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LESSON XXV (CONTINUED).
| i khí lâi | phah | i. |
| He rose to | strike | him. |
| ṳ̃-pĩ | phah | i. |
| He got ready to | strike | him. |
| Participles. | ||
| i | phah | būe-hiah, uá ji̍p--khṳ̀. |
| Before he had ceased | striking | him I entered. |
| uá lâi i tõ | phah | i. |
| When I came he was | striking | him. |
| uá chhut khṳ̀ nõⁿ-nâng huân iáu tõ-sie | phah. | |
| When I came out the two men were still | fighting. | |
Passive Voice.
| Ind, Pres. | ||
| pĩ | phah. | |
| Is | struck. | |
| uá pĩ-i | phah. | |
| I am | struck | by him. |
| uá pĩ-nâng | phah. | |
| I am | struck | by somebody. |
| Past, &c. | ||
| uá khṳt-i | phah | liáu. |
| I have been already | struck | by him. |
| uá khṳt-i | phah | tie̍h. |
| I have been | struck | by him. |
| uá khṳt-i | phah | sieⁿ. |
| I have been | struck | and wounded by him. |
| uá íⁿ-keng khṳt-i | phah | tie̍h. |
| I have or had been | struck | by him. |
| uá soiⁿ khṳt-i | phah | kùe. |
| I had first been | beaten | by him. |
| uá khṳt-i | phah | kàu ou-chhe. |
| I have been | struck | by him until black and blue. |
| uá khṳt-i | phah | kàu chiang-sí. |
| I have been | struck | by him until I was about dead. |
| Future. | ||
| uá chiang-lâi pĩ-i | phah. | |
| I will hereafter be | beaten | by him. |
