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LESSON XXI (CONTINUED).
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Dative.
- uá sàng--lṳ́,
- I present (to) you.
- khṳ̀ Ka-la-pa,
- (he) has gone (to) Batavia.
- khṳ̀ Si̍t-la̍t,
- (he) has gone (to) Singapore.
- khṳ̀ Pin-nô-sṳ̃,
- (he) has gone (to) the Island of Penang.
- i kau-tài hâng-chú,
- he delivered it (to) the head of the hong.
- i chìn-uâng-ke,
- he presented it to the king.
- i hièn-chì Siãng-tì,
- he offered it up to the Supreme Ruler.
- khie̍h-chúi pun--i,
- take water and give to him.
- si-ṳn pun--i,
- grant a favor to him.
- tàⁿ-pun i-chai,
- to let him know.
- tàⁿ-mêng, pun-i phah-sǹg,
- tell clearly to let him decide.
- tùi-i tàⁿ,
- said to him.
- tùi-i kâi-thâu-ke tàⁿ,
- said to his master.
- tùi-i kâi-chhin-nâng tàⁿ,
- said to his relatives.
- ṳ́-lṳ́ bô-kan?
- whhat consequence is it to you.
- ṳ́-lṳ́ bô-siang-kan,
- it is of no consequence to you.
- ṳ́-i kói-sueh,
- explain it to him.
- kāng-i tàⁿ,
- say together with him, i. e. say to him.
- kiau-i tàⁿ,
- talk with, or, to him.
- kiau-lṳ́-chò,
- do it with, or, for you.
- uá kiau-lṳ́ pheⁿ-phah,
- I will decide for you.
- hiàng-thiⁿ tàⁿ,
- spoke towards heaven, i. e. cried out to heaven.
- ka̍k-chiẽⁿ-thiⁿ,
- threw it up towards the sky.
- kiâⁿ-lōu hiàng-sai,
- walked towards, or, to the west.
- chhù-chôiⁿ hiàng-tang,
- the front of the house is to the east.
- khṳ̀-kàu Ji̍t-pńg,
- went to Japan.
- siau-kàu múa-tî-kò,
- diffused to everywhere (said of goods exported).
- kàu-chí-lâi,
- up to this.
- siẽⁿ-m̄-kàu,
- cannot think up to it, i.e. never thought of it, or, unthinkable.
- hôiⁿ--i,
- pay it to him.
- hôiⁿ-i ji-cha̍p-ngṳ̂n,
- paid him twenty dollars.
- i kâi-siàu-ba̍k tie̍h-hôiⁿ--i,
- pay him his account.
- eng-kai hôiⁿ--i, chiũ-hôiⁿ--i,
- what is necessary to pay him, pay him.
- ũi-tie̍h pēⁿ kâi-sṳ̄,
- for, or, on account of illness.
- ũi-tie̍h si̍h-pńg,
- on account of losses.
- ũi-tie̍h chí-kiãⁿ-sṳ̄,
- for, or, on account of this one matter.
