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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XLII.

藥 îeh; medicine.

身 sin; the body.

病 pēⁿ; sick.

症 cèng; disease.

醫 ui; heal; cure.

痊 chŵn; convalescent.

致 tì; tend to.

缺 khih; khueh; deficient.

欠 * cûah; lack; diminish.

愈 jú; well; more; exceed.

烘 hang; cieh; dry by a fire.

凡 hŭam; hûam; all.

1 khùe khùe cáu khí. 1 Get up quickly.
2 i būe cáu khí. tì kàu. 2 He is not yet up. So that.
3 cá cá cáu khí. i ŭ pēⁿ. 3 Get up early. He is sick.
4 lʉ́ tī cêk jît khí sin? 4 What day did you start?
5 i tì ŭ sih mih pēⁿ cèng? 5 What disease has he?
6 lʉ́ tîeh cîah îeh. 6 You must take medicine.
7 ŏi ui a bŏi? huang lô. 7 Can it be cured? Furnace.
8 i hŵn khueh khìam lô. 8 He still lacks much.
9 úa m̄ cai chéⁿ khí lâi. 9 I did not think to wake up.
10 cɵ̆ pàng úa cí sin piⁿ. 10 Sit here beside me.
11 i pēⁿ ío hɵ́, būe chŵn jú. 11 He is better, but not well yet.
12 cí īeⁿ pēⁿ ɵh ui. jú mé jú hɵ́. 12 This sort of disease is hard to cure. The quicker the better.
13 chīu sin. khih chùi. 13 Trunk of a tree. Hare-lip.
14 i sĭm ŏi ui pēⁿ cèng; cêk cîah i kâi îeh, pēⁿ cĭu chŵn jú. 14 He is very able in the cure of diseases; when you have once taken his medicine you are well.
15 hŭam pēⁿ cèng tîeh cîah îeh huang ŏi chŵn jú. 15 For all diseases medicine must be taken in order to get well.
16 hŭam seⁿ cɵ̀ nâng. 16 All born men.
17 hŭam nâng tì ŭ khih chùi kâi pēⁿ, tîeh cai soiⁿ ui. 17 Any one who has a hare-lip must have it cured at first.
18 i tɵ̆ cieh sie. 18 He is warming himself.
19 lʉ́ cêk khueh îeh, cĭu tì kàu pēⁿ bŏi chŵn jú. 19 You at first lacked medicine, thereupon the ailment became incurable.
20 mài cûah îeh, pēⁿ cĭu khùe chŵn jú. 20 If there be no lack of medicine, the ailment will quickly be cured.
21 saⁿ tâm, khʉ̀ hang ta. 21 Your jacket is wet; go and dry it.