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Ià-Sŭ mean Savior, 耶穌二字其意思就是救主 Ià-Sŭ lâng cê gì é-sé̤ṳ cêu sê Géu-Ciō.

8. 喇 Lā probably a corruption of 者 ciā stands for the article “a” in sentences where 務 ô̤ and 毛 mò̤ are used in the sense of “there is, there is not”. There was a man, 務喇𠆧 ô̤ lā nè̤ng. There is nothing that he cannot do, 伊毛喇賣做 ĭ mò̤ lā mâ̤ có̤.

9. The word for only 㑚 nâ precedes the verb. He only wants one hundred, 伊㑚欲一百 ĭ nâ ó̤i siŏh báh. Only buy two sheets of paper, 㑚買二張紙 nâ mā̤ lâng-tiŏng cāi.

EXERCISE V.

𠆧客 nè̤ng-káh

guest

樓頂 laù-dīng

upstairs

樓下 laù-â

downstairs

拭氳塵 chék ŭng-dìng

to dust

留心 liù-sĭng

attentive

牛乳膏 ngù-nẁng-gŏ̤

condensed milk

羞恥 siēu-lā̤

ashamed

排排䟰 bà̤-bà̤ giàng

to walk abreast

書院 cṳ̆-ièng

college

毛着 mò̤-diŏh

absent

學生 hŏk-sĕng

scholar

遇看 ngê̤ṳ-diŏh

to happen, to meet

Translate into English:—

1. Ô lā Siông-Dá̤.
2. Lā̤-bái-dòng ô niŏh-uâi nè̤ng?
3. Cŭ-uái ô gáu-dòng mò̤?
4. Ciā lâng-buōng cṳ̆ ng sê ĭ gì mò̤?
5. Ĭ gó dĭh sié-nó̤h?
6. Ĭ diŏh gă̤-dŏng có̤ sié-nó̤h dâi?
7. Cī siŏh-ciáh cê gì é-sé̤ṳ nṳ̄ â̤ huôi-é mâ̤?
8. Sé-buōng bék gáu ng gáu?
9. Nṳ̄ ciŏng-gì muôi chīang ĭ sô̤i nì?
10. Ô lâng-ciáh nè̤ng-káh lì. Ĭ ó̤i giĕ-lâung lâng-lăk, lièng ngù-nèng gŏ̤ siŏh ăk.
11. Ô săng-báh báik-sĕk ngô buōng Séng-Gĭng.
12. Lĕ̤k-chiĕng báik-