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100
First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XLV.
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耳 hĭⁿ; ear; handle. 尾 búe; tail; end. 聘 phìaⁿ; phéng; betrothal. 古 kó; anciently. 娶 chūa; take a wife. 設 siet; to institute; if.
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立 lîp; establish. 嫁 kè ; marry a husband. 小 síe; sío; small. 並 pĕng; together with. 兼 kiam; additionally. 及 kîp; concerning; till. |
| 1 kang cîⁿ: gûeh kang. | 1 Wages: work by the month. |
| 2 lŭn kîp mih sʉ̄? | 2 What does it relate to? |
| 3 kîp sî. kîp chʉ́. | 3 Seasonable. Concerning this. |
| 4 cí kâi kio hʉ́ kâi put siang kîp. sío sʉ̄; síe khɵ́ sʉ̄. | 4 This and that do not relate to each other. Trivial matter. |
| 5 kîp kàu úa lâi kâi sî hāu. | 5 Until the time when I come. |
| 6 lʉ́ hɵ́ phèng i lâi. | 6 You engage her to come. |
| 7 kè chūa kâi sʉ̄ sĭ kó nâng siet lîp kâi. cêk mê. | 7 Marrying and giving in marriage was established of old. The whole night. |
| 8 lʉ́ kâi cáu kíaⁿ kè tī kɵ̀? | 8 Where is your daughter married? |
| 9 lʉ́ kâi tau kíaⁿ chūa tī kɵ̀? | 9 From where did your son take his wife? |
| 10 siet sái lʉ́ ŏi kiam i kâi sʉ̄, cĭu khʉt lʉ́ cɵ̀. | 10 Supposing that you can take his business in addition, I will let you. |
| 11 sío jîn nâng siet lîp tɵ sĭ m̄ hɵ́ sʉ̄. pĕng kiam. | 11 What ignorant people establish is much of it bad. Furthermore. |
| 12 pĕng bɵ̂ phìaⁿ n̂gn cɵ̀ lêng chūa bó? | 12 Without betrothal money how can one take a wife? |
| 13 lîp sim àiⁿ kè. | 13 Made up her mind to marry. |
| 14 chông thâu kàu búe. | 14 From beginning to end. |
| 15 cʉ̆ kó kîp kim pĕng bɵ̂ kɵh īeⁿ. sío jîn. | 15 From ancient times till now there is no difference. Rude. |
| 16 lʉ́ kâi hĭⁿ síe sim thiaⁿ. | 16 Give careful hearing. |
| 17 chông kó kàu kim. | 17 From olden times till now. |
| 18 chūa jîp kè chut. | 18 Marry in and marry out. |
| 19 kiam kîp pât nâng. | 19 Refer it to so one else. |
| 20 cɵ̀ sʉ̄ bɵ̂ thâu bɵ̂ búe. | 20 There is neither head nor tail to it. |
| 21 cɵ̀ sʉ̄ ŭ thâu ŭ búe. | 21 Systematically done. |
| 22 cío búe: gû búe. | 22 Bird’s tail: ox tail. |
