Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Notes—Nautical

by Lim Hiong Seng

Lesson XXVIII.
Notes—Nautical.

我要過畨

Uá àiⁿ-kùe-huan

I am going to a foreign country.

爾要搭何隻火船

Lṳ́ àiⁿ-tah tî-chék-chiah húe-tsûn?

By which steamer are you going?

我要搭甲板

Uá àiⁿ-tah kap-pán

I am going by a sailing vessel.

此時做好搭甲板。逆風

Chí--tiang-sî tsò-hó tah-kap-pán, ngék-huang

You shouldn't go by sailing vessel at this time, as the wind is contrary.

爾能可搭火船

Lṳ́ nêng-kò tah húe-tsûn

You had better go by steamer.

搭彼隻藍烟筒

Tah hṳ́-chiah nâm-in-tâng

Go by the blue funnel (steamer.)

明天早入來

Màⁿ-mêng-khí jíp--lâi

She comes in to-morrow morning.

舵舡好行了

Tãi-kong hó-kiâⁿ--lō

Steersman, you had better start now.

天時好了

Thiⁿ-sî hó--lō

The weather is fine.

我起來看

Uá khí--kâi thóiⁿ

Let me come up and see.

咳。雨還了未晴

Uã! hōu huân-lióu būe-chêⁿ

Oh! the rain hasn't stopped yet.

須子雨子不畏也

Su-kiáⁿ hōu-kiáⁿ, mùiⁿ--nō

You needn't be afraid of little rain.

霋時要浮大風湧

Khiã-tiām àiⁿ-phû tūa-huang-êng

By and bye a storm and large waves will rise.

敢是要做風颱也

Káⁿ-sĩ àiⁿ-tsò huang-thai ã!

Oh! I think there will be a typhoon.

來抛加壹個錠

Lâi-pha ke--kâi tèng

Let us let go another anchor.

此天時做好行

Chiá--thiⁿ-sî tsò-hó-kiâⁿ

Oh, we can't go on, in this weather.

今無變。多着在此被伊吹

Taⁿ iou-ũ-pōu, lo-tiéh nãⁿ--chié khoih-i-tshue

Now, what help can there be we must stay here and let the wind blow.

流水雄。風不好

Lâu-tsúi li hiông, huang li m̄-móⁿ

The tide is strong, and the wind is contrary.

此隻船好駛

Chí-chiah-tsûn hó-sái

This boat sails well.

行甚猛

Kiâⁿ-méⁿ-tsãi

It goes very fast.

火船免用駛風會行

Húe-tsûn mín-ēng sái-huang õi-kiâⁿ

Steamers can go without setting sails.

下次船我就要去

Ẽ-tsūa-tsûn uá chiũ-àiⁿ-khṳ̀

I am going next trip.

直透。無往誰處

Tít-thàu, bô-kua tî-kò

I go direct without calling any where.

挺去火船邊

Theⁿ-khṳ̀ húe-tsûn-piⁿ

Row along the steamer.

我要落貨

Uá àiⁿ-hẽ-hùe

I want to ship cargo.

挺去船頭

Theⁿ-khṳ̀ tsún-thâu

Row to the fore-part of the vessel.

仔細。勿撞着火船

TSṳ-sòi, màiⁿ siàng-tiéh hńe-tsûn

Take care, don't knock against the steamer.

火長在何處

Húe-tiéⁿ tõ-tî-kò?

Where's the captain?

火長起去

Húe-tiéⁿ khí-khṳ̀

The captain has gone on shore.

伊霋時就落來

I khiã-tiām chiũ lóh--lâi

He will come on board by and bye.

火船有吹陂或未

Húe-tsûn ũ pûn-pi a-būe?

Has the steamer sounder her whistle?

吹三次了

Pûn saⁿ-ē--lō

She has whistled three times.

加壹次就要行

Ke chék-ē chiũ àiⁿ-kiâⁿ

Once more (the next time) she will start.

船頭枝桅個旗。若是升半𰉗就要行

Tsûn-thâu ki-ûi kâi kî, nāⁿ-sĩ liū pùaⁿ-kuéh chiũ àiⁿ-kiâⁿ

If the flag of the foremast is hoisted half mast high, then the steamer is going to start.

壹人跋落水底。無人去撈伊

Kâi-nâng puáh-lóh tsúi-tói, bô-nâng khṳ̀-liôu i

A man has fallen over board, and no one has gone to pick him up.

伊無乜會氽

I bô-mih õi-siû

He can't swim very well.

無速速去救伊。就着激死

Bô méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ kiù--i, chiũ-tiéh kek-sí

If he is not saved quickly, he will be drowned.

爾會氼否

Lṳ́ õi bī mē?

Can you dive?

無羅經。駛不知何處

Bô lô-keⁿ, sái m̄-pat-tò-khṳ

Without a compass we don't know where to sail to.