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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON LXIV.
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奶 nái; madam; lady. 跛 * kúai; lame; limp. 愚 ngɵ̂; uninstructed. 泥 * lok; slush; mire. 躭 tam; obstruct; prevent. 誤 gō; thwart; hamper.
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益 iah; benefit; use. 閒 * làn; omit; space between. 嫌 hîam; reproach. 驕 kio; haughty; confident. 傲 ngău; arrogant. 添 thiam; thiⁿ; add; extra. |
| 1 tōa nái, jī nái, saⁿ nái. | 1 Eldest, second, and third, wives. |
| 2 lʉ́ mài tam gō úa. | 2 Do not you hinder me. |
| 3 kúai kha kâi nâng cíe. | 3 There were but few lame people. |
| 4 lʉ́ m̄ hɵ́ kio ngău. | 4 Do not be proud. |
| 5 bɵ̂ sĭm mih lĭ iah. | 5 No special benefit. |
| 6 lʉ́ mài hāi i. | 6 Do not you harm him. |
| 7 phah kàu i kúai kha. | 7 Beat him till he was lamed. |
| 8 lʉ́ mài gō tîeh sʉ̄. | 8 Do not you thwart the thing. |
| 9 hāi kàu i kúai kha. | 9 Occasioned his being lame. |
| 10 phah kàu i cêk sin thìaⁿ căi. kúai kha ciá. | 10 Beat him till he ached all over. The lame. |
| 11 hîam i kio ngău. | 11 Reprove his arrogance. |
| 12 ngɵ̂ kâi nâng m̄ thong lí. | 12 Rude people do not comprehend correct principles. |
| 13 hŏ lɵ̂h kàu lō lok lok. | 13 Rained till the road is miry. |
| 14 saⁿ mīn ngŏ mâk, ĕ jît mài tàⁿ tn̂g tɵ́ kha ūe. | 14 As there were but five eyes to the three faces, do not hereafter say her feet were large or small. |
| 15 lʉ́ mài chūe ūe. | 15 Do not make excuses. |
| 16 mài tam gō i kâi sî hāu. | 16 Do not waste his time. |
| 17 làn cêk keh, cêk keh sía. | 17 Write in the alternate spaces. |
| 18 thiⁿ ke lân kâi. | 18 Put in a few more. |
| 19 ŭ nâng kheh lâi, thiam ke kúi īeⁿ chài. | 19 A guest has come, add a few more kinds of vegetables. |
| 20 úa cí hûe tam sim căi. | 20 I am this time much disappointed. |
| 21 bói ŭ, bói bɵ̂, mài tam gō. | 21 Whether you buy or not, don’t delay. |
| 22 mài cɵ̀ bɵ̂ iah kâi sʉ̄, khù hāi ŭ iah kâi sʉ. | 22 Do not let that which is useless, injure what is beneficial. |
| 23 lʉ́ mài tam tàⁿ úa. | 23 Do not disappoint me. |
