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LESSON XXXV.
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Various Questions.
- mñg-tap,
- question and answer.
- mn̄g-lâi mn̄g-khṳ̀,
- asking to and fro.
- che̍k-nâng mn̄g,
- che̍k-nâng ìn, one asks and another answers; dialogue.
- hó--mē,
- is it well? Will it do?
- hó a-m̄-hó
- will it do or not?
- chièⁿ-seⁿ hó--mē
- will that do?
- ìn-tap tàⁿ,
- chièⁿ-seⁿ chò, káⁿ õi a-bõi, replied saying,—to do like that, can he or not?
- lṳ́ kìⁿ chóng-tok chãi-tit káⁿ,
- how dare you face the governor ?
- eng-kai chò sĩ-mih-sṳ̄,
- chiàⁿ õi-tit phêng-an, what must needs be done in order that there may be peace?
- àiⁿ phêng-an eng-kai chò mih-sṳ̄,
- if you want peace what is necessary to do?
- lṳ́ chiēⁿ-ji̍t só-chò kâi-sṳ̄,
- sĩ būe-chêng kâi-úa tàⁿ--mē, that which you did the other day, is there something that you have not told me of?
- lṳ́ khá-sĩ bô-àiⁿ kāng-úa tàⁿ,
- is it so that you don’t want to tell me?
- lṳ́ phah-sǹg àiⁿ-chhiáⁿ tî-kâi ui-seng lâi,
- what doctor have you decided to call?
- lṳ́ chai õi-tit chiap i-kâi-ūi a-bõi,
- do you know whether you can fill his place or not?
- lṳ́ hô-íⁿ-chai chí-kâi-sṳ̄,
- how did you come to know this?
- lṳ́ chãi-tit tsai chí-kâi-sṳ̄,
- how can you know this matter?
- lṳ́ chò-nî ũ hièⁿ-chōi ngṳ̂n,
- how did you come to have so much money?
- chò-bõi,
- why can I not?
- lṳ́ chai-mêng a,
- do you know clearly ?
- chí-kâi-sṳ̄ sĩ so̍k tî-tiâng kâi-sṳ̄,
- this matter pertains to whom? Whose business is it?
- chí-kâi-tàⁿ sĩ so̍k tõ tî-tiâng,
- this responsibility pertains to whom?
- úa ũ-ūe kàu-sù lṳ́-thiaⁿ,
- hó--mē, I have something to state to you, may I?
- ūi-mih-sṳ̄ kám-siā i,
- what shall I thank him for?
- ũ-sṳ̄ hó khṳt-i kám-siā--mē,
- is there anything for which I should be thanked by him?
- chò-nî õi chièⁿ mêng-pe̍h,
- how should it come to be so clear?
- àiⁿ chò-nî chiàⁿ-hó,
- should it be properly done?
- i nâng seⁿ-lâi chãi-seⁿ-iēⁿ,
- what sort of a looking man is he?
- õi-tit-tie̍h sĩ-mih-siéⁿ,
- what reward can he have?
