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LESSON IX (CONTINUED)
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Interrogatives.
- tî-chiah-chûn,
- which boat?
- sĩ-hṳ́ phah-tèng--kâi,
- it is that one at anchor.
- sĩ-hṳ́ sái-phâng--kâi,
- it is that one sailing.
- sĩ-hṳ́-kâi ũ phâng-kám--kâi,
- it is that one with a cover.
- sĩ-hṳ́ kò-chiéⁿ--kâi,
- it is that one rowing.
- sĩ-nâng theⁿ-chûn--kâi,
- it is the one the men are poling.
- tî-che̍k-kiãⁿ-sĩ,
- which is the one?
- tî-che̍k-kâi-sĩ,
- which„ is„ the„ one„?
- ũi-tie̍h chò-nî,
- one account of what?
- sĩ ũi-tie̍h pẽ-bó,
- it is on account of his father and mother.
- chò-nî, nē, why so?
- why is it?
- lṳ́-tàⁿ chò-nî,
- what do you say?
- uá bô chò-nî-tàⁿ,
- I did not say anything.
- lṳ́ chò-nî-siẽⁿ,
- what do you think?
- uá siẽⁿ chièⁿ-seⁿ m̄-hó-chò,
- I think it is not well to do that way.
- chò-nî-ⁿ-iēⁿ,
- what kind is it?
- chò-ũ,
- how can there be? (disputing).
- hô chò-nî-chò,
- how can it be done?
- chãi-tit,
- how can it be? (disputing).
- chãi-seⁿ,
- what manner?
- i nâng chãi-seⁿ,
- how is he? what sort of person is he?
- jie̍h-chōi,
- how many? how much?
- jie̍h-kûiⁿ,
- how high?
- jie̍h-tōa,
- how large?
- chie̍h jie̍h-tãng,
- how heavy is the stone?
- chúi jie̍h-chhim,
- the water, how deep is it?
- i ũ jie̍h-chōi ngn̂,
- how much silver has he?
- jie̍h-hó,
- how good is it?
- hô-m̄ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- why not have it thus?
- i lâi a-būe,
- has he come or not?
- ũ--mēⁿ,
- have they any? is there any?
- àiⁿ a-m̄,
- do you want it or not?
- thâu-ke lâi a-bô,
- has the Master come or not?
- sĩ-mih sî-hāu,
- what time?
- tõ sĩ-mih sî-hāu,
- at what time?
- tõ tî-sî,
- when?
- sĩ-mih ūi-chhṳ̀,
- what place?
- sĩ-mih tī-hng,
- what„ place„
