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LESSON XIX (CONTINUED).
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Resemblance.
- àn-hièⁿ-seⁿ,
- like that.
- àn-úa chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- like myself for example.
- kâi-kâi sĩ hièⁿ-seⁿ,
- each one is that way.
- siang-sṳ̃,
- like; resembling.
- chí nõ-kiãⁿ-mue̍h siang-sṳ̃,
- these two things are alike.
- húang-sṳ̃ sĩ-mih-kâi?
- it is like what ?
- húang-sṳ̃ móng, móng, móng,
- it is like thus, and so, and so.
- iēⁿ-sièⁿ jiên-chãi,
- the appearance is very similar.
- jiên-jiên,
- closely resembling.
- seⁿ-lâi jiên-jiên,
- a natural resemblance.
- seⁿ-lâi siãu i-kâi-a-pẽ,
- born resembling his father.
- siãu-chãi,
- very much alike.
- kiáⁿ siãu i-a-pẽ,
- the child is like its father.
- hó lâi-pí sĩ-mih-mue̍h?
- we may come and compare it with what thing?
- hó-pí chò-bé,
- may be compared to a horse.
- hó-chiang sĩ-mih-mue̍h lâi-pí?
- what shall we take to compare it with?
- pí-lâi pí-khṳ̀,
- illustrating this way and that way.
- pí-thóiⁿ tî-nâng-kûiⁿ tî-nâng-kẽ,
- compare and see which man is tall and which man is short.
- pí-thóiⁿ chí-nõ-nâng tî-nâng-kûiⁿ,
- compare and see of these two men which man is the taller.
- pí-tie̍h chí--kiãⁿ-hó,
- compared together this is the better one.
- bô-nâng hó kâi-úa-pí,
- nobody may be compared with myself.
- tùi-tùi,
- exactly.
- nẽⁿ tùi-tùi,
- exactly so (with emphasis).
- tùi-iẽⁿ,
- according to the style.
- tùi-huap,
- according to the rule.
- ha̍h-kui-kṳ́,
- according to custom.
- siang-hû,
- they accord.
- siang-hû-ha̍h,
- they harmonize.
- kui-it,
- uniform.
Difference.
- hun-pie̍t,
- a difference.
- bô-sĩ-mih hun-pie̍t,
- there is no great difference.
- ũ-hun-pie̍t,
- there is a difference.
- koh-iēⁿ,
- a different kind, or different.
- koh-iēⁿ-chãi,
- very different.
- koh-iēⁿ koh-iēⁿ,
- decidedly different.
