September 26, 2026
My dad was visiting me this past week, and it's hard to be in the right headspace to work on my projects while I have family around. So I've got soooo much in my backlog in my head in terms of updates for the site, and I'm going to try to slowly get through those over the upcoming week.
When my dad visits, my aunt likes to pack so much food for us to eat, which is nice because I don't have to worry about cooking. But there are always some things that she packs that for some reason we have a hard time finishing! She packed one sliced up orange in a ziploc bag, and I think she assumed that we would eat it on the first day of my dad's trip! Or that he would eat it on the road! Well, I was slowly nibbling on these orange slices throughout the week, and I still have two more pieces left! My aunt kept asking about it, and I had to tell her, chung(7) no(7) niam3 (two pieces left over). Anyway, I learned the word niam3, which is a classifier for pieces of fruit.
Speaking of classifiers, I had previously been putting all the classifiers on a single english definition page, which was getting a bit cluttered. I've now created a Classifiers category, and I moved them all to separate entries.
September 23, 2026
My third ou1 nam2 video has been posted!
When I initially talked to my aunt about cutting up the pit, she made it seem like it was going to be some impossible feat. But it was actually really easy. Speaking of easy, I didn't know how to say that word, so I asked my dad, and he told me that it is goi7. That's the new word for today!
September 21, 2026
Yes, I am working on a third ou1 nam2 video! I've already recorded it, but I need to edit it and add subtitles.
In the meantime, I've also added the words "bus" and "wire" to the site. And I'm also adding this update because I'm doing more cleanup behind the scenes related to the blog framework that I'm using, and I need to test that my update script still works!
September 19, 2026
I have a big update, but it's mostly for me! Way back when I was first working on this site, I made the most rudimentary updates system. Eventually I copied over that code to make a blog framework that I use for both my personal site and my food blog, and I've made plenty of updates to the framework since then. But learningteochew has always been stuck on the original code...until today!
Like I said, this is really an update for me, but because of this, I can add an RSS feed!
And yeah, I do have some more kind of random words that I've added to the site:
- pit (of a fruit)
- to ride a horse
- brother-in-law
- wire
September 16, 2026
Over the past few days I've been busy editing a video about ou1 nam2 and writing a blog post about it! My two worlds are colliding! I've really been wanting to find ways to incorporate Teochew into my food projects. But man, this social media stuff is a lot of work. I had to find video editing software and learn how to add subtitles. I also have big plans to update this site to make it more integrated with my other sites. 👀
Anyway, I'm still adding at least one new word each day. Here are the latest ones:
- to teach
- wood
- safe and sound
- iron
- hammer