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LESSON XVI
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adverbs.
Adjectives are constantly used as adverbs, e.g. chûn-mān, the boat is slow. chûn kiâⁿ-mān, the boat moves slow(ly).
A few common adverbs are subjoined.
- Perhaps—pa-lak, ho̍k, bô-tiāⁿ-tie̍h.
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- pa-lak ũ-chûn hó-tah,
- perhaps there is a boat on which (you) may embark.
- m̄-chai pa-lak ũ-bé hó-khiâ,
- perhaps there is a horse on which you may ride.
- ho̍k-ũ-kiē hó-chõ,
- perhaps there is a sedan which you may take (lit. sit).
- ho̍k-chiá huang thàu bô-jie̍h-kú chiũ-kàu,
- perhaps the wind will blow, then in no time at all you will be there.
- Exceedingly, very—chì; ke̍k; sīm; chãi; nẽⁿ.
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- ke̍k-tōa,
- extremely large; hó-chãi, very good.
- thiⁿ-sî sĩm-jua̍h,
- the weather is exceedingly hot.
- suaⁿ nẽⁿ sĩ-kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ,
- the mountain is, O, very high.
- hái-tói chhim-chãi,
- the sea is very deep.
- kan-khóu-chãi,
- very hard (to bear).
- oh-chãi,
- very difficult. chì-chhám-chãi, very severe.
- Nearly, almost—chha-m̄-to.
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- hiám-chhái àiⁿ-ka-lau̍h,
- very nearly it was about to fall.
- hiám-hiám m̄-kìⁿ,
- almost lost sight of it.
- lím-lím àiⁿ-pua̍h,
- nearly about to fall, or, nearly ready to fall.
- chiang-kṳ̃n gō-sí,
- nearly starved to death.
- chua̍h-se-su õi-ji̍p-káng,
- just a little more and then could have entered the channel.
- Verily, truly,—sit-chãi; kúaⁿ-chin.
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- úa si̍t-chãi kāng-lṳ́-tàⁿ,
- verily I say unto you.
- chí-kâi-sṳ̄ kúaⁿ-chin sĩ a-m̄-sĩ,
- this matter is it truly so or not?
- chin-chin si̍t-si̍t,
- veritably true.
- tùi-tùi,
- exactly.
- Seldom,—hán--tit,
- rarely had; hán-ũ, rarely have.
- chié-ũ,
- seldom have.
- hṳ́-kâi-kok chié-ũ,
- in that kingdom they rarely have (it so).
- sng-soh hán-ũ,
- ice and snow (they) seldom have.
- oh-chhūe,
- hard to find.
- khṳ̀ tî-kò chhūe,
- where will you go to find it?
- Often, constantly—sî-siêⁿ; siêⁿ-siêⁿ; lú-chhṳ̀.
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- chōi-chōi-hûe pat-ji̍p,
- many times he has been in.
