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LESSON XVII (CONTINUED).
Interjections.
- khṳ̀--nō,
- go (mildly).
- khṳ̀ nō-ō-ō,
- get you gone.
- Hist, hark,—ss, ist,
- (àiⁿ-kiè-nâng tiām-tiām, when you want to tell some one to be still. or, àiⁿ hàm-nâng cháu-khui, want to tell him to stand off.
- lṳ́ chhiáⁿ-sù--úa,
- I beg you to indulge me, i.e. hear me.
- hiaⁿ-tĩ lṳ́ chhiáⁿ-thiaⁿ úa-tàⁿ,
- brethren please to hear me speak.
- lṳ́ chhiáⁿ-tiām thãi úa-tàⁿ,
- you please be quiet until I speak.
- iông uá-tàⁿ,
- allow me to state.
- Halloo,—ou-ou-ôi,
- (àiⁿ-hàm-nâng chiũ ēng chí-kâi siaⁿ-búe, if you want to call people use this vocal ending.—nâng a-sĩ hñg-hñg im chiũ khan tn̂g-tn̂g, the man if he is far away, the tone must be drawn out long).
- chûn ou-ou-ôi,
- Halloo, the boat.
- A-sam ou-ou-ôi,
- Halloo, A Sam.
- thâu-mīn-chôiⁿ kâi-nâng ā,
- Halloo, you man ahead there.
- Lo, behold,—ñg, ã, ũa, ẽⁿ,
- (ngõ-tie̍h m̄-pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ kâi chiũ-ēng chí-kâi, when you meet with something you havn’t seen (unexpected), then you may use these).
- ã, sĩ-lṳ́,
- behold, you have come.
- úa khṳ̀-chhūe, ñg, bô-tõ,
- I went to look for it, and behold, it was not there.
- ũa, lṳ́ tõ-chí-ā,
- lo, here you are.
- Oh,—ō.
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- ō, lṳ́ tàⁿ chí--kù úa mêng-pe̍h,
- oh, when you say that, I understand.
- ō, úa mêng-pe̍h,
- oh, I understand.
- ō, sĩ àn-chièⁿ-seⁿ, ā,
- oh, the matter is like that, is it,
- O,—ō, ā,
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- Iⁿ-sek-lie̍t nâng, o,
- O, Israel.
- chèng-ūi hiaⁿ-tĩ, ā,
- O, ye brethren all.
- Pshaw,—tshṳ́, chhiá lṳ-lṳ-lṳ,
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- tshṳ́, chièⁿ-seⁿ kâi-ūe,
- pshaw, on such words as that.
- tshṳ́, chièⁿ-seⁿ kâi-nâng, bô-tõ-lí-chãi,
- nonsense, on such a man, he is utterly wanting in reason.
- Heigho,—ái-à, õi-ōu,
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- ái-ã. m̄-hó. heigho,
- that’s not proper.
- ái-ã. chhiú mài-thãng,
- heigho, don’t touch it.
