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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XLIII.
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茶 tê; tea. 米 bí; uncooked rice. 菜 chài; vegetables. 舖 phò; shop. 餅 píaⁿ; biscuit. 沖 chong; infuse.
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配 phùe; accompany. 煎 cien; to stew dry. 已 íⁿ; sign of the past. 經 keng; passed by or through. 兜 tau; retain; keep. 瓜 kue; the melon species. |
| 1 cɵh chân nâng. bí phò. | 1 A farmer. A rice shop. |
| 2 bɵ̂ sĭm mih kang hu. | 2 Not nicely put together. |
| 3 pue jîp thiⁿ hûn. | 3 Fly to the clouds. |
| 4 i būe lâi cɵ̀ lʉ́ kâi khang khùe, i m̄ pat cɵ̀. | 4 He never made one till he came to work for you. |
| 5 i àiⁿ cien cɵ̀ lâ. | 5 He is going to make it into lard. |
| 6 put tit íⁿ: put tit put íⁿ. | 6 Inevitable: cannot do otherwise. |
| 7 cîah píaⁿ phùe tê. | 7 Eat biscuit with tea. |
| 8 cí cêk ūi cʉ nîe kíaⁿ phùe khʉt nâng a būe ŭ? tau lâu. | 8 Is this young lady betrothed yet? Detain. |
| 9 íⁿ keng cɵ̀ lío. | 9 The betrothal is accomplished. |
| 10 pêh chài thâu: âng chài thâu. | 10 Turnips: beets. |
| 11 àiⁿ bói mûeh phùe. n̂g thâu kíaⁿ. | 11 Will buy the accompaniments of rice. Carrots. |
| 12 lâ íⁿ keng cien hɵ́ lío. | 12 The lard is already tried out. |
| 13 tê bí: tê pûaⁿ: tê ceng. | 13 Tea leaves: saucer: tea-cup. |
| 14 khʉ̀ tê phò, bói tê bí, lâi chong tê; ún íⁿ keng bói ŭ píaⁿ hɵ́ phùe. | 14 Go to the tea shop, buy some tea, and steep it; we have bought the tea biscuits already. |
| 15 khʉ̀ píaⁿ phò thóiⁿ bōi ŭ kue cí a bɵ̂. | 15 Go to the grocery and see whether they sell fruit or not. |
| 16 ŭ hɵ́ bí, tîeh ŭ hɵ́ chài lâi phùe jú hɵ́. | 16 Having good rice, it is better to have good vegetables with it. |
| 17 úa íⁿ keng ʉ́ i khʉ́, mài tau lâu i. | 17 I have already let him go, do not detain him. |
| 18 úa tau lâu lʉ́ lâi cí chong tê cîah. | 18 I will detain you to come here and make some tea. |
