuar.
'Wah-lau eh, si-pei heng ah, ji kor buay pai.'
Ah Ming say to Singalella,
'eh, sui eh, wah ai kah lee zho flen!'
Singalella say ok but Ah Ming like octopus,
touch here touch there.
But then just it was 12 o'clock, one ah pek
die on the dance floor.
He become ghost and tell Singalella
all the good 4D number.
So after that Singalella quickly go
and buy 4D, and then tiok tau-pio,
,zhit-pak ban.
So she pay back the kay-piak eh
lau-kay-poh and then kah kee cho
sen-lee{yi].
Simi kuan eh sen-lee[yi] wah mana eh zhai.
Section B: Grades - Gauge Your command
of Hokkien....
A1. Can understand the story and
pronounce Hokkien correctly.
-Hokkien eh sai, bo beh zao.
A2. Can understand half story and/
or cannot pronounce Hokkien properly.
-Jia lat
E8. Don't understand story and/
or catch no ball.
-leow liao, mai ka lang kong you is Hokkien Singabolean
F9. Don't understand rating.
-ki si lah, wa mana eh zhai lee kong simi?
