Example 67-106

Kadang-kadang Hokkien cakap Hokkien sikit-sikit.
Kadang-kadang
sometimes
Hokkien
Hokkien
cakap
speak
Hokkien
Hokkien
sikit~sikit.
little~little
Sometimes, we spoke very little Hokkien.
Comment:
This sentence has a past habituality reading. Sikit means ‘little’. Once reduplicated it means 'very little' or maybe 'little by little’.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge