How to say “I can't speak Taiwanese” in Taiwanese

“I can't speak Taiwanese” in Taiwanese (Taiwanese Hokkien, Tâi-gí) is 我袂曉講台語, romanized as guá bē hiáu-kóng Tâi-gú in Tâi-lô and Góa bē-hiáu kóng Tâi-gí in the traditional Pe̍h-ōe-jī spelling. Press play above to hear it, then try saying it yourself.

袂曉 (bē-hiáu) means "don't know how to". The honest icebreaker for heritage speakers, and saying it in Taiwanese already proves it is not quite true.

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