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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XCI.
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成 sîaⁿ; a tenth; full. 漿 cieⁿ; a thick fluid. 扇 sìⁿ; a fan. 銼 chò̵; file. 斧 pó; hatchet; to hack. 鋤 tû̵; hoe; mattock. |
汁 cap; juice; sap. 弄 * mûeh; meddle with. 漏 lāu; leak; filter. 挖 * líu; to dig out. 掘 kût; dig; delve. 斷 tn̆g; break off. |
| 1 cîaⁿ jît. cêk sîaⁿ sìo. | 1 The entire day. A tenth of them. |
| 2 cih cò̵ chit sîaⁿ sǹg. | 2 A dividend of seven tenths. |
| 3 i àiⁿ poih sîaⁿ. | 3 He wants eighty per cent. |
| 4 bô̵ sîaⁿ sìo. | 4 Not the full number. |
| 5 bí cieⁿ. mī cieⁿ. cúi cieⁿ. | 5 Congee. Starch. Broth. |
| 6 àiⁿ líu tī kha. | 6 Will dig the foundation. |
| 7 cúi lāu. ŏi lāu a bŏi? | 7 A filter. Does it leak? |
| 8 ah mô̵ sìⁿ. chù téng ŏi lāu. | 8 Duck’s feather fan. The roof leaks. |
| 9 pó thâu. tû̵ thâu. ki chò̵. | 9 An axe. A hoe. A file. |
| 10 ēng tû̵ thâu kio úa kût tn̆g. | 10 Chop it off for me with the hoe. |
| 11 cí tîo so̵h àiⁿ tn̆g. | 11 This rope is going to break. |
| 12 khu̵t i mûeh tīo. | 12 Destroyed by him. |
| 13 pó thâu pàng tŏ̵ chīu kha. | 13 Put the axe by the tree. |
| 14 lʉ́ kâi tû̵ thâu mài líu tn̆g cí câng chīu kʉn. | 14 Do not, in digging, cut off this root with the hoe. |
| 15 hû̵ cap lāu chut kẁn gūa. kût pó. | 15 The fish gravy has leaked out of the pot. A pick. |
| 16 lʉ́ mài mûeh tīo cí ki chò̵. | 16 Do not handle and spoil this file. |
| 17 cí tîo thih, ēng chò̵ lâi chò̵ tn̆g. | 17 File this bar of iron in two with a file. |
| 18 mài kût khah chim. | 18 Do not dig too deep. |
| 19 cap lāu tīo saⁿ sîaⁿ khù̵. | 19 Three tenths of the sap has run out. |
| 20 cí īeⁿ kúe cí ío ŭ cap. | 20 This sort of fruit is more juicy. |
| 21 cang pó thâu tok chùi chùi. líu kâi khang. | 21 Take an axe and cut it up fine. Dig a hole. |
| 22 lú̵ mài mûeh tîeh úa. | 22 Do not meddle with me. |
| 23 líu céⁿ. gô̵ mô̵ sìⁿ. | 23 Dig a well. Goose feather fan. |
| 24 cí lîap kaⁿ bô̵ mih cap. | 24 This orange is not very juicy. |
