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LESSON XXVII (CONTINUED).
- i ìn pêng-kṳ̃ chhut--lâi,
- he brought forth testimony.
- pêng-kṳ̃—i ìn chhut--lâi,
- testimony—he brought forth.
- tang-mn̂g chhut ũ nâng-bé chōi-chōi,
- from the east gate issued men in great numbers.
- chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chò-sêng sĩ-tõ Siãng-hái,
- this matter was done in Shanghai.
- uá bô-thàn hó-hôiⁿ--i,
- I have not the wherewithal to pay him.
- chí-kâi sĩ pí-jũ iā-sĩ si̍t-sṳ̄,
- this is a parable and it is also a matter of fact.
Subjunctive.
Equivalents for such conditional words as if, if so, though, lest, perhaps, perchance, it may be that, dc.
- jia̍k; jû-jia̍k; tháng-jia̍k,
- if.
- jia̍k-sĩ,
- if it is so.
- a-sĩ; jia̍k-a-sĩ,
- if really so; if that’s the way it is.
- ho̍k-chiá,
- perhaps; it may be.
- kiá-jû; kóu-jû,
- if.
- pa-lak,
- perhaps; perchance.
- chò,
- it being so; if it be so.
- jia̍k-jiên,
- if now then, that is the case.
- si̍t-chãi a-sĩ,
- if truly it is so.
- siet-sái; siet-jia̍k,
- supposing that.
- khó-pí,
- if, for example.
These words are placed at or near the beginning of a sentence, or just before the verb, to impart a Subjunctive sense. They are used sometimes one alone, and sometimes two or three together, to give different shades of meaning and different degrees of force.
- a-sĩ m̄-tõ, lṳ́ hó-tńg--lâi,
- he is not there, you may come back.
- i jia̍k-sĩ-lâi, lṳ́ hó kāng-i tàⁿ,
- if he comes, do you tell it to him.
- lṳ́, chu-jû ũ-ngṳ̂n, chiũ-hó-bói,
- you, if you have money, then you may buy.
- jia̍k-a-sĩ i m̄-hàuⁿ, chiũ-hiah,
- if he does not want to, then that’s the end of it.
- siet-jia̍k hó-chò, chiũ-chò,
- if the thing can be done, then do it, or, let it be done.
- siet-sái-i tàⁿ chí-kâi-ūe, lṳ́ hó chièⁿ-seⁿ ìn-tap--i,
- supposing that he says these words, then do you thus and so answer him.
- pa-lak i thiaⁿ-lṳ́ khǹg-kòi chiũ-hó,
- if, perchance, he listens to your advice, then well.
