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LESSON XXV (CONTINUED).
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| uá eng-kai | phah | i. |
| I need to | strike | him. |
| pit-su-tie̍h | phah | i. |
| It is necessary to | strike | him. |
| Subjunctive Mood. | ||
| úa a sĩ | phah | i. |
| I, if I | strike | him, or struck him. |
| úa nāⁿ-sĩ | phah | i. |
| If I should | strike | him. |
| úa jia̍k-sĩ | phah | i. |
| If I | struck | him. |
| khó-pí úa | phah | i. |
| Supposing that I | struck | him, or should strike him. |
| chò uá | phah | i. |
| If it were so that I | struck | him, or if it had been I that had struck him. |
| siet-sái úa | phah | i |
| Suppose that I | struck | him. |
| khó-pí chò-úa | phah | i. |
| Suppose for example that I had | struck | him, or should strike him. |
| Imperative Mood. | ||
| phah! | ||
| Strike! | ||
| tie̍h | phah! | |
| Strike! | (emphatic). | |
| màiⁿ | phah! | |
| Don’t | strike! | |
| m̄-hó | phah! | |
| Don’t | strike! | |
| lṳ́ méⁿ-méⁿ | phah | i! |
| Strike | him quickly! | |
| lṳ́ khṳ̀ | phah | i. |
| You go and | strike | him. |
| Infinitive Mood. | ||
| lṳ́ chò-káⁿ | phah | i. |
| How dare you to | strike | him. |
| i chuan-lâi | phah | úa. |
| He came on purpose to | strike | me. |
| lṳ́ khá-káⁿ | phah | i a-m̄-káⁿ? |
| Dare you to | strike | him or not? |
