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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON LXI.
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迫 pek; urgent. 切 chiet; pressing. 要 ìo; important. 亂 * jʉ̂; tangled; disorderly. 整 cíaⁿ; amend; adjust. 整 * jû; neat; orderly.
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滿 múa; complete; entire. 滿 * tĭⁿ; full; replete. 緊 kín; pressing. 錯 chɵ̀; mistaken. 滴 tih; drop; drip. 堤 toi; a dike. |
| 1 i kâi thâu mɵ̂ jʉ̂ jʉ̂. | 1 His hair is unkempt. |
| 2 bɵ̂ cêk tíam cha chɵ̀. | 2 Not in the least wrong. |
| 3 i múa tī kɵ̀ khʉ̀. | 3 He went everywhere. |
| 4 chiet ìo; m̄ hɵ́ cɵ̀ chɵ̀. | 4 It is important; do not make a mistake. |
| 5 i ŭ chɵ̀ jîp, to bɵ̂ chɵ̀ chut. | 5 He makes mistakes on the credit, but not on the debit side. |
| 6 mâk chiet ìo mài chɵ̀ thóiⁿ, sim chiet ìo mài chɵ̀ sĭeⁿ. | 6 Important that the eyes make no error in seeing, and the mind no error in thinking. |
| 7 múa lō kɵh īeⁿ phang. | 7 The entire way a variety of odors. |
| 8 sʉ̄ kín kín. | 8 The business is pressing. |
| 9 sʉ̄ ŏi kín a bŏi? | 9 Is the matter urgent? |
| 10 sî jît khah kín pek. | 10 The time is too pressing. |
| 11 lʉ́ pek kàu úa cìeⁿ kín cɵ̀ nî? kín pek. | 11 Why do you urge me so pressingly? Urgent. |
| 12 ŭ sih mih chiet ìo a bɵ̂? | 12 Is there anything specially important? |
| 13 cí kĭaⁿ mûeh khîeh khʉ̀ cíaⁿ lí hɵ́. | 13 Take this and go and get it repaired. |
| 14 chù lăi kâi mûeh pái kàu jû jû. | 14 Arrange the household stuff in fine order. |
| 15 chɵ̄ mài khah tĭⁿ. | 15 Do not fill it too full. |
| 16 lɵ̂h kàu i tĭⁿ tĭⁿ. | 16 Put in till it is quite full. |
| 17 hŏ cúi tih múa sin. | 17 The rain dripped all over me. |
| 18 cêk tíam cêk tih bɵ̂ cha chɵ̀. | 18 Not the least bit in error. |
| 19 toi téng, toi lăi, toi gūa, to hɵ́ kîaⁿ. | 19 The top, the inside and the outside of the dike may be traversed. |
| 20 cúi cêk tih cêk tih, tih lɵ̂h lâi. | 20 The water drops, drop by drop. |
