Direct learning: Hokkien words rhyme into different meanings. For instance, there are dog(gao), nine(gao), thick(gao) and enough(gao). All these are said from the same sound with stress on different intonations.
Incidental learning: For instance, there’s always a saying of terrible (gao lat) which is used in many context with different meaning, can be used to expressed a bad situation or a good situation
Accidental learning: Due to limited phrases there are always loan words from other languages in communication through Hokkien
Kai Le's Reflection 