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LESSON IX (CONTINUED)
Interrogatives.
- lṳ́ bōi sĩ-mih-mue̍h?
- what are you selling?
- uá sĩ bōi-tê-liāu,
- I am selling confectionary.
- ũ-pa̍t-miâ hó-kiè a-bô?
- is there any other way of naming it?
- ũ-pa̍t-miâ hó-kiè,
- yes, there is another way.
- chí sĩ tî-tiâng-kâi?
- whose is this?
- chí sĩ sin-seⁿ--kâi,
- this is the teacher’s.
- chí sĩ thâu-ke--kâi,
- this is Master’s.
- chí sĩ chèng-nâng--kâi,
- this belongs to the public.
- chí sĩ tî-nâng-kâi?
- this belongs to which person?
- sĩ-so̍k hṳ́-chiàⁿ-lâi kâi-nâng,
- it belongs to the man who just came.
- kâi tî-tiâng,
- who is that?
- tî-tiâng-lâi,
- who comes?
- tî-tiâng-tõ,
- who is there?
- tî-tiâng-tàⁿ,
- who„ said it?
- tî-tiâng-khṳ̀,
- who„ went?
- tî-tiâng-hàm,
- who„ calls?
- tõ tî-sî-lâi,
- when did he come?
- chá-ji̍t lâi,
- came yesterday.
- lâi-kú--liáu,
- came a long time ago.
- mn̂g-khí-chá--lái,
- came this morning.
- lṳ́ khiã-khí tî-kò,
- where do you live?
- khiã-khí tõ Hú-siâⁿ,
- live at the Hu city.
- khiã-khí tõ-hâng,
- lives in the hong.
- khiã-khí tõ-kūiⁿ--téng,
- lives„ at the District city.
- nín tî-kòp-húe,
- ye are of what place?
- uán sĩ Gô-chhân--húe,
- we are Go-chhan people.
- ún sĩ-hieⁿ-ẽ kâi,
- we are from a country village-(depreciating).
- ún sĩ-lãi-tī kâi-nâng,
- we are from the Interior.
- lṳ́ khṳ̀-tî-kò,
- where are you going?
- uà khṳ̀-bói-mue̍h,
- I go to buy something.
- uá khṳ̀ chò-khang-khùe,
- I go to do work.
- uá khṳ̀-thó-chîⁿ,
- I am going to collect cash.
- uá khṳ̀ thó-siàu-ba̍k,
- I am going to collect an account.
- uá khṳ̀-táu-chîⁿ,
- I am going to exchange (dollars) for cash.
- i kàu-tî-kò,
- to where has he reached? How far has he gone?
- i kàu Phàu-thâi--liáu,
- he has got as far as Phau-Thai.
