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LESSON XII
23
Quantity.
- se-su; lân-ló,
- a little.
- se-su-kiáⁿ; lân-lân ló-ló,
- a very little.
- chhoh-kiáⁿ,
- a small quantity.
- nih-kiáⁿ,
- just a little bit.
- ũ-kúi-cha̍p,
- a few tens.
- ũ-che̍k chat-kiáⁿ,
- a little space (a measure of distance).
- che̍k-chūa,
- one stretch; one passage.
- ha̍p-ke,
- the whole house.
- kàu-chok; m̄-kàu-chok,
- enough; not enough.
- chok-ēng,
- enough for use.
- m̄-kàu-ēng,
- not enough for use.
- m̄-lã-sái,
- not enough to meet expenses.
- m̄-kàu-kâi,
- not a complete one.
- ha̍p-kâi sĩ-chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- all of them are that way.
- chōi-chōi; tōa-bó-mue̍h,
- a great deal.
- chié-chié,
- a very little.
- ũ-chōi-chié,
- there are more or less.
- tih-kiáⁿ,
- a little bit.
- lân-tiám,
- a few drops.
- che̍k-tiám,
- one drop.
- lân-lia̍p,
- a few grains.
- chhō-kàu-tĩⁿ,
- put it in till full.
- chhō-kàu pùaⁿ-tĩⁿ,
- put in till half full.
- ũ jie̍h-chōi-kâi,
- how many are there?
- u-jie̍h-tōa,
- how large is it?
- ũ-jie̍h-tĩⁿ,
- how full is it?
- khat-khat-kàu,
- barely enough.
- siè-siè-kàu,
- barely„ enough„
- ũ-hãn,
- it has a limit.
- bô-kài-hãn,
- illimitable.
- hãn-i cha̍p-ji̍t,
- limited him to ten days.
- ũ-hãn ũ-liãng,
- there are limits and measures.
- bô-hãn bô-liãng,
- limitless.
- tiám-kiáⁿ-niⁿ,
- a very little.
- ũ-kúi-lia̍p,
- a few grains.
- tōa-ē,
- a large quantity.
- siàu-m̄-liáu,
- can’t count to the end.
- siàu-m̄-tit,
- countless.
- siàu-m̄-chōi,
- count, how many there are.
- bô-mih-chōi,
- not very much or many.
