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Lesson XV
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Conjunctions.
- And— íⁿ-ki̍p, pẽng, kah, kũa.
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- kaⁿ íⁿ-ki̍p keng-chie kāng-chîⁿ saⁿ-peh-chîⁿ,
- oranges and bananas together were three-hundred cash.
- che̍k-kâi-ngṳ̂n pẽng-chîⁿ sì-sek,
- a dollar and forty cents.
- bói-gô kah-chiah-koi,
- buy a goose and a fowl.
- i bōi che̍k-bóu-chhân kah-kũa che̍k-kò-hn̂g,
- he sold an acre of watered land and a piece of unwatered.
- Also—iā-ũ iā-bô,
- also have, also have not.
- õ, lṳ́ iā-tàⁿ i-kâi-ūe,
- O, you also are talking his words.
- nâng gō-sí, cheng-seⁿ iā-gō-sí,
- the men starve to death and the stock also starve to death.
- As, so—chhin-chhiẽⁿ, jû, pêng, àn.
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- jû-lṳ́ só-tàⁿ,
- as you say.
- pêng-lṳ́ só-tàⁿ,
- as you say.
- chò-sṳ̄ jû-siêⁿ,
- (he) acts as he always does.
- ji̍t che̍k-ē-lo̍h uá chiũ-ji̍p-siâⁿ,
- as the sun set I entered the city.
- jû...chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- as...so.
- àn...chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- as...so.
- àn-lṳ́ só-chò che̍k-iēⁿ,
- the same as you do.
- Because—uân-in, in-tì, in-ũi-tie̍h.
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- uân-in hièⁿ-kú bô-hõu,
- because for so long there was no rain.
- in-tì nõⁿ-nâng bô-hûa-mo̍k,
- because the two men were not at peace.
- in-ũi-tie̍h si̍h-pńg,
- because he lost his capital.
- uân-in chò-nî,
- because of what? Why so?
- Both—liáng-kâi, jī-ke.
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- liáng-kâi chhou-chhou,
- both are coarse.
- jī-ke sie-mēⁿ,
- both are quarrelling.
- nõ-nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ-jiáng,
- the two men were alike wrangling.
- pí-chhṳ́ tie̍h-sūn kui-kṳ́,
- both must follow the custom.
- If—a-sĩ, jia̍k-sĩ, tiāⁿ-sĩ, nāⁿ-sĩ.
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- mn̂g a-sĩ bô-khui chiũ-hó tńg--lâi,
- the door, if it is not open, then you may come back.
- a-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- if it is like that.
- jia̍k-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- if it„ is like„ that.„
- tiāⁿ-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- if certainly so.
- nãⁿ-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- if it is so.
