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LESSON X
Time.

ji̍t-kùa,
daytime.
mê--kùa,
night-time.
ẽ-kùa,
afternoon.
chiẽⁿ-kùa,
forenoon.
ẽ-ngóu,
afternoon.
kim-ji̍t; kiá-ji̍t,
to-day.
cha-ji̍t,
yesterday.
chá-ji̍t,
some previous day.
cho̍h--ji̍t,
day before yesterday.
tōa-cho̍h--ji̍t,
one day earlier still.
múe-ji̍t,
every day.
liên-ji̍t,
consecutive days.
kúi-ji̍t; sù-ji̍t; kú-a-ji̍t,
several days.
chí-kṳ̃n-ji̍t,
within these few days.
chiẽⁿ-ji̍t,
on a previous day.
chôiⁿ nõⁿ-saⁿ-ji̍t,
two or three days ago.
ãu-ji̍t,
day after to-morrow.
chôiⁿ-ji̍t,
a former day.
múa-chá,
to-morrow early.
múa-khí,
to-morrow.
mn̂g-hng,
evening.
chiẽⁿ-lói-pài,
last week.
chôiⁿ-kâi-gue̍h,
last month.
nõⁿ-saⁿ kâi-gue̍h-chôiⁿ,
two or three months ago.
chí-kâi-gue̍h,
this month.
ãu-kâi-gue̍h; ẽ-kâi-gue̍h,
next month.
ãu nõⁿ-kâi-gue̍h,
two months afterwards.
ke-saⁿ kâi-gue̍h,
in three months more.
ji̍t-tàu,
noon. bô-hièⁿ-tàu, not fully noon.
pùaⁿ-mê,
midnight.
saⁿ keⁿ,
pùaⁿ-mê, 3rd. watch, midnight.
mê-nî,
next year.
chiang-lâi-nî,
future year.
kū-nî,
last year. sì-khùi, the four seasons.
múe-nî,
every year. chhun, hē, spring and summer.
chá-nî,
some preceding year. chhiu, tang, fall and winter.
sî-hāu,
time.
bô-sî-hāu,
there is no time.
ũ-sî ũ-hāu,
there is time.