jaunty ocean
Hi everyone, sorry to ask a question as a first post, but I am proposing to my Taiwanese-American girlfriend in a few days and she speaks Taigi/Taiwanese Hokkien with her family.
I'd love to be able to propose in this language if someone can help me. The phrase I'd like to ask is "Would you make me the happiest person in the world and marry me?"
I would also be happy with just knowing how to ask "Will you marry me?" as well!
Thank you
leaden quest
'will you marry me' would be
汝敢願意嫁予我？ lí kám goān-ì kè hō͘ góa?
(kè assumes you're masculine)
lemme think a bit about the longer version
jaunty ocean
Hi, thank you! And yes, that is a correct assumption 🙏
leaden quest
I'm not too happy with how I'm wording this, but this is one way to say the longer version
汝敢願意予我做世界上上幸福个儂，嫁予我，敢好？ lí kám goān-ì hō͘ góa chò sè-kài-siōng sióng hēng-hok-ê lâng, kè-hō͘ góa, kám-hó?
there's gonna be dialectal variation on some of the pronunciations, and this is mainstream southern Taigi pronunciation
jaunty ocean
That works for me! She'll be super delighted, thank you; now I gotta find some resources on finding out how to pronounce that, thank you again!
leaden quest
try this website http://tts001.ivoice.tw:8804/
enter in the last textbox:
li2 kam2 guan7-i3 hoo7 gua2 tso3 se3-kai3-siong7 siong7 hing7-hok4 e5 lang5, ke3 hoo7--gua2, kam2 ho2?
click first button under the last textbox
the tones are not entirely correct but it's perfectly comprehensible
jaunty ocean
You are the 🐐 , I will update on how it goes in about a week's time
leaden quest
👍 good luck
if you find another speaker who can give you a more version they're more confident in, go with theirs, hehe
jaunty ocean
@leaden quest the proposal went great! We went to the hawaii tropical botanical garden on the big island of hawaii and while she didn't understand my pronunciation, i played the clip and then she understood!
leaden quest
haha, congrats 
🥳