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Sentences on the Past Tense.

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úa só niá-siũ--kâi hù-thoh lṳ́,

that which I have received I deliver to you.

i thiaⁿ-tie̍h m̄ huaⁿ-hí,

when he heard it he was displeased.

tōiⁿ khí-sêng--liáu,

the temple is built.

i lo̍h-liáu-bé,

he had come down from his horse.

kì-chai chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chiũ kiaⁿ-ùi,

when they knew this matter they were afraid.

seⁿ lâm-jî liáu,

has given birth to a son.

kì-sĩ chiè-seⁿ, i chiũ m̄-káⁿ-khṳ̀,

such being the case, he did not dare go.

kì bōi--liáu chiũ tit-tie̍h saⁿ-peh-ngṳ̂n,

when it was sold he received three hundred dollars.

íⁿ-keng sí--khṳ̀ sì-ji̍t--liáu,

had been dead four days.

kàu chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chò-hiah--liáu,

when (they) had stopped doing this thing.

phêng-sù, i-sĩ chò ui-seng,

heretofore, he had been a physician.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chí-kâi-ūe i chiũ lì-tiāu i-kâi-saⁿ,

when he heard this he at once rent his garments.

i chiũ sûi-sî tó-tièⁿ,

he at once, thereupon, failed in business.

i íⁿ-keng chhut-liáu chí-kâi kò-sī,

he had already issued this proclamation.

tàⁿ-ūe tàⁿ-hiah,

when he had done talking.

lṳ́ hûan-liáu jṳ̂ būe-kàu,

you have not yet rubbed it enough.

sṳ̄ būe-liáu-kak khṳt i cháu--khṳ̀,

before the business was settled up he ran away.

liên-uán ka-kī kâi saⁿ-khòu khie̍h-m̄-tit,

even our own clothes we did not get.

tah m̄-tie̍h-chûn,

did not get aboard the boat.

tah tõ-i kâi-chhù,

left it at his house.

ũ kâi Siãng-tì chãu--i, chiàⁿ-õi tit-ũ,

there was a God who made it, and so it has existence.

ngà kâi-nâng kiâⁿ-tie̍h chí-tiâu-lōu bõi-kiâⁿ chha-chhò,

even the fool that walks in this road can not make a mistake.

i lî-liáu tī-hng,

he left the place.

i būe-lâi nín-kò kâi sî-hāu, i būe-hiáu chò chí-kâi khang-khùe,

before he came to you he did not understand how to do this.

tán-kàu úa kùe-hái--liáu, jiên-ãu húe-chûn chiàⁿ-lâi,

when I had already crossed the bay, afterwards the steamer then came, i.e, the steamer did not come until after I had crossed the bay.