Lesson XV.
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- 草埔俱皆是樹葉
- Tsháu-pou lóng-tsóng sĩ chhiū-hiéh
- Leaves are all over the lawn.
- 携糞耙去耙清潔
- Khiéh pùn-pê khṳ̀ pê chheng-khih
- Get the garden-rake and rake it clean.
- 茶花有開花或未
- Tê-hue ũ khui-hue a-būe?
- Have the camellias begun to blossom?
- 未。有蕊而已
- Būe, ũ lúi tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ
- No, there are only buds.
- 若是開伊個花是雅在
- Nāⁿ-sĩ khui i kâi hue sĩ ngiá-tsãi
- If the flowers blow they will be very pretty.
- 每明早要食着摘花擺放床頂
- Pâi-mêng-khí àiⁿ-chiáh tiéh tiah-hue pái pàng tshn̂g-téng
- Every morning at breakfast you must pluck some flowers and place them on the table.
Lesson XVI.
a list of words used in cooking.
- 剖
- Phoi
- To cut, as the rinds of fruits, nails, pencil &c.
- 截
- Tsoíh
- To cut into slices, as bread, beef &c.
- 割
- Kuah
- To cut off, as a rope, a piece of meat from a large piece &c.
- 琢
- Tok
- To chop with a knife, as to cut bones.
- 刣
- Thâi
- To kill.
- 琢莝
- Tok-tshō
- To mince.
- 煲
- Pû
- To boil as water, rice &c in small utensils.
- 煮
- Tsṳ́
- To boil as rice, vegetables &c in large utensils.
