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LESSON XXV (CONTINUED).
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kiaⁿ ùi khṳt-i phah.
Afraid lest I shall be beaten by him.
lṳ́ m̄-chai-hûang chiũ khṳt-i phah.
If you don’t take care you will be beaten by him.
i pit-tie̍h khṳt-i phah.
He certainly will be beaten by him.
khióng-phàⁿ pĩ-i phah.
I fear lest I shall be beaten by him.
būe-ũ-nâng chó-chí, uá soiⁿ khṳt-i phah liáu.
Before any man stopped him I had already been beaten by him (Pluper.)
nâng būe-ũ chó-chí i khióng-phàⁿ khṳt-i phah tie̍h.
Before any man can him I am afraid I shall be beaten.
lṳ́ būe-tàⁿ, lṳ́ chiũ tie̍h soiⁿ pun-i phah.
Before you can say anything you will first have been beaten by him.
Pot’l
lṳ́ õi-pun-i phah tie̍h-a-bõi?
Can you be beaten by him or not?
bõi pun nâng phah.
He can’t be beaten by people.
eng-kai pun nâng phah.
It is necessary to be beaten.
ēng-pun i phah chiũ pun-i phah.
If it is needful to be beaten, then I will be beaten by him.
Subj.
uá a-sĩ khṳt-i phah.
If I am beaten by him.
uá a-sĩ pun nâng phah.
If I am beaten by people.
Imp.
tie̍h-khṳt-i phah!
Be beaten by him.
i tie̍h khat-khóu nãiⁿ-siũ phah.
Let him patiently take a beating.
Inf.
phah.
To be struck.
Part.
chí-kâi sî-hāu i huân-liáu siũ-i phah.
At this time he was still being beaten by him.