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56
First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XXIII.
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| 1 câp hun: poih hun. | 1 The whole: eight tenths. |
| 2 saⁿ hun: ngŏ hun. | 2 Thirty per cent: one half. |
| 3 lʉ́ ŭ kúi pńg? | 3 How many volumes have you? |
| 4 gûeh bâi: mâk bâi. | 4 The new moon: eyebrow. |
| 5 i mâk ciu thìaⁿ. | 5 He has sore eyes. |
| 6 i seⁿ lâi mâk ciu sòi. | 6 He has naturally small eyes. |
| 7 i sĭ pńg tī nâng. | 7 He is a native. |
| 8 cí kâi sĭ i kâi pńg hu. | 8 This is her own husband. |
| 9 cí kɵ̀ sĭ i kâi pńg tī. | 9 This is his own country. |
| 10 i pun cɵ̀ nɵ̆ ki. | 10 It separated into two branches. |
| 11 jît thâu: gûeh nîe. | 11 The sun: the moon. |
| 12 jît jît: kíaⁿ jît. | 12 Every day: to-day. |
| 13 poih gûeh, câp sì, kùe hūn. | 13 The fourteenth of the eighth month. Exceed one’s sphere. |
| 14 ău jît: ău jît. | 14 Hereafter: day after to-morrow. |
| 15 i bɵ̂ thâu mɵ̂. | 15 He has no hair. |
| 16 jît chut: jît jîp. | 16 Sunrise: sunset. |
| 17 khʉ̀ chūe cháu mɵ. | 17 Go and seek ferns. |
| 18 i ke kúi jît àiⁿ lâi. | 18 He will come in a few days. |
| 19 keh ke saⁿ jît. | 19 Three days afterward. |
| 20 keh ke cêk jît. | 20 In one day more. |
| 21 úa bɵ̂ pún sʉ̄. | 21 I have not the wherewith. |
| 22 sĭ lʉ́ kâi pńg hūn. | 22 It is your duty. |
| 23 nín kâi ke, pun a būe? | 23 Is your estate divided yet? |
| 24 lʉ́ hūn lăi pun ŭ jîeh cōi? | 24 How much was there in your share? |
| 25 cí kĭaⁿ mûeh kàu kúi hun hɵ́? | 25 What proportion of this is good? |
| 26 cí kâi gûeh hūn, sĭ úa cɵ̀. úa hūn lăi kâi sʉ̄. | 26 This portion of the month I do it. That within my sphere. |
