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LESSON LXXXVII.

擘 peh; sunder; break in two.

半 pùaⁿ; half; part of.

半 * ûe; a piece of; half.

答 tap; reply.

插 chah; insert.

鑿 châk; chisel.

祈 khî; pray.

禱táu; suplicate.

跪 kŭi; kneel.

緣 ŵn; cause.

故 kù; reason.

因 in; because.

1 lʉ́ cài tàⁿ mêng pêh.	1 Please repeat it clearly.
2 i sĭ pak pôiⁿ lâi kâi.	2 They come fom the north.
3 i hē thiⁿ sî khʉ̀ pak thâu.	3 They go north in summer.
4 tang thiⁿ sî ngân.	4 In winter it is cold.
5 lʉ́ tāng soiⁿ īa sĭ mài hiah, cí cûn cĭu kàu.	5 If you had not before stopped, you would now have arrived.
6 tang thiⁿ sî cháu bâk lóng cóng ko ta. kù chʉ́.	6 In winter, vegetation is all dried up. Therefore.
7 lʉ́ m̄ hɵ́ cài cieⁿ seⁿ.	7 Do not again do so.
8 úa cài saⁿ kio i tàⁿ.	8 I told him again and again.
9 úa cài m̄ lâi lío.	9 I'll never come again.
10 cheⁿ chun put lâi.	10 Youthful days never return.
11 peh m̄ khui.	11 Did not succeed in sundering.
12 cêk tōa pùaⁿ. kù ì.	12 The larger portion. Obstinate.
13 pùaⁿ mê. pùaⁿ jît.	13 Midnight. Half a day.
14 pùaⁿ sì. pùa cʉ́.	14 Middle aged. Son-in-law.
15 cêk nâng, pùaⁿ nâng.	15 Scarcely any body.
16 bô pùaⁿ nâng tɵ̆.	16 Nobody at all there.
17 pùaⁿ lō. bɵ̂ ŵn bɵ̂ kù.	17 Halfway. No reason for it.
18 pùaⁿ ŭ, pùaⁿ bɵ̂.	18 Now it appears, then it is gone.
19 lâu cêk ûe pun úa.	19 Keep a half for me.
20 cham cêk síe ûe cĭu hɵ́.	20 Mix in less than half.
21 i ìn tap m̄ lâi.	21 He could not answer.
22 chah bŏi tit jîp.	22 Not succeed in inserting it.
23 cí kâi khang chak tōa cē. in ūi tîeh.	23 Chisel this hole out a little larger. Because.
24 ŭ sih mih ŵn kù?	24 What is the cause of it?
25 kŭi lɵ̂h khʉ̀, khî táu.	26 Kneel down and pray.