Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/le

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  • le107952
  • A particle used to arrest the attention, and not usually needing to be translated.
i le to m̄ cai hó̤ khiah;
as for him, he knows not good from evil.
cò̤ úa le cū àiⁿ;
if it were I, I should want it.
côiⁿ le mih-mûeh to ŭ;
formerly, everything was to be had.
jîak sĭ úa le, cĭu m̄ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
if it were I, indeed I would not do so.
kip kàu i tōa le cĭu hío kui-kṳ́;
when he is larger he will without doubt know how to behave himself.
taⁿ le cĭn m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
now-a-days, it is not so.
i tàⁿ hó̤ le;
he says it is finished.
màiⁿ le;
I do not want it.
  • lĕ-ké569554
  • A sham; pretence; false.
cò̤ khṳ̀ lĕ-ké;
made showily and not substantially.
cí ciah chn̂g cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké, m̄ tōiⁿ, m̄ cin tieⁿ;
this table is shabbily put together, it is neither strong nor well joined.
úa thiaⁿ tîeh lĕ-lĕ ké-ké, cò̤-nî cū cin-sît cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
it sounds to me like a trumped up story, how is it that it can be true.