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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XLVI.
譬 phì; illustrate. 喻 jŭ; compare; enforce. 成 sêng; cîaⁿ; consummation. 理 lí; regulate; doctrine. 雙 sang; pair; couple. 真 cin; true.
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假 ké; false. 死 sí; die; dead. 活 ûah; alive; moving. 世 sì; the world. 昨 ca; cá; recently. 昔 cá; formerly. |
1 tɵ̆ kó cá ŭ. | 1 In ancient times there were. |
2 lʉ́ tàⁿ ìuⁿ siaⁿ; úa kâi hĭⁿ thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ. ké cuang. | 2 You speak low, I do not hear you. Disguise. |
3 úa chông kó kàu kim m̄ pat thiaⁿ kìⁿ. cêk sì. | 3 From old time till now, I never heard this. A generation. |
4 búe kíāⁿ. mn̂g hĭⁿ. | 4 Youngest child. Door-knocker. |
5 soiⁿ kîaⁿ phìaⁿ, ău chūa bó. | 5 First effect the betrothal, afterward bring home the wife. |
6 lâm chūa bó, nńg kè ang. | 6 Men take wives, women marry husbands. |
7 kó kim cêk īeⁿ. | 7 In the past and the present it is the same. |
8 ca mê ŭ nâng kûaⁿ sí. | 8 Last night people froze to death. |
9 cang thóiⁿ kìⁿ kâi lâi phì jŭ thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ kâi. | 9 Make use of the visible to illustrate the invisible. |
10 cí kâi mûeh sĭ seⁿ sêng ŭ, a sĭ nâng cɵ̀ kâi? | 10 Is this thing natural or artificial? |
11 sĭ cin a sĭ ké? | 11 Is it true or false? |
12 lʉ́ chut sì tɵ̆ tī kɵ̀? | 12 Where were you born? |
13 cêk sin khʉt i phah kàu àiⁿ sí. | 13 He was beaten almost to death by them. |
14 lʉ́ ciang lâi m̄ cai cɵ̀ nî sí. | 14 You do not know what sort of death you will die. |
15 sì sʉ̄ sĭ cìeⁿ seⁿ kîaⁿ. | 15 That is the way of the world. |
16 lʉ́ hŵn m̄ cai sí ûah! | 16 You are still unaware of the consequences! |
17 phì jŭ tit hɵ́, cí kâi lí cĭu mêng pêh. | 17 If the parable be complete, the doctrine will be made clear. |
18 sêng sang: sêng tùi. | 18 Complete pair: perfect couple. |
19 sì cīeⁿ kâi sʉ̄ àiⁿ cɵ̀, tîeh cɵ̀ tit cîaⁿ. | 19 In transacting wordly business, you must carry it toa consummation. |
20 sí kâi: ûah kâi. | 20 Immovable one: movable ones. |