攏 (lóng) and 逐 (ta̍k): All and Every — Taiwanese Hokkien Grammar

(lónglónglong2) means all, both, entirely — and the thing to learn is WHERE it goes. It attaches to the verb, not to the noun it refers to, so it sits after the subject and before the predicate.

阮的囡仔佮𪜶的囡仔攏是學生。
guán-ê gín-á kah in-ê gín-á lóng sī ha̍k-singgoán-ê gín-á kah in-ê gín-á lóng sī ha̍k-sengguan2-e5 gin2-a2 kah4 in1-e5 gin2-a2 long2 si7 hak8-sing1
Our children and theirs are all students.
毋過我的同事攏真好。
m̄-koh guá-ê tông-sū lóng tsin hóm̄-koh góa-ê tông-sū lóng chin hóm7-koh4 gua2-e5 tong5-su7 long2 tsin1 ho2
But my colleagues are all very nice.
恁兩个攏毋著。
lín nn̄g ê lóng m̄-tio̍hlín nn̄g ê lóng m̄-tio̍hlin2 nng7 e5 long2 m7-tioh8
You two are both wrong.

With Negatives

Put (lónglónglong2) in front of a negative and it strengthens it into not at all or none — English switches word entirely, Taiwanese just keeps the same adverb.

彼个樂團的歌我攏毋知。
hit ê ga̍k-thuân ê kua guá lóng m̄-tsaihit ê ga̍k-thoân ê koa góa lóng m̄-chaihit4 e5 gak8-thuan5 e5 kua1 gua2 long2 m7-tsai1
I don't know any of that band's songs.
攏無好看。
lóng bô hó-khuànnlóng bô hó-khoàⁿlong2 bo5 ho2-khuann3
None of them look good.

逐 — Every

(ta̍kta̍ktak8) means every, each and behaves like a number: it needs a classifier after it. It often pairs with (lónglónglong2) later in the sentence, giving every … all …, which is redundant in English but normal here.

𪜶的歌我逐首攏知影。
in-ê kua guá ta̍k siú lóng tsai-iánnin-ê koa góa ta̍k siú lóng chai-iáⁿin1-e5 kua1 gua2 tak8 siu2 long2 tsai1-iann2
I know every one of their songs.

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Taiwanese Hokkien course

18 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 59. A few of them, with the words “攏 (lóng) and 逐 (ta̍k): All and Every” is about in bold:

有夠譀古。恁兩个攏毋著。
ū-kàu hàm-kóo. lín nn̄g ê lóng m̄-tio̍h.ū-kàu hàm-kó͘. lín nn̄g ê lóng m̄-tio̍h.u7-kau3 ham3-koo2. lin2 nng7 e5 long2 m7-tioh8.
How ridiculous. You are both wrong.
Lesson 163

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