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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON IV.
ceng;
a cup.
pâng;
a room.
mn̂g;
door.
chîeⁿ;
wall.
pàng;
put, let.
* khʉt;
let, give.
*khîeh;
take in one hand.
cɵ̀, cɵh;
make, do.
*ût, gût;
sleep, lie.
chéⁿ;
waken.
kàu;
arrive at.
lío;
already.
1 hɵ́ khʉt i cai. 1 Let him know.
2 mài khʉt nâng cai. 2 Do not let any body know.
3 bɵ̂ khʉt lʉ́ khîeh. 3 Shall not let you take it.
4 bɵ̂ ceng hɵ́ khʉt i. 4 There is no cup to give him.
5 pât nâng àiⁿ ût lío. 5 Other people want to sleep.
6 lʉ́ cai i kàu chù a būe? 6 Do you know whether he has gotten home yet?
7 i gût khʉ̀ lío. 7 He has gone to sleep.
8 cɵ̀ lâi sĭ m̄ hɵ́. 8 It is not well done.
9 cí kâi; úa m̄ àiⁿ, khʉ̀ khîeh pât kâi lâi. 9 I do not want this one, go and bring another.
10 i kàu, úa àiⁿ lâi khʉ̀. m̄ sĭ i kâi. 10 When he comes, I am going to go. Is not his.
11 cɵ̀ kàu àiⁿ hɵ́ lío. 11 It is nearly done.
12 àiⁿ kàu a būe? 12 Are we nearly there?
13 i ût chéⁿ lío. 13 She has woke up.
14 hʉ́ kâi mn̂g sĭ nán kâi. 14 That door is ours.
15 bɵ̂ pât mûeh hɵ́ khîeh. mài khʉt i cɵ̀. 15 There was nothing else to take. Do not let him do it.
16 cí kâi kìe cɵ̀ mih kâi? 16 What do you call this?
17 pàng i khʉ̀. m̄ cai. 17 Let him go. Unaware.
18 àiⁿ khʉ̀ gût a būe? 18 Are you going to bed yet?
19 khîeh kâi ceng khʉt i. 19 Get a cup and give him.
20 lʉ́ tɵ̆ cɵ̀ mih kâi? 20 What are you making?
21 hʉ́ kâi sĭ sih mih nâng? 21 What man is that?
22 lʉ́ àiⁿ cɵ̀ sih mih kâi? 22 What are you going to make?
23 cí kâi sĭ sih mih chîeⁿ? 23 What wall is this?
24 pâng mn̂g. 24 Door of a room.
25 cɵ̀ lʉ́ khʉ̀: i cɵ̀ i khʉ̀. 25 Go you along: he went his way.