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LESSON XXXI (CONTINUED).
chang chhâ lâi-chò.
Take wood and come make tt.
chhâ chò--kâi.
Wood(en) made one.
chhâ chò--kâi oh-chhūe.
Wood(en) ones are hard to find.
hó khṳ̀-chhūe chhâ chò--kâi.
Go find a wood(en) made one.
chhâ chò--kâi bô-hièⁿ-nãi.
Wood(en) made ones are not very lasting.
chhâ chò--kâi õi-lîn chò-tit.
Wood(en) one will answer.
hàm i bói chhâ chò--kâi.
Told him to buy a wood made one,
chûn khṳ̀ Sit-la̍t bói chhâ lâi Sùaⁿ-thâu bōi.
The boat went to Singapore and brought lumber to Swatow to sell.
i bói liáu chhâ àiⁿ lâi-tèng che̍k-chiah-chûn.
He has bought lumber and is going to nail (make) a boat.
chhâ chò--kâi iâⁿ-kùe thih chò--kâi.
A wood(en) one is better than an iron one.
chhâ kâi bô nâng-àiⁿ.
A wood(en) one nobody wants.
àiⁿ pa-lói-chûn bô-mih tōiⁿ chhâ.
Want to repair the boat but have no hard wood.
bói-bô chhâ.
No wood to buy.
chhūe chhâ chhūe bô.
Hunted wood and found none.

chò.
To do; to be.
chò sṳ̄.
To do business; to effect something.
chò khang-khùe.
To do work.