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LESSON XXVIII (CONTINUED).
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- khó-íⁿ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- you may thus and so.
- sĩ-eng-kai tàⁿ--kâi,
- it is something that must be said.
- kau-chhap tit-lo̍h,
- can associate together.
- mue̍h-kiãⁿ õi ka-lāu-tiāu,
- the thing may be lost.
- môⁿ-kúi õi bú-lõng-nâng,
- the devil can delude people.
Imperative.
Modes of expressing entreaty, command, prohibition, &c.
1. The verb spoken with emphasis is often sufficient.
2. Various auxiliaries are used. Hó is hortatory, used in mild forms of exhorting or enjoining. Tie̍h is more emphatic, indicating that the thing must be done. Màiⁿ is prohibitory. Eng-kai means, 'it is necessary. Nōⁿ is emphatic.
- chõ,
- sit down!
- phah,
- strike!
- mán,
- pull!
- ji̍p--lâi,
- come in!
- léng-i khṳ̀,
- push it away!
- ji̍h-lo̍h,
- press it down!
- á-uan i kâi-búe,
- bend the end of it!
- peh-tiāu i kâi-phûe,
- peel off its bark!
- sāi-i khiã.
- stand it upright.
- phêⁿ-i pêⁿ,
- spread it level.
- bûa-mîⁿ-mîⁿ,
- rub it fine.
- buah-kng-ku̍t,
- polish it bright and smooth.
- ngói-iùⁿ-iùⁿ,
- grind it fine.
- khṳ̀ chhip-châu-châu,
- mix it thoroughly.
- lṳ́ chhut-khṳ̀,
- you go out.
- lṳ́ kuán-thóiⁿ-lúY ka-kī kâi-sṳ̄,
- you look after your own business.
- tãi-ke, nín àiⁿ-chai mêng-pe̍h,
- all ye, now know clearly.
- chí-tieⁿ-toaⁿ, tie̍h-chip-kín,
- this cheque, hold it fast.
- khie̍h-lâi pàng-tõ-chí,
- bring it and put it here.
- chiang tiâu-soh khṳ̀-hân,
- take a rope and stretch it along.
- lṳ́ kâi-ūe, màiⁿ-lâi ki̍p-tie̍h uá,
- may what you say, not come upon me.
- màiⁿ-m̃-tàⁿ,
- don’t fail to say it.
- màiⁿ-chiang-ak pò-ak,
- don't pay evil with evil.
- màiⁿ-lāu-tiāu che̍k-kâi,
- don’t leave one out.
- màiⁿ-chhap-sṳ̄,
- don’t meddle.
- màiⁿ-chip-ì,
- don’t be self-willed.
